Insanely delicious and simple Pork Lettuce Wraps ready in just 20 minutes! Boldly-flavored pork and vegetable filling wrapped in a crisp lettuce cup and drizzled with a rich Asian glaze - better than any restaurant version you've tasted!
Prep Time: 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 20 minutesminutes
Total Time: 30 minutesminutes
Servings:4people
Ingredients
1 ½ poundsground pork
1small-medium zucchini, diced
18-ounce can water chestnuts, drained and roughly chopped
½white or yellow onion, diced
½cupshredded carrots
2tablespoonssesame oil
⅓cupsoy sauce, I used low sodium
¼cuphoisin sauce
1tablespoonfish sauce, optional but HIGHLY recommended
1tablespoonminced garlic
1tablespoonlemongrass paste, optional but HIGHLY recommended
2teaspoonsginger paste , OR ½ teaspoon ground ginger
2teaspoonssriracha sauce
¼teaspooncrushed red pepper flakes, optional, leave out for mild
chopped green onions, for garnish
1headiceberg lettuce, for serving (butter lettuce or romaine will also work)
Instructions
Whisk together soy sauce, hoisin sauce, fish sauce, garlic, lemongrass, ginger, sriracha, and red pepper flakes. Set aside.
Drizzle oil into a large skillet over medium-high heat.
Add pork and brown, breaking apart with a spoon or spatula as it cooks, for about 5 minutes.
Add zucchini, water chestnuts, onions, and carrots. Sauté about 5-7 minutes until veggies are tender.
Stir in sauce. Reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer for 5-10 minutes.
Serve in lettuce cups and garnish with green onions if desired.
Notes
Optional sauce: Whisk together 1/4 cup sweet chili sauce and 1/4 cup soy sauce. Serve with lettuce wraps. About those optional ingredients: I listed lemongrass and fish sauce as "optional but HIGHLY recommended". I add them every time I make this dish BUT, I have made this without them when I had run out and didn't have a chance to get to the grocery store and it is still so, SO delicious. So if those two ingredients intimidate you, or you simply don't have them on hand, I want you to know this dish is worth making even without them!Make it a meal: This pork lettuce wrap filling is SO good I often serve it as our main dish - either in the lettuce cups, OR I serve it over rice and call it dinner. Highly recommend!