Ground Pork Lettuce Wraps
4 servings15 min prep12 min cookEasy
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The Tale of Ground Pork Lettuce Wraps
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Lettuce-wrapped minced meat has roots in Cantonese cuisine, where san choy bow uses lettuce leaves as an edible wrapper for savory, often pork-based fillings. The dish gained wide popularity in the West after American chain restaurants featured it on their menus starting in the 1990s.
Ingredients
Scale:· 4 servings
- 1 lb ground pork
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 head butter lettuce, leaves separated
- 1/2 cup water chestnuts, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp fresh ginger, minced
- 3 tbsp hoisin sauce
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 2 green onions, sliced
- 1/4 cup crushed peanuts, optional
Instructions
- 1Heat the vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and cook the ground pork, breaking it apart, for 6 to 7 minutes until browned and cooked through.
- 2Add the garlic and ginger and cook for 30 seconds until fragrant.
- 3Stir in the water chestnuts, hoisin sauce, soy sauce, and sesame oil, cooking for 2 to 3 minutes until everything is well coated and heated through.
- 4Remove the skillet from the heat and sprinkle the pork mixture with green onions.
- 5Spoon the warm pork mixture into individual lettuce leaves.
- 6Top with crushed peanuts if using and serve immediately while the lettuce is crisp.
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