Ground Turkey Lettuce Wraps

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/4 lbs ground turkey
• 1 1/2 tablespoons minced garlic
• 2 serrano peppers, finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons fresh ginger, finely chopped
• 3 tablespoons lemongrass paste or 3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh lemongrass
• 6 stalks green onions, chopped
• 1 cup loosely chopped mushroom
• 1/4 cup loosely chopped water chestnut
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 3 tablespoons hoisin sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1/8 cup peanut oil
• 2 tablespoons grated carrots
• 1/4 cup fish sauce
• 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 3 limes, juice of
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 head iceberg lettuce or 2 heads boston lettuce leaves, separated into cups
• 1/4 cup fresh basil, coarsely chopped
• 1/4 cup fresh cilantro, coarsely chopped
• 1/4 cup fresh mint leaves, coarsely chopped

Recipe

• 1 in a large mixing bowl, combine the ground turkey, lemon grass paste, fish sauce and salt/pepper until thoroughly mixed and let sit for 10 minutes.
• 2 in a large saucepan or wok, heat peanut oil and stir fry the green onions, serrano peppers, ginger, mushrooms, water chestnuts, and garlic until soft (about 4 mins). now add the ground turkey and hoisin sauce then cook until done (turkey is brown).
• 3 chop the fresh herbs as above and place each in an individual serving container (small bowl or ramekin).
• 4 to make the sauce: in a small mixing bowl, soak the crushed red pepper in lime juice for several minutes add the garlic, sugar, and fish sauce and stir to dissolve the sugar. transfer to a serving container and add the grated carrots and serve at room temperature refrigerated, the sauce will keep in a tightly covered container for up to 5 days.
• 5 to serve: arrange lettuce on a large platter surrounded by the containers of chopped herbs, etc. and the sauce. to make a wrap take a lettuce leaf in hand, scoop a large tablespoon of meat on to lettuce leaf, then add any herbs that you like. add a teaspoon of sauce onto the mixture on the leaf and then roll and eat. yum!