Vietnamese Pork Lettuce Wraps
Casual, flavorful and low in carbohydrates, these Vietnamese Pork Lettuce Wraps are a perfect and low-fuss way to feed a group. Place the ingredients in separate dishes and let your guests assemble their own wrap, which allows them to personalize to suit their tastes. —Gretchen Barnes, Fairfax, Virginia
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
Reviews
I haven't made this yet but it seems to me you should mix the vinegar mix in hot if not boiling water to dissolve the salt and sugar, then cool. Salt and sugar will not dissolve in cool water properly.
I haven’t made this yummy looking recipe yet. I just want to ask what would be a good substitute for the mirin?
I made this tonight and it was a big hit with my family! This was very delicious and healthy. I didn’t have any mirin so I replaced it with 1 tbsp rice vinegar and 1 tsp sugar and it worked well. It may seem like a lot of prep work but it’s worth it. Would make it again.
Lots of chopping. but, so worth it! My husband and I loved it and will try it again!
What a wonderful and delightful mix of flavors. The added bonus is everything is fresh and healthy. This recipe even won over the harshest skeptic in my family, which was my 23 year old son. He said that was the, 'fastest I have ever eaten a meal and it was great'. So, this recipe gets 5 stars from everybody in the family.
This was wonderful! And so different from my usual midwestern fare. The only change I made was to sub low fat ground turkey breast for the pork...so my husband could cheerfully eat it. We loved it...and we are old people!
These rate a 5 star.. excellent!
What a fun and tasty meal!! I loved it! My husband and daughter liked it very much. My husband said it was good but not like P.F. Changs. He then mixed some hoisin sauce and the mirin wine with the meat and threw in some of the peanuts and placed on a lettuce leaf. It really did taste close to P.F. Changs! I liked the way it was, but is a recipe that is easily adapted to individual taste. It was a little time consuming chopping all the ingredients, but well worth it. The only change I made was that I used green leaf lettuce instead of the Bibb lettuce called for in the recipe. If you like lettuce wraps you will definitely want to try this one!!Field Editor since 2013