What you'll need:
- 1/2 Head Iceburg Lettuce
- 1lb 99% Fat Free Ground Turkey
- 1 Carrot
- 1/2 Cucumber
- 1 Handful Dry Roasted Peanuts
- 1/2 Green, Red, or Yellow Pepper
- 1 Clove Garlic
- 1/2 Jalepeno
Dipping Sauce:
- 2 tbls Hoisin Sauce
- 1 1/2 tbls Peanut Butter
- 1/4 cup Lite Soy Sauce
- 1/4 tsp Red Pepper Flakes
- 1 tsp Ginger
- 1 Clove Garlic
- Fresh Lemon
- 1 tbls Rice Wine Vinegar
Start this off with making the sauce. I like to make the sauce as a a little potent because ground turkey is very bland and flavorless and tends to soak up all the flavor of this sauce when it's cooked in.
Very simply mince the 1 garlic clove and ginger as finely as you can. Add all the ingredients of the dipping sauce together in a mixing bowl and whisk until completely mixed or peanut butter blends completely.
Let this refrigerated while we work on everything else. Taste test...is the sauce a little salty for your taste? Add a little water and a teaspoon of sugar!
Julienne (cut into thin, long strips) the carrot, cucumber, jalepeno and peppers. In a small bowl add some Rice Wine Vinegar and let them soak. Chop up the jalepeno a little more if you're afraid of the heat.
Rise your 1/2 Head of Iceburg lettuce well and gently pull off the "cups" and arrange on a plate.
In a medium dry heated pan, add the ground turkey with the other minced garlic clove. As is begins to cook, start chopping the meat until it starts to look crumbled. Cook thoroughly for approximately 15 minutes.
Once the turkey is about 80% done, add the sauce and let it cook in. (*If you broke the rules and are using ground beef or chicken or turkey that is not 99% fat free, please drain the fat from your pan before adding the sauce we made.) Have extra sauce? Good! Put it in a small cup on the side for dipping! Continue to cook for another 5 minutes, or until the turkey is done cooking.
Then, drain the vegetables that were soaking in the Rice Wine Vinegar.
Then, drain the vegetables that were soaking in the Rice Wine Vinegar.
Arrange the veggie blend on a large serving plate next to a small pile of peanuts with the lettuce cups and a small cup of the dipping sauce in the center.
In a small bowl, serve the ground turkey on the side or on the plate for individual servings.
Let the fun begin by building your wraps with all your favorite pieces!
*Editors note: I mentioned serving this with peanuts. They are supposed to be on the plate until I realized my lovely boyfriend ate them all. So, you get a dinosaur instead. Don't eat the dinosaur.
*Editors note: I mentioned serving this with peanuts. They are supposed to be on the plate until I realized my lovely boyfriend ate them all. So, you get a dinosaur instead. Don't eat the dinosaur.
