Lettuce Cups with Pork and Quinoa in Peanut Sauce
A delicious Asian-inspired dish featuring seasoned ground pork and quinoa in a creamy peanut sauce, served in fresh lettuce cups. The combination of textures from the meat, quinoa puffs, and crunchy peanuts makes this a satisfying and healthy meal.
Ingredients
- •3 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
- •3 tablespoons soy sauce
- •3 tablespoons lime juice and zest
- •1 tablespoon fresh ginger
- •1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- •2 teaspoons fish sauce
- •2 teaspoons sriracha hot sauce
- •1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- •6 whole scallions
- •1 pound ground pork
- •1 cup cooked quinoa
- •½ cup quinoa puffs
- •½ cup cilantro
- •½ cup pea shoots
- •½ cup salted and roasted peanuts
- •1 head Bibb lettuce
- •1 whole lime wedges
- •1 bottle Sriracha hot sauce
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
1. In a small bowl, whisk together the peanut butter, sugar, soy sauce, lime juice and zest, ginger, vinegar, fish sauce, and sriracha until smooth.
5 min
- 2.
2. Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add the scallions and cook until softened, about 2 minutes. Add the pork and cook, breaking up with a wooden spoon, until no longer pink, 8 to 10 minutes. Add the peanut butter mixture and cook, stirring until absorbed, about 3 minutes. Stir in the quinoa and quinoa puffs. Adjust the seasoning with soy sauce, fish sauce, and sriracha.
15 min
- 3.
3. Stir in the cilantro and pea shoots and sprinkle with peanuts.
2 min
- 4.
4. Scoop the pork mixture into the lettuce leaves. Serve with lime wedges and sriracha.
5 min