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Lettuce wraps with Peanut Sauce

 

 


 

Cascading Kitchen Notes

Lettuce Wraps with Peanut Sauce

The Sauce

In 3 Tbs coconut oil (or other oil) sauté:

  • 2 jalapenos-seeded and minced (unless you like less heat)
  • 4-5 cloves garlic-minced
  • 1 onion-finely diced

After 3-4 minutes add:

  • 1 can coconut milk, unsweetened  (about 1.5 cups)
  • ½ cup peanut butter, creamy is best
  • 2-3 Tbs freshly grated ginger
  • 1 Tb honey
  • ¼ cup soy sauce
  • Juice from 1 lime
  • optional, 2 Tb sesame seed oil

For a creamy sauce with no texture run the immersion blender through the peanut sauce for a minute.

Simmer on low for 5 minutes.  Don't allow it to boil.

Cool sauce.

Vegetable Mixture:

  • 2 carrots-julienned
  • 6 green onions-slivered lengthwise and crosscut into 2 inch pieces
  • 1 bunch cilantro-chopped
  • 1 med summer squash, peeled and seeded-julienned
  • 1 kohlrabi- julienned
  • Broccoli or cauliflower-chopped

Fill a nice large lettuce leaf with:

  • 1/3 cup veggie mix
  • 3-4 strands of cooked rice noodles
  • 1-2 Tbs peanut sauce
  • Squeeze a bit of fresh lime over all

Close wrap as if you were folding a burrito.

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