RECIPE: REC: Lettuce Wraps. Made these last night, they are delciious! DH said he was "surprised" when he

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marianne

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saw the lettuce wraps on his plate, but he loved them, too.

I substituted a pound of ground pork for the turkey (in deference to DH's aversion to anything that says "ground turkey"), and used dry sherry in place of the Sriracha (whatever that is). I browned the pork first, in an attempt to de-grease it a little. The combination of the various sauce ingredients is very tasty. I wrapped Iceberg lettuce into little bundles, and they were super crunchy. This link is to the original recipe. Pioneer Woman posted it with different veggies. I used the original, but PW's version sounds good, too.

This is a very popular appetizer in one of our up-scale Asian restaurants. We ate them as our dinner, stretching it out with some leftover fried rice and a tomato salad with Chinese Salad Dressing. Oh well, since I mentioned it, here's the salad dressing recipe (from The Art of Chinese Cooking by the Benedictine Sisters of Peking). It is a perfect salad dressing for Asian meals.

"Chinese Salad Dressing

Mix 3 T. vinegar or lemon juice, 3 T. soy sauce, and 1 T. sugar. Add 2 T. salad oil, slowly, stirring constantly.

Use with cucumbers, cabbage, lettuce, tomatoes, or any other vegetable. It is delicious on bits of leftover meat. For an additional flavor, add 1 t. fresh ginger, chopped, to the salad. For a low-calorie diet, the oil may be omitted. The dressing may be made in advance and does not need refrigeration."

My notes: I double the recipe, using half white wine vinegar and half lemon juice, and add the ginger. Enjoy!

http://thepioneerwoman.com/tasty-kitchen/recipes/main-courses/lettuce-wraps/

 
Ha, tell DH he's not the only one with an aversion to ground turkey. I wonder if he feels the same

way I do about chicken sausage. That's just wrong. And for some reason, the warehouse clubs here carry chicken sausage and no pork. I guess that means they're very popular.

Aren't lettuce wraps good? I make one with ground pork similar to this and we really enjoy it.

 
Sriracha is the asian hot sauce with the rooster on the bottle. it has the consistency of ketchup.

 
Howdjano, Curious, that eating chicken sausage is against his religion! We stayed at a nice hotel

in San Francisco recently, and they had a fabulous breakfast buffet every morning. They served Chicken Apple Sausages and they were delicious! DH wouldn't even taste one. I thought his mother brought him up better than that.

Have YOU tried chicken sausages? No chicken sausage is available in local stores (rural county), have to travel to the big city to find them. I guess I'm in the middle of pork country! But I think they are very good.

I reviewed some of my recipes, and found another lettuce wrap from Michael in Phoenix that was very similar to mine. Sorry if I duplicated your efforts, Michael!

Lettuce wraps will be a regular menu item for us. They are lots of fun.

 
Hmmm...I'm so glad I used dry sherry instead! We are not into blistering hot, and adding very

little heat to our dishes. Our tastebuds are just too old to deal with the explosion!

Thanks, Ang, for the info, so I'll know what I missed.

 
No, I've not knowingly eaten it. I have an unreasonable aversion to dark chicken meat and that's

probably why I don't want to eat the sausage. I don't eat much sausage at all, except for Italian sausage from Whole Foods or Fresh Market. Very lean and I don't find pieces of cartilage or gristle to gross me out.

 
What a good idea! I've become addicted to the Hot and Spicy Sandwich Shop Mayo from Kraft. This

would be about the same thing without all the additives. Have you tried them? There are 4 varieties, including chipotle, which I also have but haven't opened. I would never have tried them, but had coupons where they were free. The hot and spicy does good things to a BLT.

 
Yes, I have Curious. I also got two of them when they were free, the

Garlic and Herb and the Hot and Spicy. We tried the garlic first because we like all things garlic but it just didn't work for us. We really didn't like it. I'm going to open the hot and spicy and hope that goes better.

 
I'll be interested in what you think. Btw, I want to thank you for posting about online coupons.

Since your post, I've found several blogs and coupon data bases that are a big help. I've also saved a lot of money. I didn't realize how many coupons are out there. And bless the bloggers that make them so readily accessible.

 
You're welcome Curious. It has really been a big changer for me. I'm

saving at least half on each weeks shopping trip and usually even more. I'm at the point now that there is very little that I need to buy that isn't on sell and has coupons. You learn how many you need to stock up on to take you through the next time it goes on sale. And I've tried many new products when I could get them free that I probably wouldn't have tried otherwise. Most of them have been winners. That one wasn't for us but again...didn't cost me a dime. ;0)

 
Here it is. She covers a variety of store in the south but you may have

some of them in your area. Target, Walgreen's, CVS etc. are pretty much all around the country. Plus she posts many things that don't have anything to do with groceries. Lowe's, Home Depot for instance. Not to long ago I got a free 8x10 collage from Walgreen's that I put together with my photos. It's a beautiful picture of many of our Orchids and Blackie.

http://www.southernsavers.com/

 
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