I thought I had written this recipe up for you all once
before, but I checked and I guess not! I
know I’ve made knock-off PF Chang’s lettuce wraps for the hubs and tater
tots. Here it is, properly documented.
If you have a PF Chang’s near you, you are doubtlessly
familiar with their lettuce wraps. Tasty
chopped meat mix served with a pile of whole lettuce leaves, to eat taco
style. In fact, I told the girls they
were Chinese tacos.
These tacos wraps are super easy to make, and
relatively guilt free, given that they have nominal carbs in them, and are
light in calories and fat (though I do not have a breakdown for you). I found several recipes on Pinterest, but as
is my usual, I globbed several together, so this is basically just my recipe
now.
Ingredients:
2 T olive oil
1lb package ground turkey
½ medium yellow onion (finely minced)
Salt & pepper, ¼ t of each
2 large cloves garlic (finely minced)
1.5 to 2 inch piece of fresh ginger (finely minced –
sometimes I grate ginger to be lazy, but I think you should mince it for this
recipe)
1 T sesame oil
3 T soy sauce
1 T water
1 T peanut butter
½ T honey (be sure you buy real honey, not the fake
stuff)
1½ T rice vinegar
2 t chili garlic sauce (this is in the Asian foods aisle
at your regular grocery store)
3 green onions (thinly sliced)
2/3 of an 8 oz. can of water chestnuts (finely minced - use the whole can if you don't want to waste)
10-12 large, whole lettuce leaves, washed and patted dry
Instructions:
Chop everything in advance.
Heat olive oil in a large, non-stick skillet on medium-high
heat. Add turkey, onion, salt &
pepper and cook until turkey is nearly done, stirring often so the meat doesn’t
stick to the pan and to break up the pieces of meat to pea-size. When the meat is almost done, add in minced garlic & ginger and continue cooking
until the turkey is cooked through.
While the meat cooks, into a microwave safe bowl, combine
sesame oil, soy sauce, water, peanut butter, honey, rice vinegar, chili garlic
sauce and another dash of black pepper (for good measure). Microwave for 25 seconds, then stir until
smooth. Add into the skillet and stir to
combine.
Found at my local Super Target |
This is before microwaving - it all mostly incorporates with stirring. |
All mixed together - you can see a few of the chili bits - it's spicy, but not too hot. |
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