Spicy mince and lettuce cups
Spicy mince & lettuce cups
A Thai inspired-dish which is quick, simple, cheap and low fat – yet still feels special and is full of flavour. A great pre-dinner nibble
- Prep: 10 mins
Cook: 15 mins
Ready in 25 minutes - Serves 4
- Easy
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp sunflower oil
- large piece fresh root ginger, peeled and grated
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 2 red chillies, deseeded and finely sliced
- 500g minced chicken, turkey or pork
- 85g light brown sugar
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- juice 1 lime
- 2 lime leaves, finely shredded
- mix of iceberg lettuce, Little Gem and cos leaves
- large handful mint and coriander leaves, very roughly chopped
- handful toasted peanuts, roughly chopped
- 2 shallots, finely sliced into rings
- 1 lime, cut into wedges
Method
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Heat the oil in a large frying pan. Fry the ginger, garlic and chillies for 1 min. Add the mince, then cook on a high heat until golden brown, breaking it up with a wooden spoon as you go. Sprinkle over the brown sugar, fish sauce, lime juice and shredded lime leaves, then cook everything down until sticky.
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Tip the mince into a serving bowl, then serve with a bowl of lettuce leaves for wrapping the mince in; the herbs, shallots and peanuts for scattering over; and the lime wedges for squeezing.
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