Spicy Mince & Lettuce Cups
This recipe for fragrant and delicious lettuce cups filled with golden brown mince, aromatic herbs, crunchy peanuts, and zesty lime wedges is sure to excite your taste buds. The combination of flavors and textures makes this dish a delightful experience for the senses. It's perfect for a quick and flavorful meal that’s bursting with Asian-inspired ingredients.
— Constant Cookbook
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp sunflower oil
- large piece fresh root ginger , peeled and grated
- 2 garlic cloves , crushed
- 2 red chillies , deseeded and finely sliced
- 500g minced chicken , turkey or pork
- 85g light brown sugar
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- juice 1 lime
- 2 lime leaves , finely shredded
- mix of iceberg lettuce , Little Gem and cos leaves
- large handful mint and coriander leaves, very roughly chopped
- handful toasted peanuts , roughly chopped
- 2 shallots , finely sliced into rings
- 1 lime , cut into wedges
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a large frying pan. Fry the ginger, garlic and chillies for 1 min. Add the mince, then cook on a high heat until golden brown, breaking it up with a wooden spoon as you go. Sprinkle over the brown sugar, fish sauce, lime juice and shredded lime leaves, then cook everything down until sticky.
- Tip the mince into a serving bowl, then serve with a bowl of lettuce leaves for wrapping the mince in; the herbs, shallots and peanuts for scattering over; and the lime wedges for squeezing.
Cook Time
15M
Prep Time
PT10M
Yield
Serves 4
Nutrition
- Calories: 253 calories
- Fat Content: 6 grams fat
- Saturated Fat Content: 1 grams saturated fat
- Carbohydrate Content: 23 grams carbohydrates
- Sugar Content: 22 grams sugar
- Protein Content: 29 grams protein
- Sodium Content: 1.73 milligram of sodium
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