Thai Pork Lettuce Wraps with water chestnuts and sesame dipping sauce

(from castro15’s recipe box)

Categories: Asian

Ingredients

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

Directions

  1. Prepare the Ingredients

  2. Drain and coarsely chop water chestnuts. Trim and thinly slice green onions on an angle, keeping white and green portions separate. Separate leaves of lettuce for cups. Slight browning on the outer leaves is normal and edible, but you may trim outer leaves if desired. Stem cilantro.

  3. Place a medium non-stick pan with 2 tsp. olive oil over medium-high heat. Add ground pork to hot pan and cook, breaking up with a spoon, until no pink remains, 8-10 minutes. Drain meat in wire-mesh strainer, using bowl to collect excess fat. Return cooked meat to pan.

  4. Return pan with cooked pork to medium-high heat. Combine hoisin sauce, water chestnuts, Sriracha (to taste), white portions of green onions (reserve remaining for sauce), and ginger in hot pan with pork. Stir occasionally until slightly thickened, 3-4 minutes.

  5. 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 for each lettuce cup.

  6. Combine Asian sesame dressing and green portions of green onions in a mixing bowl.

  7. Arrange assembled lettuce wraps on a plate. Garnish with cilantro leaves. Serve dipping sauce on the side.

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