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Prep time
15 minutes
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Cook time
20 minutes
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Serves
2
Author Notes
Using ground pork and a simple sauce, you can amp up regular butter lettuce and never have a boring low carb dinner ever again. —Jennifer Post
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Ingredients
- Pork Filling
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1 pound
Ground Pork
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2 tablespoons
Tamari or Soy Sauce
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1 tablespoon
Fish Sauce
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1 tablespoon
Hoisin Sauce
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1/4 teaspoon
Brown Sugar
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1/2 teaspoon
Sesame Oil
- Toppings
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1/2 cup
Shredded Carrot
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1/2 cup
Cucumber, cut into matchsticks
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1/2 cup
Red pepper, cut into thin slices
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1/2
Lime, cut into wedges
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Sriracha or other chili sauce
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8-10
Leaves of butter lettuce
Directions
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In a small jar, mix together Tamari or soy sauce, hoisin sauce, fish sauce, brown sugar and sesame oil. Shake and set aside.
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Heat up a teaspoon of sesame oil in a sauté pan over medium heat.
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While pork is cooking, thinly slice your red pepper and cut cucumber into thin matchsticks.
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Prepare other toppings and rinse off outer leaves of a head of butter lettuce
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When pork is almost cooked, pour over sauce and continue cooking until sauce is absorbed into pork.
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To serve, spoon pork mixture into lettuce cup and top with vegetables of your choice and some Sriracha style hot sauce
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