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Spicy mince & lettuce cups
Serves 4
Easy
Prep:
Cook:
Ready in 25 minutes
A Thai inspired-dish which is quick, simple, cheap and low fat – yet still feels special and is full of flavour. A great pre-dinner nibble
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- 1 tbsp sunflower oil
- large piece fresh root gingerpeeled and grated
- 2 garlic clovescrushed
- 2 red chilliesdeseeded and finely sliced
- 500g minced chickenturkey or pork
- 85g light brown sugar
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- juice 1 lime
- 2 lime leavesfinely shredded
To serve
- mix of iceberg lettuceLittle Gem and cos leaves
- large handful mint and corianderleaves, very roughly chopped
- handful toasted peanutsroughly chopped
- 2 shallotsfinely sliced into rings
- 1 limecut into wedges
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal253
- fat6glow
- saturates1g
- carbs23g
- sugars22g
- fibre0g
- protein29g
- salt1.73g
Method
step 1
Heat the oil in a large frying pan. Fry the ginger, garlic and chillies for 1 min. Add the mince, then cook on a high heat until golden brown, breaking it up with a wooden spoon as you go. Sprinkle over the brown sugar, fish sauce, lime juice and shredded lime leaves, then cook everything down until sticky.
step 2
Tip the mince into a serving bowl, then serve with a bowl of lettuce leaves for wrapping the mince in; the herbs, shallots and peanuts for scattering over; and the lime wedges for squeezing.
