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
- Preheat a non-stick frying pan on medium heat and add the oil, garlic, ginger, chilli and shallot. Cook gently for 3-4 minutes
- 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
- Add the honey, fish sauce, soy sauce and lime juice. Mix well
- Cook for a further 2-3 until the mince is cooked through and the sauce has reduced. Set aside to cool
- Wash the lettuce and separate the leaves into 4 cups
- Finally stir the mint and coriander into the pork mixture
- Divide the pork mixture amongst the lettuce cups and sprinkle the chopped peanuts on top