Thai-Style Pork Lettuce Wraps
Ingredients
- 1 lb lean ground pork
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 Thai chilies seeded and minced
- 1 cup cooked sticky rice
- 8 whole lettuce leaves (such as leaf lettuce, Boston bibb, or small romaine leaves)
- ⅓ cup fresh mint leaves roughly torn
- ¼ cup unsalted peanuts chopped
- Lime wedges (optional)
Sauce:
- 3 tbsp water
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp lime juice
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
Method
- Sauce:Whisk together water, soy sauce, lime juice, brown sugar, and cornstarch in a small bowl; set aside.
- Add pork to skillet over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring and breaking it up, about 7 minutes until it begins to brown. Add garlic and chilies; cook stirring, for 1 minute.
- Reduce heat to medium, add sauce; simmer for about 3 minutes or until sauce is thick and bubbly.
- To make wraps, scoop about 2 Tbsp rice and 1/8th of the pork mixture into each lettuce leaf. Top with mint and peanuts and place on platter. Serve with lime wedges (if desired).