Recipe: At Home Mince in lettuce cups

Recipe: At Home Mince in lettuce cups Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Mince in lettuce cups. This recipe is based on Larb Gai, the popular Thai dish made from minced chicken, fish sauce, lime juice, chilies, and fresh herbs. What you'll need to make Thai Minced Chicken Lettuce Cups Beef mince lettuce cups Method. Heat half the oil in a large wok or non-stick frying pan over a high heat.

Add remaining ingredients to beef and toss to coat..

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.

Use ground pork, as Grace Young does.

You can have Mince in lettuce cups using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Mince in lettuce cups

1. You need 1 of Lean beef mince.

2. You need 1 of chopped onion.

3. Prepare 5 of peeled carrots.

4. Prepare 1 of jalapenos (your desired amount delpending on how hot you like it).

5. You need 2 of garlic cloves.

6. It’s 2 tsp of curry powder.

7. You need 1 of coconut oil.

8. You need 1 can of Chopped tomatoes.

9. Prepare 1 can of tomato pureé (small).

10. Prepare 3 of baby lettuce leaves (or cabbage leaves if you prefer).

I do prefer it minced by hand and not ground, but that is a personal preference.

Cut lettuce ahead of time into cup shapes to have it ready; choose leaves towards the center of the head of lettuce.

Use kitchen shears to cut any shapes needed, if necessary; set aside to chill.

Saute pork in a large skillet until it is browned.

Mince in lettuce cups instructions

1. In a blender add onion, jalapenos, garlic and carrots to finely chop.

2. Lightly brown beef mince in frying pan using the coconut oil.

3. Add blended ingredients to the pan with mince and fry for few minutes.

4. Then add tomatoes and tomato pureé to pan and let simmer for few minutes.

5. Add whatever seasoning and herbs you desire and when done remove from heat.

6. Add a serving spoon full of mince to each whole lettuce leag and enjoy!!.

Remove meat from skillet and drain off any fat.

Spicy Beef Mince in Lettuce cups is nice and easy to make and is best served with my homemade Tzatziki.

The tzatziki cuts through the spicy beef mince to calm the heat of the chillies and give it an additional flavour combination, so you get the garlic hit that you are looking for in the mince from the tzatziki.

Lettuce wraps are made with ground / mince meat and vegetable filling with a savoury Chinese sauce spooned into lettuce cups, then wrapped into a roll shape to eat.

For a great Lettuce Wrap, it all comes down to the sauce.