Ground Turkey Lettuce Wraps
photo by mommyluvs2cook
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Yields:
-
16 wraps
ingredients
- 16 iceberg lettuce leaves (or your favorite lettuce leaf)
- 1 lb ground turkey (or chicken)
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch (mixed in 2-3 Tbsp water)
- 1 large sweet onion, chopped (Viladia, Maui, etc)
- 2 tablespoons fresh garlic
- 1 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce
- 1⁄3 cup lee kum lee hoisin sauce
- 2 teaspoons pickled ginger, minced
- 1 tablespoon nishiki rice wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon asian chili-garlic sauce (to taste)
- 1 (8 ounce) can water chestnuts, drained and chopped
- 1 bunch green onion, chopped
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
directions
- Rinse lettuce leaves and pat dry. Set aside.
- Brown ground turkey in the oil in a medium skillet over high heat, stirring often. Drain excess liquid. Add cornstarch mixture; mix in well. Continue cooking, over med heat.
- Add chopped onion.
- Add garlic, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, ginger, wine vinegar, and chili sauce.
- Add water chestnuts, green onions, and sesame oil.
- Continue cooking until onions are transluscent in appearance (about 2 minutes or so).
- Arrange lettuce leaves around the outer edge of a large serving platter and place the meat mixture in a separate container in the center.
- To serve, allow each person to spoon 2 portions of meat onto a lettuce leaf … wrapping the lettuce around the mixture like a burrito.
Questions & Replies
Got a question?
Share it with the community!
Reviews
-
This was SO GOOD!! Even though I know the pickled ginger would have been delicious, I didn't have it, so I just grated in some fresh ginger. Also I did not have the water chestnuts, and probably wouldn't have used them even if I did, because my daughter hates them. Served up over a little rice, and topped with julienned carrots and radishes. Yummy stuff!!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
marisk
honolulu, HI
<p>Aloha! I just recently started spending more time in the kitchen and am learning that cooking and baking can be fun as well as challenging. My favorite cookbook resources are my 'gourmet' sister and the very patient and generous Ohana of Zaar. Mahalo nui loa! <br /><br />My rating system: The first time I try a recipe, I follow the instructions as given; if I do a little tweaking, I keep that in mind when rating. It's not right to rate lower because of something I did or didn't do. <br />***** ... Excellent! Tasted great with/without tweaking. <br />**** ... Loved It! Tasted great with/without tweaking. <br />No stars ... May be an excellent recipe but I was unable to get it to work for me. May or may not try again later. We don't all have the same taste preferences. I've found recipes with lots of five stars that just didn't work for me and some with less that I thought were great. <br />Thank you All for sharing!</p>