Thai-Style Larb Lettuce Cups
Low carb Asian option. A great snack over a conversation or a meal.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp cooking oil
- 4 garlic cloves chopped
- 3/4 lb ground pork
- 1 tspn sugar
- 1 tspn fish sauce
- 1/2 tspn soy sauce
- 2 Thai chilies chopped
- 1/4 cup mint
- 1/4 cup Thai basil
- 1/4 cup cilantro
- 1/4 cup red onion sliced
- butter lettuce
Sauce
- 1 1/2 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp lime juice
- 3 Thai chilies chopped
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp water
Instructions
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Heat the cooking oil in a pan and saute the garlic for about a minute.
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Add the pork and cook until mostly browned.
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Add the sugar, fish sauce, soy sauce, and chilies. Saute until pork is completely cooked.
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Salt & pepper to taste, add the mint, basil, cilantro and red onion. Saute until basil and mint are tender.
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Scoop larb into a lettuce leaf. Drizzle with sauce. Enjoy.
Sauce
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In a bowl, combine the sugar, lime juice, thai chilies, fish sauce, and water. Whisk well.
