Spicy Thai Pork Lettuce Wraps
Spicy Thai Pork Lettuce Wraps is an Asian hor d'oeuvre. For $2.57 per serving, this recipe covers 25% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 29g of protein, 36g of fat, and a total of 492 calories. This recipe serves 2. Head to the store and pick up ground pork, lettuce, cilantro, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 30 minutes. 1 person found this recipe to be delicious and satisfying. It is brought to you by Foodista. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, paleolithic, and primal diet. With a spoonacular score of 65%, this dish is good. Similar recipes include Spicy Thai Style Lettuce Wraps, Thai Pork Lettuce Wraps, and Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps with Spicy Peanut Sauce.
Ingredients
ground pork
300 g
coconut oil
0.5 tbsp
chilli flakes
0.5 tsp
palm sugar
2 tsp
fish sauce
2.5 tbsp
lime juice
2.5 tbsp
shallots
2 small
cilantro
1 handful
spring onion
2 stalks
handful
20 small
lettuce
2 servings
Cooking in Steps
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1Prepare the sauce in a small bowl by mixing the fish sauce, lime juice and sugar. Set this aside.Finely chop the shallots and cut the spring onion stalks. While a pan is set on medium fire add coconut oil to the pan and then the shallots.
spring onions
coconut oil
fish sauce
lime juice
shallot
sugar
bowl
frying pan -
2Add the ground pork and cook, making sure to break it up into bits & pieces.When its 90% cooked, add the sauce mixture and let it simmer.
ground pork
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3Add the chili flakes.At the last moment, you want to add the spring onions and handful of cilantro (I like to tear it up with my fingers over the pan). Finally add fresh mint leaves to garnish.
fresh mint
spring onions
red pepper flakes
cilantro
frying pan -
4Serve on a bed of crisp lettuce to eat as lettuce wraps.
lettuce
wrap
