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PEANUTTY ASIAN LETTUCE WRAPS



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This recipe packs so much flavor into a beautiful, healthy presentation. I love to serve it as an hors d'oeuvre or as the main dish when I have folks over. It's always a hit! I usually serve it with a little extra hoisin on the side. -Mandy Rivers, Lexington, South Carolina

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Dinner

Time 30m

Yield 6 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 14

1/3 cup reduced-sodium teriyaki sauce
1/4 cup hoisin sauce
3 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
1 tablespoon sesame oil
1-1/2 pounds lean ground turkey
1/2 cup shredded carrot
2 tablespoons minced fresh gingerroot
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 can (8 ounces) whole water chestnuts, drained and chopped
1/2 cup chopped fresh snow peas
4 green onions, chopped
12 Bibb lettuce leaves
Additional hoisin sauce, optional

Steps:

  • Whisk together first five ingredients until smooth. In a large skillet, cook and crumble turkey with carrot over medium-high heat until no longer pink, 6-8 minutes; drain. Add ginger and garlic; cook and stir 1 minute. Stir in sauce mixture, water chestnuts, snow peas and green onions; heat through., Serve in lettuce leaves. If desired, drizzle with additional hoisin sauce.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 313 calories, Fat 16g fat (4g saturated fat), Cholesterol 90mg cholesterol, Sodium 613mg sodium, Carbohydrate 18g carbohydrate (9g sugars, Fiber 3g fiber), Protein 24g protein. Diabetic Exchanges

PEANUTTY ASIAN LETTUCE WRAPS RECIPE



Peanutty Asian Lettuce Wraps Recipe image

"This recipe packs so much flavor into a beautiful, healthy presentation. I love to serve it as an hors d'oeuvre or as the main dish when I have folks over. It's always a hit! I usually serve it with a little extra hoisin on the side." -Mandy Rivers, Lexington, South Carolina

Provided by @MakeItYours

Number Of Ingredients 14

1-1/2 pounds lean ground turkey
1/2 cup shredded carrot
2 tablespoons minced fresh gingerroot
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 can (8 ounces) whole water chestnuts, drained and chopped
4 green onions, chopped
1/2 cup chopped fresh snow peas
1/3 cup reduced-sodium teriyaki sauce
1/4 cup hoisin sauce
3 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
1 tablespoon sesame oil
12 Bibb lettuce leaves
Additional hoisin sauce, optional

Steps:

  • In a large skillet, cook turkey and carrot over medium heat until meat is no longer pink and carrot is tender; drain. Add ginger and garlic; cook 1 minute longer.
  • Stir in the chestnuts, onions, snow peas, teriyaki sauce, hoisin sauce, peanut butter, vinegar and oil; heat through. Divide among lettuce leaves; drizzle with additional hoisin sauce if desired. Fold lettuce over filling.
  • Yield: 6 servings.
  • Originally published as Peanutty Asian Lettuce Wraps in Healthy Cooking
  • April/May 2011, p33
  • Nutritional Facts
  • lettuce wraps (calculated without additional hoisin sauce) equals 313 calories, 16 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 90 mg cholesterol, 613 mg sodium, 18 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 24 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 3 lean meat, 2 vegetable, 2 fat, 1/2 starch.
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