Thai Minced Pork Lettuce cups

This is a great dish to serve as a starter or used as part of a salad selection.  In my original recipe I used little gem lettuce but you can also use iceberg which gives the cups more of a crunch.  Entirely up to individual taste!

Ingredients

Small piece of fresh ginger minced

1 clove garlic crushed

½ red chilli finely chopped

1 tbsp Sesame oil

1 small shallot chopped

500g minced pork

1 red pepper chopped into small pieces

1 tbsp honey

1 tbsp fish sauce

2 tbsp soy sauce

1 tbsp lime juice

1 little gem lettuce/iceberg lettuce

Handful mint and coriander

25 g salted peanuts chopped

Method

  1. Preheat a non-stick frying pan on medium heat and add the oil, garlic, ginger, chilli and shallot.  Cook gently for 3-4 minutes
  2. Add the pork and peppers to the mixture, breaking down the pork with a wooden spoon. Place a lid on the pan and allow to sweat for around 10 minutes until the pepper is soft
  3. Add the honey, fish sauce, soy sauce and lime juice.  Mix well
  4. Cook for a further 2-3 until the mince is cooked through and the sauce has reduced.  Set aside to cool
  5. Wash the lettuce and separate the leaves into 4 cups
  6. Finally stir the mint and coriander into the pork mixture
  7. Divide the pork mixture amongst the lettuce cups and sprinkle the chopped peanuts on top

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