Lean Pork Lettuce Wraps
Easy · 13 ingredients — shared from Reciquest
2 servings · Easy
Ingredients
- 1 head of Boston Bibb lettuce
- 1/2 cup whole grain rice, uncooked
- 8 oz lean ground pork or chicken
- 1 tbsp ginger
- 6 cloves garlic
- 1 small red bell pepper
- 1 small cucumber
- 2 medium carrots, peeled
- 1/2 cup button mushrooms
- 1/2 jalapeno, seeded
- 1 lime
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp brown sugar
Instructions
- Cook rice according to package. Mince ginger and garlic.
- Combine ginger and garlic with pork, and mix gently with your fingers to distribute the seasoning throughout the pork. Set aside.
- Halve lettuce head, separate leaves, rinse well, and set aside to dry. Dice bell pepper and carrots, slice mushrooms, and mince jalapeno. Cut cucumber in half, scrape out seeds with a spoon, and dice remaining cucumber. Halve lime and juice.
- Heat large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, add pork mixture, and crumble with spoon as it cooks, about 5-7 minutes. Once browned, transfer pork and its juices to a large mixing bowl.
- Return pan to stove over medium-low heat and add pepper, carrots, pepper, mushrooms, cucumber, and jalapeno. Saute for about 1 minute to warm. Add to cooked pork.
- Whisk together soy sauce, sugar, and lime juice until sugar is dissolved. Add to cooked pork.
- Separate pork mixture and rice onto two plates. Serve with lettuce on the side and assemble the wraps as you eat.
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