This Asian inspired butter lettuce wrap is stuffed "taco style" with ground sausage cooked with onions, garlic, ginger, soy sauce (tamari), fresh lime juice, sriracha sauce, honey, and vegetables.
This ground pork lettuce wrap recipe uses gluten free soy sauce. It is full of veggies, is low carb, and is a lighter dish with tons of flavor.
Variations On Ground Pork Asian Lettuce Wraps
The ground sausage / pork in this Asian lettuce wrap recipe can also be substituted for ground chicken or turkey or crumbled tofu or tempeh.
This Asian inspired pork lettuce wrap recipe has an orange zest garnish. Use lemon or lime zest if preferred or omit zest entirely.
Stuffed Asian pork lettuce wraps are great as a healthy appetizer or as a main dish. They are low carb and keto (omit the honey), gluten free, whole30, and paleo.
Things In My Kitchen:
- Microplane Zester - For grating the ginger and the citrus.
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Asian Pork Lettuce Wraps
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Stuffed Asian pork lettuce wraps are great as a healthy appetizer or as a main.
- Prep Time: 45 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
- Yield: 6
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Asian
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
- 1 ½ tablespoon peanut oil
- 2 lb of pork sausage
- 1 cup onions, diced
- 1 cup carrots, diced
- 1 cup celery, diced
- 1 cup raw mushrooms, diced
- 1 tablespoon fresh garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, grated
- 1 cup green onions, sliced
- ½ teaspoon salt
- zest from 2 limes - as garnish
- ⅓ cup fresh lime juice
- 3 tablespoon soy sauce / tamari - regular or gluten free
- 1 tablespoon sriracha sauce
- 3 tablespoon honey
- 1 cup chopped cashews
- 2 heads of butter lettuce
Instructions
- Bring a large pan to medium high heat, add peanut oil to lightly coat the bottom of the pan.
- Add sausage, onions, carrots, celery, and mushrooms and cook until sausage is broken up and nearly done (~8 minutes).
- Reduce heat to medium and add garlic and ginger and cook until fragrant (~ 1-2 minutes). Add green onions, salt, lime juice, and soy sauce. Cook ~ 3-4 minutes.
- Add sriracha, honey, and cashews. Cook an additional 3-4 minutes or until veggies are tender.
- Arrange butter lettuce leaves on a serving plate (one leaf is generally good, but layer two leaves together if the lettuce is weaker).
- Place meat mixture in the middle of wrap. Top with fresh lime zest. Add salt to taste. Happy Eating! Beckie
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