Asian Lettuce Cups With Turkey And Green Apple

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb ground turkey
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1/2 teaspoon grated gingerroot
• 1/2 red bell pepper, diced
• 2 scallions, chopped
• 1/2 yellow bell pepper, diced
• 1/2 green apple, diced
• 2 bunches cellophane noodles (those made with mung beans)
• 2 medium carrots (use a vegetable peeler to peel cut carrot into paper thin strips. use knife to further cut into supe)
• 1 head boston bibb lettuce, leaves washed and separated
• 1 1/2 tablespoons hoisin sauce (for gf, substitute tangerine marmalade or use a gf hosisin sauce)
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce (for gf, use wheat free tamari sauce)
• 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1 teaspoon rice wine vinegar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
• 1 dash sriracha sauce (aka "rooster") (optional)

Recipe

• 1 fry noodles in a wok or saucepan (something not too wide at its base. the smaller the base width, the less oil you will need to use).
• 2 fill with about 2" of oil. while oil is heating to 375f, use your hands to separate the strands of the mung bean noodle into small clumps.
• 3 when oil hot, fry one batch at a time.
• 4 should only take 10 seconds to fry. remove, let drain paper towels.
• 5 dice all your vegetables and apple into very small pieces - try to get everything around the same size.
• 6 heat a wok or large skillet to high heat and add cooking oil.
• 7 add ground turkey and fry until 80% done.
• 8 with spatula, make room in the center of pan to fry the aromatics.
• 9 just push the meat out of the way.
• 10 add a touch more cooking oil if needed.
• 11 fry garlic, ginger, scallions until fragrant, about 10 seconds.
• 12 add red bell, yellow bell; cook just a minute until vegetables are slightly softened.
• 13 add sauce ingredients. mix well and heat through.
• 14 taste. need more salt? (soy) sugar? (hoisin) heat? (hot sauce) zing? (rice wine vinegar). don't over spice - you still want the flavor of the vegetables to come through. don't over cook - the vegetables should still have texture and some crunch.
• 15 add apples. toss to coat. immediately remove.
• 16 you don't want to "cook" the apples - keep them nice and crunchy.
• 17 serve with more rooster sauce, lettuce cups, fried noodles and shaved carrots.