Asian Turkey Lettuce Cups

Name: Asian Turkey Lettuce Cups
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 1 pound ground turkey; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 1 red bell pepper, finely diced; 1 (4 oz) can water chestnuts, drained and finely diced; 2 carrots, finely diced; 3 tablespoons hoisin sauce; 2 scallions, finely diced; 1 pinch coarse salt and freshly ground pepper; 1 tablespoons soy sauce, to drizzle; 1 head butternut or Boston lettuce, leaves separated

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Prep 15 min
Total 15 min
Servings 10

I ate WAY more than the three you see in this photo. WAY more. MORE+ LESS-

By Bev Cooks

Updated September 3, 2014

Ingredients

pound ground turkey

cloves garlic, minced

red bell pepper, finely diced

(4 oz) can water chestnuts, drained and finely diced

carrots, finely diced

tablespoons hoisin sauce

scallions, finely diced

pinch coarse salt and freshly ground pepper

tablespoons soy sauce, to drizzle

head butternut or Boston lettuce, leaves separated

Steps

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1

Heat a medium skillet over medium high. Add the turkey to the pan and cook, breaking up with a wooden spoon until browned, about 6 minutes.
2

Season with a good pinch of salt and pepper.
3

Add the garlic and saute 1 minute. Add the red bell pepper, carrots and water chestnuts and saute another 4 minutes.
4

Add the hoisin sauce and stir to coat everything.
5

Spoon the turkey mixture into each lettuce cup. Garnish with scallions and drizzle each with a little soy sauce.
6

Serve immediately. With napkins.

Nutrition Information

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More About This Recipe

Don't you want to just cuddle these adorable little lettuce cuppies?

I remember the first time I experienced a lettuce cup or wrap of some sort. I had just moved from Arkansas to Kansas City, was freshly engaged and I felt like a young spring chicken.

One afternoon we were exploring the city, and we got hungry, of course. We sat down at this cool little Asian joint in one of the hipster pockets of the city, and with one swift motion, Aaron ordered us a round of sauv blancs and the lettuce wraps to split.

Me, "Okay now, these are LETTUCE CUPS? With STUFF INSIDE? Like, INSIDE THE CUPS?"

Him, "Yeah! Instead of a tortilla shell, it's a lettuce cup."

Me, "OHHH, so it's like a lettuce TACO? But with Asian fillings? INSIDE THE LETTUCE SHELL?"

Him, "Yes! Trust me, you'll dig them. Amazing flavor and no carbs. Not that you need to worry about that, though." as he nudges and winks at me.

WHAT A FLIRT.

Me, "Ooo, I'm excited! Leaves room for 45 more glasses of wine!"

A minute or two later, I had in front of me, the most vibrant and crisp plate of lettuce cups anyone had ever seen. I looked at Aaron. He looked at me. Drool fell out of my head. He wiped it up. I took a bite. I closed my eyes. I took a nap. I dreamed of the beautiful times I was living. I woke up. I finished my plate. And I've never been the same since.

Won't you join me?

Grab some turkey, water chestnuts, garlic, ginger, carrots, red bell pepper, some hoisin sauce, scallions and a lettuce of your choice. I went with butternut this time.

Chippidy chop chop chop.

Get your turkey all nice and browned. Mmmmm, season with salt and pepper. Double mmmmm.

Add the veggies and sauté some more. Triple mmmmmm.

Squirt in that hoisin sauce. Quadruple mmmmmmm.

Spoon the filling into the lettuce cups and arrange on a plate or platter. Fivetuple mmmmmmmm.

Drizzle with soy sauce and slide those cuppies into your mouth. Sixteplet MMMMMMM.

MMMM INFINITY TIMES GOOGLE.

Bev understands that the word "sixteplet" refers to humans. Wait, does it? For more musings, visit her blog at Bev Cooks and her Tablespoon profile.