Great Pork Recipes

Spicy Pork and Prawn Lettuce Parcels

Preparation time: 20 minutes + 30 minutes for lettuce crisping
Total cooking time: 10 minutes
Serves: 4 - 6

Ingredients for spicy pork:

1-2 large lettuces
1 tablespoon oil
3 spring onions, chopped
2 teaspoons red curry paste (ready-made paste)
100 g (3 1/2 oz.) pork mince
100 g (3 1/2 oz.) small raw prawns, peeled and deveined
3 tablespoons coconut milk
1-2 teaspoons chopped red chillies
2 teaspoons fish sauce
1 teaspoon soft brown sugar
2 teaspoons grated lime rind
3 tablespoons finely chopped roasted unsalted peanuts

Directions for spicy pork:

1. When you want to start cooking this recipe, follow these guidelines. Separate the lettuce leaves, wash them and pat dry, then wrap in a dry tea towel and refrigerate for about 30 minutes to crisp up.

2. Heat the oil in a wok. Add the spring onions and curry paste and stir-fry for 2 minutes over medium heat.

3.Add the pork mince and stir-fry until browned. Add the prawns, coconut milk and chillies and stir-fry for 3 minutes.

4. Add the fish sauce, brown sugar and lime rind and stir well. Stir in the peanuts, then leave to cool for 15 minutes. Place a spoonful of spicy pork on each lettuce leaf-the parcels can be rolled for easy eating.

Nutritional Value for spicy pork:

Protein 10 g;
Fat 8.5 g;
Carbohydrate 3 g;
Dietary Fibre 2 g;
Cholesterol 33mg;
Energy 535kJ (128cal)

Note for spicy pork:

The filling must be cooled so that ail liquid will be absorbed, making it moist and succulent.

The author of this article, Shirley M. Duran is a mother of two and a cooking enthusiast and at her website you can find many other delicious Rate this Article:

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