Simple + Delicious Thai Lettuce Wraps

How do you handle school night dinners when it’s still technically summer? With these honestly tasty Thai Lettuce Wraps! Check out Honeysuckle’s take on the easy meal below, then give it a spin. Finger food has never looked better. 

THAI LETTUCE WRAPS

Serves 3-4

Ingredients

¼ cup lime juice

2 tablespoons fish sauce

2 tablespoons brown sugar

1 tablespoon water

½ tsp Chili garlic paste

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced

1 shallot diced

1/2 pound ground turkey

2 teaspoon fish sauce

1 teaspoon soy sauce

1 teaspoon brown sugar

1/2 cup of torn basil, mint and cilantro leaves

1/4 red onion, thinly sliced

Butter Lettuce

Instructions

1. To prep sauce, squeeze limes for juice into a bowl. Then add fish sauce, brown sugar, and water and give it a good mix. Mix in chili garlic paste for an extra little kick.
2. Chop fresh mint, thai basil, and cilantro and set aside.
3. Take a medium frying pan and heat it up on medium-high heat. Add vegetable oil, diced shallot, and sliced garlic to the pan and let it sauté for a few minutes until fragrant.
4. Add in ground turkey, soy sauce, brown sugar, fish sauce, and give it a good mix. Cook it until the turkey is fully cooked through.
5. Add in sliced red onions, give it a good mix, and then add the chopped herbs. Toss then take off heat.
6. Serve with Butter Lettuce.

~ Dzung Lewis, Honeysuckle

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