Friday, December 19, 2008

Lettuce Wrap

LETTUCE WRAPS (from Jill)

Meat Mixture:

1 lb. ground Turkey (can use beef or chicken)

1 tsp. garlic

1 tsp. sesame oil

½ cup hoisin sauce

¼ cup oyster sauce

black pepper

soy sauce (for flavor)

1 Tbsp. of sugar

Brown the meat and season with the other ingredients.

Vegetable Mixture:

2 Tbsp. vegetable oil

grated onion (green, but you can use yellow or red)

½ head cabbage, small or medium (grated)

1 cup carrots (grated)

water chestnuts, chopped (optional)

Put two or three tablespoons of vegetable oil in a large skillet, turn up the heat and flavor the oil with a little grated onion, Before it browns the onion, add the cabbage, carrots and water chestnuts and stir, stir, stir: When the veggies are tender, put the meat and vegetable mixtures together in a large skillet. Mix well and then taste the stuff; if you need more sauce, add hoisin, a little sugar or even some vinegar and sugar.
Put the combined mixtures in leaves of chilled lettuce, enjoy!.

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