Five-Spice Turkey & Lettuce Wraps

Provided by Eating Well

  • Saved by 14 people
  • Viewed 64 Times
  • Prep:
  • Cook:
  • Ready in: 30 mins
  • Serves:

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 cup instant brown rice
  • 2 teaspoons sesame oil
  • 1 pound 93%-lean ground turkey
  • 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
  • 1 large red bell pepper, finely diced
  • 1 8-ounce can water chestnuts, rinsed and chopped
  • 1/2 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth
  • 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce (see Note)
  • 1 teaspoon five-spice powder (see Note)
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 heads Boston lettuce, leaves separated
  • 1/2 cup chopped fresh herbs, such as cilantro, basil, mint and/or chives
  • 1 large carrot, shredded

Cooking Instructions

1. Bring water to a boil in a small saucepan. Add rice; reduce heat to low, cover and cook for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat.

2. Meanwhile, heat oil in a large nonstick pan over medium-high heat. Add turkey and ginger; cook, crumbling with a wooden spoon, until the turkey is cooked through, about 6 minutes. Stir in the cooked rice, bell pepper, water chestnuts, broth, hoisin sauce, five-spice powder and salt; cook until heated through, about 1 minute.

3. To serve, spoon portions of the turkey mixture into lettuce leaves, top with herbs and carrot and roll into wraps.

Notes: Hoisin sauce is a spicy, sweet sauce made from soybeans, chiles, garlic and spices. It will keep in the refrigerator for at least a year.

Often a blend of cinnamon, cloves, fennel seed, star anise and Szechuan peppercorns, five-spice powder was originally considered a cure-all miracle blend encompassing the five elements (sour, bitter, sweet, pungent, salty). Look for it in the supermarket spice section.

Nutritional Information per Serving

  calories 285  carbohydrates 24  fat 11  saturated fat 3  mono unsaturated fat 1  protein 26  cholesterol 66  fiber 5  potassium 390     

AOL Users:

Use your AOL screen name to sign in and begin adding your own tags

Sign in Now

New Users:

Don't have a screen name yet?

Register here and you'll soon be on your way to tagging recipes.

Register

Recipe Location

This recipe has been added to the following public cookbooks:
nikki's cookbook

Rate & Review This Recipe

AOL Users:

Use your AOL screen name to sign in and add your own rating and review.
Sign In Now

New Users:

Don't have a screen name yet? Register here and you'll soon be on your way to rating & reviewing recipes.
Register

ADVERTISEMENT

More Recipes By Eating Well

  1. inside-out cheeseburgers
  2. real cornbread
  3. chilaquiles casserole
  4. lentil & almond burgers
  5. poached eggs

Dinner Tonight

Dinner TonightCampbell's

Plagued by the age-old question "What's for dinner"? We've got a recipe for every night of the week.

    Advanced Search

    Share Your Recipes

    Have a great recipe? Share it with the world!
    Share Your Recipe

    Get Organized

    Have a bunch of recipes ready to be filled into a cookbook?
    Create a Cookbook

    Highest Rated Recipes

    1. bacon candy
    2. guacamole en molcajete
    3. inside-out cheeseburgers
    4. cajun chicken pasta
    5. reuben dogs

    Also on AOL

    © 2008 AOL, LLC All Rights Reserved

    Based on a popular Chinese dish, these fun wraps also make appealing appetizers for entertaining. Make it a meal: Serve with chile-garlic sauce and rice vinegar for extra zip; toss diced mango and strawberries with lime juice for a quick dessert.