Spicy pork mince & lettuce cups
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- Number of Servings: 8
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 TO SERVEmix 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
1.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.
2.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.
Per serving253 kcalories, protein 29g, carbohydrate 23g, fat 6 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 0g, sugar 22g, salt 1.73 g
Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2008.
Serving Size: serves 4
Number of Servings: 8
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JMOUTARDE.
2.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.
Per serving253 kcalories, protein 29g, carbohydrate 23g, fat 6 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 0g, sugar 22g, salt 1.73 g
Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2008.
Serving Size: serves 4
Number of Servings: 8
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JMOUTARDE.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 221.8
- Total Fat: 18.3 g
- Cholesterol: 38.6 mg
- Sodium: 1,131.7 mg
- Total Carbs: 1.2 g
- Dietary Fiber: 0.0 g
- Protein: 11.3 g