How to Make Tasty Thai Style Lettuce Wraps

Thai Style Lettuce Wraps. Crunchy pecans lend a hearty, almost meat-like texture to these wraps. Butter lettuce provides the perfect base for these appetizers, but if you can't find any, try substituting cabbage leaves carefully pulled off the smallest green cabbage you can buy. These simple and tasty Lettuce Wraps With Peanut Sauce are packed with all the flavors you love—umami notes from fish sauce and sesame oil, fresh brine from pickled carrots and herbs, and nuttiness and spice from the homemade peanut sauce.

Divide among lettuce leaves; sprinkle with remaining peanuts. Spicy Thai-Style Lettuce Wraps Spicy Thai-Style Lettuce Wraps. Home >> Spicy Thai Style Lettuce Wraps. You can cook Thai Style Lettuce Wraps using 21 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Thai Style Lettuce Wraps

1. It's 1 tbsp. of olive oil.
2. Prepare 1 lb. of ground chicken or ground turkey.
3. You need 1 cup of diced mushrooms.
4. You need 1/4 cup of finely diced onion.
5. It's 1 clove of garlic, minced.
6. Prepare 1 of small zucchini, sliced into coins, then quartered.
7. It's 1 of small carrot, peeled and shredded.
8. Prepare 1/4 cup of natural peanut butter.
9. You need 3 tbsp. of soy sauce, reduced sodium recommended.
10. Prepare 2 tbsp. of rice vinegar.
11. It's 2 tbsp. of water.
12. You need 1 tbsp. of brown sugar.
13. It's 1 tbsp. of lime juice.
14. You need 1 tsp. of sesame oil.
15. It's 1 tsp. of sriracha.
16. You need To taste of pepper, ground ginger, dried basil.
17. Prepare of For lettuce wraps, good ones to use are :.
18. You need of ·Romaine Lettuce.
19. Prepare of ·Boston Bibb Lettuce.
20. You need of ·Iceberg Lettuce.
21. Prepare of ·Butter Lettuce.

This recipe calls for iceberg lettuce, but you can use romaine, leaf, or butter lettuce if you prefer! Cut the bottom part of the head of lettuce off, and cut in the head in half. Thai Lettuce Wraps are a celebration of fresh flavours and textures. The perfect balance of sweet, savoury, sour and spiciness with aromatic herbs and the fresh crunch from lettuce.

Thai Style Lettuce Wraps instructions

1. To make the sauce, first microwave the peanut butter 10-15 seconds to make it runnier (only if needed), then place the peanut butter, soy sauce, rice vinegar, water, brown sugar, lime juice, sesame oil and sriracha in a small bowl and whisk together until thoroughly combined. Set this aside..
2. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the ground chicken and cook, breaking it up as you go, until it is fully cooked through..
3. Add the mushrooms, onions and garlic to the skillet. Cook for 3-5 more minutes, until the onions and mushrooms are softened. Stir in the zucchini and carrots and cook just 2 minutes more..
4. Pour the sauce over the chicken and veggie mixture. Season to taste with pepper, ground ginger and dried basil. Remove from heat and serve over the prepared lettuce. I served mine over romaine lettuce and garnished them with some green onions, sesame seeds and some thinly sliced purple cabbage, but just use whatever toppings you'd like..
5. Refrigerate any leftovers. This reheats nice and makes a great lunch, appetizer or serve with a grain for a light dinner..
6. This is equally as tasty served over some brown rice or quinoa..

Larb Gai is the Thai version of everybody's favourite Chinese Lettuce Wraps, San Choy Bow! It's all about the fresh flavours! Note: The printable recipe is at the top of this post, over on the right sidebar. You can also access the printable recipe here: Lettuce Wraps Printable Recipe. I'm still working to get the actual printable put into the post itself, but in the meantime, here's the straight-up recipe if you'd like to see what's in it!