Lettuce Boats

Name: How to cook Lettuce Boats - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4-6 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Maggie Conlon Martin

Lettuce Boats

These quick and easy Lettuce Boats are delicious and versatile. Enjoy them for snacks, appetizers or a main dish. You can make the meat mixture ahead of time; it reheats beautifully in the microwave, and it freezes well in vacuum bags. If desired, you can substitute ground chicken or turkey for the ground pork.

Ingredient

Food ration :

4-6 servings

Cooking time :

30 mins

1 pound

ground pork

small onion, finely chopped

garlic cloves, finely minced

1/4 cup

hoisin sauce

2 tablespoons

soy sauce

2 tablespoons

seasoned rice vinegar

1 tablespoon

fresh grated ginger (OR 1 tsp. powered ginger)

1 dash

sriracha hot pepper sauce (go easy with this!)

1 (6 oz.)

can water chestnuts, drained and minced

leaves

Romaine lettuce

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

In large skillet over medium high heat, cook the onion and ground pork until pork is no longer pink, about 6 minutes. While cooking, use your spoon to break up the pork into small pieces, pea-size or smaller.

* Step 2

Add the minced garlic to the meat and cook another minute.

* Step 3

Add the hoisin sauce, soy sauce, vinegar, ginger and sriracha sauce (just a small dash!) and stir well. Reduce heat to medium and stir in the diced water chestnuts. Cook another 2 minutes to heat everything through.

* Step 4

I like to serve by dishing up the meat mixture in individual bowls, sprinkled with minced green onions and chopped dry roasted peanuts; give everyone a teaspoon so they can fill their lettuce leaves one at a time as they eat them. You eat these similar to how you eat a taco; finger food.