ever since my friend jamie shared the original recipe with me, my husband has requested we have these each week. i cave and we usually have them every other week. it's so nice to have finallly found the perfect lettuce wrap recipe!
ASIAN BBQ TURKEY LETTUCE WRAPS
- 1 pound ground turkey
- 1/3 cup hoison sauce
- 1/2 cup bbq sauce
- 1 tablespoon ginger root, peeled and grated
- 2 cloves garlic, grated
- 1 bunch green onions
- 1/3 cup pine nuts
- 1 head iceberg lettuce
over medium heat, brown turkey. stir in hoisin and bbq sauces, ginger root and garlic. mix in pine nuts and green onions.
to serve, spoon turkey mixture into each lettuce leaf cup and roll tightly to enclose turkey mixture.
adapted from jillianmichaels.com. go figure that the best lettuce wraps would come from there! i usually try and double the meat mixture when making so that i can freeze half for another time. there isn't much prep work but it's so nice to know that all the work for another meal is already done. i serve this with a side of brown rice and fresh pineapple. the two year old thinks this is a version of a taco since the meat is served in something you wrap it in. she actually prefers the meat mixture on top of the rice. fine by me! i've also added shredded carrot to this as well for extra veggie with great results.
