Low Carb Low Fat Asian Lettuce Wraps with Dipping Sauce
By
Jennifer Van Dyke
@JVD
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Make sure to taste as you go along and adjust the flavors to your liking. This recipe is just like one I found in a low carb cook book. If you aren't doing low carb, you can use real sugar. Enjoy!
Blue Ribbon Recipe
These wraps are so good! I usually order these at my favorite Chinese restaurant, and this recipe is so close to theirs that I about did a dance when I tried them.
Rating:
★★★★★ 4 votes5
Comments:
Serves:
2 for main dish, 4 for appetizer
Prep:
10 Min
Cook:
10 Min
Method:
Stove Top
Ingredients
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4 Tbspsoy sauce, low sodium
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2 tspmolasses
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2 Tbsprice vinegar
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3 clovegarlic, crushed
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2 tspsplenda or other artificial sweetener
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1 lbground turkey or chicken
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2 tspvegetable oil
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1 small can(s)water chestnuts
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1 cmushrooms
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4green onions/scallions
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1head of ice burg lettuce
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1/4 csoy sauce, low sodium
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2 Tbspketchup (no sugar)
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2 Tbsprice vinegar
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1/2 tspsplenda or other artificial sweetener
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1-2 Tbsplemon or lime juice
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*1 tspsriracha or other hot chili sauce or paste *if desired
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1 tspsesame oil (preferable toasted)
How to Make Low Carb Low Fat Asian Lettuce Wraps with Dipping Sauce
- Whisk together the first 5 ingredients and set aside. Finely chop the water chestnuts, mushrooms and scallions, combine and set aside.
- Heat pan to med-hot, add the vegetable oil, and put ground meat in pan breaking it up as it cooks. If you have a non-stick pan, you won't need oil. Cook until 1/2 of the pink is gone, about 5 minutes. Now add the vegetables and continue cooking for 3-5 more minutes until meat is done.
- Add the soy sauce mixture to the pan and continue stirring and simmering for about 5 minutes. Taste the mixture and adjust to your liking-you may want to add more of the sauce ingredients. Scrape the pan to get all the bits up off of the bottom.
- While meat is simmering, combine the final 7 ingredients to make a dipping sauce. Whisk together and taste, then adjust to your liking. The sauce should be sweet and tangy and spicy if you like.
- Remove the outer leaves of the ice burg lettuce then make 2 cuts, one to each side, leaving the center section (use for a salad later) You will use these as "wraps."
- Serve the meat and lettuce separately. Put spoonfuls of meat in the center of a lettuce leaf, spoon some sauce on and roll up to eat.
About Low Carb Low Fat Asian Lettuce Wraps with Dipping Sauce
Course/Dish: Chicken Poultry Appetizers
Main Ingredient: Chicken
Regional Style: Asian
Collection: Asian Inspired
Other Tag: Healthy
