4.8 from 15 votes
Spicy Pork Lettuce Wraps
🥬🐷🌶️ EASY, ready in 20 minutes, perfectly SPICY yet wonderfully fresh! Just enough heat to keep you going back for more! A new dinnertime WINNER! You can sub ground chicken or ground turkey for the pork to keep them leaner.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
20 mins
Servings:
4
servings
Calories:
184 kcal
Course:
Lunch
Cuisine:
Asian
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons sesame oil
- pork sausage Hot Sausage may be substituted, Jimmy Dean Premium, 16-ounce package
- 1 onion diced small, medium/large sweet Vidalia or yellow onion
- water chestnuts drained and diced small, 8-ounce can
- ½ cup hoisin sauce
- 2 to 3 tablespoons soy sauce low-sodium
- 2 to 3 tablespoons Chili garlic sauce or to taste, Asian
- 2 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon sriracha optional and to taste
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger or to taste, or 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
- ½ teaspoon black pepper or to taste, freshly ground
- 2 to 3 green onions sliced into thin rounds
- butter lettuce for serving, or ‘living lettuce’ leaves
Instructions
- To a large skillet, add the oil, Jimmy Dean Premium Pork Sausage, onions and cook over medium-high heat until sausage is cooked through; stir intermittently and crumble sausage while cooking to ensure even cooking.
- Add the water chestnuts, hoisin sauce, soy sauce, chili garlic sauce, rice vinegar, optional sriracha, ginger, pepper, stir to combine, and cook for about 3 to 4 minutes, or until water chestnuts are warmed and soften slightly; stir intermittently.
- Taste filling and make any necessary flavor adjustments, i.e. more chili garlic sauce, hoisin, pepper, etc.
- Spoon about 1/4 cup of the filling into the lettuce leaves and evenly garnish with green onions before serving.
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Notes
- Recipe is best warm and fresh but filling will keep airtight in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1serving
Calories
184kcal
(9%)
Carbohydrates
25g
(8%)
Protein
3g
(6%)
Fat
8g
(12%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
4g
(24%)
Monounsaturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Cholesterol
1mg
(0%)
Sodium
1356mg
(57%)
Potassium
200mg
(4%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
15g
(30%)
Vitamin A
71IU
(1%)
Vitamin C
8mg
(9%)
Calcium
38mg
(4%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4 servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 184
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1serving | |
| Calories | 184kcal | 9% |
| Carbohydrates | 25g | 8% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 8g | 12% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 4g | 24% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 1mg | 0% |
| Sodium | 1356mg | 57% |
| Potassium | 200mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 15g | 30% |
| Vitamin A | 71IU | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 8mg | 9% |
| Calcium | 38mg | 4% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.