Monday, July 22, 2013

Asian Turkey Lettuce Wrap Salad

Everyone enjoyed this meal.  The four year old said "I'm not having lettuce wraps!" but I do want the meat and rice and lettuce and carrots.  Even the two year old took one bite and said, "Mmmmmmm!"  
Meat mixture:
1.5 lbs ground turkey, cooked
1 tsp toasted sesame oil
3 cloves garlic
6 green onions, chopped
3 stalks celery, chopped into small pieces
1/4 c. soy sauce
1 T sucanat (brown sugar)
1 T rice wine vinegar

Dressing:
3 T soy sauce
2 T rice wine vinegar
1 T honey
1 T Stone ground mustard
dash up to 1 T hot sauce
1 tsp toasted sesame oil
1/4 c. water

Add Ons:
Romaine Lettuce
Cooked rice
Shredded carrots
Chopped cilantro
Chopped Water Chestnuts (optional)

Combine ingredients for dressing.  Add as much hot sauce as you like (either tabasco or siracha hot sauce.)  Shred carrots, cook rice, chop cilantro and wash lettuce.

Cook ground turkey until no pink remains.  Add sesame oil and stir.  Press garlic cloves into mixture and add green onions and celery.  Stir and saute' for a minute or two.  Combine soy sauce, sucanat, and rice wine vinegar in a small bowl.  Add to turkey mixture and let cook for a couple more minutes.

You can serve as traditional lettuce wraps, or as a salad, which is much easier to eat.  Layer in this order:  salad, rice, meat, chestnuts, carrots, cilantro, and drizzle on the salad dressing.

adapted from:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/melissa-darabian/turkey-lettuce-wraps-recipe/index.html

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