[CH] Today's Lunch - Vietnamese-Style Lettuce Wraps
RisaG (radiorlg@yahoo.com)
Tue, 6 Jan 2004 19:09:12 -0800 (PST)
This was todays lunch. Delicious. I could've included
a lot more veggies in with the meat but I didn't. I
made a quick chile-lime dipping sauce and dunked away.
Delicious.
* Exported from MasterCook *
Vietnamese Style Lettuce Wraps
Recipe By : RisaG
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Fish Low
Carb
Lunch
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation
Method
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4 Boston lettuce leaves --
washed & dried
1 fillet salmon -- cooked
4 spinach leaves -- washed &
dried
1 scallion -- cut in 2" lengths
Dipping Sauce:
1 clove garlic -- minced
1 chili pepper -- minced
1 tbsp Splenda Sweetener
1 tbsp fish sauce
1 tbsp lime juice
1 1/2 tbsp water
Make dipping sauce: Mince the chiles and garlic
together. Add Splenda and mix well. Add the fish
sauce, lime juice and the pulp from the lime. Set
aside for 15 minutes for the flavors to mingle.
The sauce keeps for up to 2 weeks stored in
refrigerator.
For wrap: Clean off 4 larger leaves of Boston lettuce.
Take out the top 1/2" of core from each leaf. Cut
salmon into 4 small pieces. Cut the scallions into 1"
pc. Place 1 pc of salmon and put it in the center of
each lettuce leaf. Top with 2 sm pc of scallion and 1
spinach leaf. Roll up, egg roll style. Place
seam-side-down on serving plate. Do this to each roll
and serve with dipping sauce in small bowl on plate.
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NOTES : Use more chile if you wish this to be spicier.
Nutritional information per serving (4 rolls): 6.2g
total fat (1.2g sat fat), 20.7g carbo, 8.1g fiber,
25.5g protein, % calories from carbo - 34.5, useable
carbs - 12.6g
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RisaG
Risa's Food Service
http://www.geocities.com/radiorlg
Updated 12/26/03
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