Satay Lettuce Wraps

By Nana_CAM

A combination of peanut butter, meat, ginger and more gets wrapped up in lettuce leaves. Try this recipe as an alternative to a typical sandwich!

Ingredients

• 1/2 *1/2 cup dry-roasted peanuts
• 2 *2 tablespoons vegetable or peanut oil
• 1 1/4 *1 1/4 pound thinly sliced pork or chicken cutlets or 1 1/2 pounds of ground pork or chicken
• *Pepper
• 1/4 *1/4 pound oyster, baby white or shitake mushrooms, chopped and thinly sliced
• 1 *1 bunch scallions, chopped or thinly sliced
• 4 *4 cloves of garlic, chopped
• 1 1/2 *1 1/2-inch piece fresh ginger root, cut into thin mathsticks or finely chopped
• 2 *2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
• 1/2 *1/2 cup unsweetened apple juice or chicken stock
• 1/4 *1/4 cup Tamari (dark soy sauce)
• *A few dashed of hot pepper sauce
• 1 *1 small head iceberg lettue, core reoved and head quartered

Preparation

Step 1

Using a food processor, finely chop the peanuts.

In a large skillet, heat the oil, two turns of the pan, over high heat. Add the pork and cook until browned, about 5 minutes; season with pepper. Add the mushrooms, scallions, garlic, and ginger; toss for 2 minutes. Push the ingredients to the side of the pan and add the peanut butter to the center to melt. Whisk in the apple juice, Tamari (eyeball it) ad hot sauce. Stir in the peanuts.

Spoon the satay into a serving bowl or individual bowls. Serve the lettuce wedges alongside. Scoop the satay mixture into lettuce leaves to wrap up as you eat.