Lettuce Cups with Pork and Quinoa in Peanut Sauce

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.

   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.

   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.

   3. Stir in the cilantro and pea shoots and sprinkle with peanuts.

   2 min

4. 4.

   4. Scoop the pork mixture into the lettuce leaves. Serve with lime wedges and sriracha.

   5 min