Name: Pork Lettuce Wraps
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Asia, Vietnamese
Ingredients: 1/2 cup white vinegar; 1/4 cup sugar; 1/8 teaspoon salt; 2 medium carrots, julienned; 1/2 medium onion, cut into thin slices; FILLING:; 1 pound ground pork; 1 tablespoon minced fresh gingerroot; 1 garlic clove, minced; 2 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce; 1 tablespoon mirin (sweet rice wine); 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon pepper; 1 teaspoon fish sauce, optional; ASSEMBLY:; 8 Bibb lettuce leaves; 1/2 English cucumber, finely chopped; 1 small sweet red pepper, finely chopped; 3 green onions, chopped; 1/2 cup each coarsely chopped fresh basil, cilantro and mint; 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely chopped; 1/4 cup salted peanuts, chopped; Hoisin sauce; Lime wedges

These popular Vietnamese pork lettuce wraps are light and tasty, easy to make and filled to the brim with delicious flavor. Bonus: from start to finish they're ready to eat in well under 1 hour.

Ingredients

1/2 cup white vinegar

1/4 cup sugar

1/8 teaspoon salt

2 medium carrots, julienned

1/2 medium onion, cut into thin slices

FILLING:

1 pound ground pork

1 tablespoon minced fresh gingerroot

1 garlic clove, minced

2 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce

1 tablespoon mirin (sweet rice wine)

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

1 teaspoon fish sauce, optional

ASSEMBLY:

8 Bibb lettuce leaves

1/2 English cucumber, finely chopped

1 small sweet red pepper, finely chopped

3 green onions, chopped

1/2 cup each coarsely chopped fresh basil, cilantro and mint

1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely chopped

1/4 cup salted peanuts, chopped

Hoisin sauce

Lime wedges

Instructions

1 Make the sauce

2 In a small bowl, mix the vinegar, sugar and salt until well blended. Stir in carrots and onion; let it stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.

3 Cook the filling

4 Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook the pork, ginger and garlic over medium heat for six to eight minutes or until pork is no longer pink. Break the pork into crumbles as you cook and drain once finished. Stir in soy sauce, mirin, salt, pepper and if desired, fish sauce.

5 Assemble and serve

6 Drain carrot mixture before serving. Place the pork filling in lettuce leaves and top with cucumber, red pepper, green onions, the carrot mixture and fresh herbs. Sprinkle with jalapeno and peanuts; drizzle with hoisin sauce. Squeeze lime juice over the top. Fold the lettuce over the filling.