These were amazing!!! The sauce is so flavourful and the best part but I stuck with the half tablespoon on each cup. Other reviews say the meat it bland but it's suppose to be or or you would have too many contrasting flavors. There are higher calorie recipes out there for lettuce cups so perhaps those might suit them better. For 2 lettuce cups under 300 calories is great for dinner. Or add half a cup of brown rice as a side dish (109 calories) if you need more food.
Asian Lettuce Cups
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 2 filled lettuce cups and about 1 tablespoon hoisin sauce mixture)
Total:
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Recipe Time
Total:
28 Minutes
Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 247
- Fat: 13.1g
- Saturated fat: 2.6g
- Monounsaturated fat: 5g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 3g
- Protein: 18.8g
- Carbohydrate: 12.5g
- Fiber: 3.1g
- Cholesterol: 75mg
- Iron: 2.6mg
- Sodium: 506mg
- Calcium: 37mg
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon canola oil, divided
- 2 cups coarsely chopped shiitake mushroom caps (about 5 ounces)
- 13 ounces ground turkey
- 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon minced peeled fresh ginger
- 2/3 cup thinly sliced green onions (about 4)
- 1 (8-ounce) can sliced water chestnuts, drained and coarsely chopped
- 8 Boston lettuce leaves
- 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
- 4 teaspoons lower-sodium soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons rice vinegar
- 1 1/4 teaspoons Sriracha (hot chile sauce, such as Huy Fong)
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
Preparation
- 1. Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add mushrooms; sauté 5 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally. Place mushrooms in a large bowl. Heat remaining 1 teaspoon oil in pan over medium-high heat. Add turkey, garlic, and ginger to pan; cook 6 minutes or until turkey is browned, stirring to crumble. Add turkey mixture, onions, and water chestnuts to mushrooms in bowl; stir well.
- 2. Spoon 1/2 cup turkey mixture into each lettuce leaf. Combine hoisin, soy sauce, rice vinegar, Sriracha, and salt in a small bowl, stirring with a whisk. Serve sauce with lettuce cups.
Asian Lettuce Cups Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Main Dishes
- CONVENIENCE: Entertaining
- CUISINE: Asian
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Poultry, Vegetables
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Gluten-Free
- PUBLICATION: Cooking Light
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