Vietnamese Lettuce Cups
This recipe makes 24 servings
Nutritional Info |
|
|---|---|
| Per piece: about | - |
| cal | 43 |
| pro | 3 g |
| total fat | 3 g |
| sat. fat | 1 g |
| carb | 2 g |
| fibre | 0 |
| chol | 8 mg |
| sodium | 94 mg |
| % RDI: | - |
| calcium | 1 |
| iron | 1 |
| vit A | 4 |
| vit C | 13 |
| folate | 4 |
This make-ahead saut? pork appetizer is colourful, and the lettuce cups make it fun to eat.
Ingredients
- 1/2 small mango
- 4 heads Sweet Gem lettuce
- 1/2 cup finely diced sweet red pepper
- Filling:
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 12 oz lean ground pork
- 1/2 cup minced red onion
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp minced gingerroot
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp hot pepper flakes
- Pinch ground cloves
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp lime juice
- 2 tsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp cornstarch
- 2 tbsp minced fresh coriander
Preparation
Filling: In skillet, heat oil over medium heat; fry pork, stirring occasionally, until no longer pink, about 5 minutes.
Add onion, garlic, ginger, cinnamon, hot pepper flakes and cloves; fry until onion is softened, about 3 minutes.
Stir in fish sauce; cover and simmer over medium-low heat for 3 minutes. In small bowl, stir together lime juice, soy sauce and cornstarch until smooth; stir into pork mixture and cook until slightly thickened, about 2 minutes. Let cool. (Make-ahead: Refrigerate in airtight container for up to 2 days.) Stir in coriander.
Peel and cut mango into 1/4-inch (5 mm) thick slices; cut into 1/4-inch (5 mm) thick sticks. Separate lettuce to make twenty-four 3-inch (8 cm) cups, trimming any large leaves if necessary. (Make-ahead: Cover and refrigerate separately for up to 4 hours.)
Mound 1 tbsp (15 mL) of the filling in each cup. Garnish with mango and red pepper.
Source : Canadian Living Magazine: December 2005
- Keywords : Appetizers; Skillet; Make-Ahead; Lettuce; Pork; Mango; Red pepper; Vietnamese; Asian;
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