Prawn Lettuce Wraps with a Spicy Peanut Sauce
 
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Lettuce wraps are basically just salads you eat with your hands. These wraps have juicy prawns, fresh mango, flavourful basmati rice, and a spicy peanut sauce that's sure to be finger lickin' good.
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Recipe type: Main
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • Sauce:
  • ½ cup smooth peanut butter
  • ½ cup hot water
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • ½ - 1 Tbsp chili garlic sauce (or Sriracha)
  • ½ Tbsp Thai red curry paste
  • ½ Tbsp coconut oil, room temp
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  • 1 cup basmati rice
  • 1½ cups vegetable stock
  • 2 Tbsp coconut oil
  • 2 tsp fish sauce
  • ½ red onion, finely diced
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 lb large prawns, peeled
  • 1 large mango, finely diced
  • ⅓ cup cilantro, chopped
  • Crispy chow mein noodles, to serve
  • Iceburg lettuce leaves, to serve
Instructions
  1. To make sauce, combine all sauce ingredients in a medium bowl and whisk until smooth. Refrigerate until ready to use.
  2. Cook rice according to package directions, substituting the water for vegetable stock (this gives the rice a deeper flavour).
  3. Once rice has cooked, heat coconut oil and fish sauce in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Saute onion and garlic until softened, about 5 minutes. Add in prawns and cook for 3-5 minutes until fully cooked.
  4. Serve each lettuce leaf/wrap with spicy peanut sauce, prawn mixture, and mangoes. Top with cilantro and crispy chow mein noodles.
Recipe by Port and Fin at https://portandfin.com/prawn-lettuce-wraps-with-a-spicy-peanut-sauce/