Thai Pork Lettuce Wraps With Water Chestnuts and Sesame Dipping Sauce

(from castro15’s recipe box)

Categories: Meals

Ingredients

  • 1 Boston Lettuce Head
  • 3 Green Onions
  • 3 Cilantro Sprigs
  • 1 1/2 oz. Water Chestnuts
  • 14 oz. Ground Pork
  • 3 1/2 oz. Hoisin Sauce
  • 1/2 oz. Sriracha
  • 1 tsp. Chopped Ginger
  • 4 oz. Slaw Mix
  • 3 1/2 oz. Asian Sesame
  • Dressing

Directions

  1. Thoroughly rinse produce and pat dry. Place a wire-mesh strainer in the sink. Peel the leaves off Boston lettuce to create lettuce “cups”. Slight browning on the outer leaves is normal and edible, but you may trim outer leaves if desired. Trim and thinly slice green onions at an angle (bias), keeping white and green portions separate for use in two different steps. Stem cilantro. Drain and coarsely chop water chestnuts.

  2. Heat a medium pan with 2 tsp. olive oil over medium-high heat. Add ground pork and cook for 8-10 minutes, breaking the meat up with a spoon as it cooks. Use a wire mesh strainer to drain excess fat and return cooked pork to pan.

  3. Return pan to medium-high heat and add hoisin sauce, Sriracha (to taste), water chestnuts, white ends of green onions (reserving dark green pieces for garnish), and ginger. Sauté for 3-4 minutes. Season with a pinch of salt and pepper. Hoisin sauce is a delicious, thick Chinese condiment that’s made from soy, garlic, and sugar.

  4. Place a lettuce cup on work surface (or layer two leaves for extra crunch). Fill with a few spoonfuls of pork mixture. Top with slaw mix. Repeat steps for each lettuce cup.

  5. Arrange 3-4 assembled lettuce wraps on a plate. Place Asian sesame dressing and reserved green onions in a cup next to lettuce wraps. Garnish with cilantro leaves.

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