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Asian Lettuce Cups with Spicy Ground Turkey – Kalyn’s Kitchen

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Posted by Calin Denny On June 9, 2021

Asian lettuce cups with spicy ground turkey is a delicious foodA creamy, low-carb, gluten-free dinner idea that’s also fun to eat!

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I vividly remember when I first had lettuce wraps, at a Chinese restaurant in Salt Lake where a friend named Mike was neat enough to order it even though it wasn’t on the menu. This was years ago. Now lettuce wraps like these Asian lettuce cups with spicy turkey Fairly mainstream, and made with lean ground turkey like this one, they make a great low-carb, gluten-free, and dairy-free dinner option. And you can easily adapt it to use ground beef in keto or use gluten-free soy sauce, gluten-free coconut milk, or paleo.

This dish with spicy meat eaten inside pieces of lettuce could be called lettuce wraps or lettuce cups, but I like to stack the lettuce cup with a lot of filling rather than wrapping it, so I call them lettuce cups

What ingredients do you need for this recipe?

What is fish sauce?

Just as the name says, fish sauce It is an Asian condiment made from fermented fish. If you are not familiar with this, do not be alarmed by the smell as it adds an amazing umami flavor to Asian dishes. I’m a fan Red boat fish sauce (affiliate link) It is gluten-free and contains no added ingredients.

What kind of lettuce should you use?

I like to use Boston Lettuce or Butter lettuce for this recipe, but you can also use Iceberg Lettuce or Green Leaf lettuce if you can’t find other types of lettuce or if you don’t want to spend a lot.

Asian lettuce cups process collage shots

Lettuce cups work steps:

(Scroll down for the full recipe, including nutritional information.)

  1. Chop the red onion. Measure out the minced garlic and minced ginger.
  2. Whisk together soy sauce, chile garlic sauce, and fish sauce.
  3. Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan; Add onions and cook for two minutes.
  4. Then add garlic and ginger root and cook for another minute.
  5. Add the ground turkey to a skillet and break up with a stirrer. Add the sauce mixture to the ground turkey.
  6. Cook until turkey is brown and crumbly, and sauce is absorbed into meat, about 5 minutes.
  7. While the turkey is cooking, wash and chop the cilantro. Chop the peanuts and put in a small bowl.
  8. When the turkey is cooked through, add the chopped cilantro and cook for another 1-2 minutes.
  9. Remove the core of the lettuce, separate the leaves, wash in a salad spinner and drain.
  10. Serve the filling and lettuce leaves in separate bowls, with the chopped peanuts in another small bowl.
  11. Each person takes a lettuce leaf, fills with the turkey mixture, adds chopped peanuts, and then eats the mixture out of the lettuce cup.

Close-up of Asian lettuce cups with spicy ground turkey, lettuce cups with peanuts

Make it a low carb meal:

You can make a meal out of these lettuce wraps, but if you want a heartier dinner, Chinese Cucumber Salad It would be a good side dish for a low carb meal.

More delicious lettuce wraps:

Best slow cooker or quick-cooker lettuce bowl ~ slow cooker or pressure cooker
Low-carb lettuce wrap ~ Calin’s Kitchen
The best instant lettuce wraps ~ slow cooker or pressure cooker

Weekend meal prep:

Asian lettuce cups with spicy ground turkey have been added to a category called Prepare food on the weekend To help you find recipes to make or cook on the weekend and eat during the week!

Ingredients

  • 1 ton peanut oil or vegetable oil
  • 3 T minced red onions or shallots
  • 2 tons of minced garlic (I used minced garlic from the jar but fresh garlic would be great)
  • 2 tons of grated ginger root or chopped ginger from the jar
  • 1 1/2 lbs. Turkey Earth
  • 4 tons of soy sauce (see notes)
  • 1 ton of chile garlic sauce (or a little more if you like spicy foods)
  • 1 tsp. fish sauce
  • 1 cup chopped fresh cilantro (see notes)
  • 1/3 cup chopped peanuts (optional, but good)
  • 1 large head or 2 small heads of lettuce (see notes)

instructions

  1. Chop the red onion. Measure out the minced garlic and minced ginger. (You can also make this with fresh minced garlic and minced ginger root if you prefer.)
  2. whisk together soy sauce or gluten-free soy sauce, chili garlic sauce (referral link), fish sauce.
  3. Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan. Add onions and cook for two minutes.
  4. Then add garlic and ginger root and cook for another minute.
  5. Add the ground turkey to a frying pan (with a little oil if needed) and separate and spread with a fermenter. Add the sauce mixture to the ground turkey.
  6. Cook until turkey is brown and crumbly, and sauce is absorbed into meat, about 5 minutes.
  7. While the turkey is cooking, wash and chop fresh cilantro to make 1 cup. Chop the peanuts and put them in a small bowl to serve at the table.
  8. When the turkey is cooked through, add the chopped cilantro and cook for another 1-2 minutes.
  9. Remove the main part of the lettuce, separate the leaves, wash it in a salad spinner and dry it (or wash it under running water and dry it with paper towels)
  10. Serve the filling and lettuce leaves in separate bowls, with the chopped peanuts in another small bowl.
  11. Each person takes a lettuce leaf, fills with the desired amount of turkey mixture, adds chopped peanuts, and then eats the mixture out of the lettuce cup.
  12. I like to roll up the lettuce cup when I eat it, so it’s like a taco, but some people like to wrap the lettuce around the filling.

Notes

Uses Gluten Free Soy Sauce (Referral link) if necessary. If you’re not a fan of cilantro, I’ll use thinly sliced ​​green onions. I like Boston Lettuce or Butter lettuce for this recipe, but you can also substitute Iceberg Lettuce if you prefer.

Recipe adapted from California Soul Food.

Nutrition information:

fruit:

6

serving size:

1
Amount per service: Calories: 337Total fat: 20 gramsSaturated fat: 4.4 gramsUnsaturated fats: 13.3 gramsCholesterol: 118 mgsodium: 850 mgCarbohydrates: 6.7 gramsthe basic: 1.6 gramssugar: 2 gramsprotein: 34 grams

Nutrition information is calculated automatically by the Recipe Plug-In I’m using. I am not a dietitian and cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, as many variables affect these calculations.

Asian lettuce cups with miniature image of spicy ground turkey for bundled lettuce cups

Low Carb Diet / Low Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
With lean turkey and other low-carb ingredients, these Asian lettuce cups are the perfect dinner choice for any stage of the South Beach Originals or other low-carb eating plans. If you use gluten-free soy sauce or coconut acids instead of soy sauce, this can easily be suitable for gluten-free or paleo/30 whole eaters. For Keto, you may want to use high-fat ground beef, which will still be delicious in this recipe.

Find more recipes like these:
Uses lettuce wraps Watch for more recipes like this! use the Recipes by type of diet Image index pages to find more recipes suitable for a particular food plan. You may also like to Follow Kalyn’s Kitchen on Pinterest To see all the good recipes I share there.

Historical notes for this recipe:
First published in 2009, this recipe was an instant blog hit. Updated with better images in 2021.

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Posted by Calin Denny On June 9, 2021