Thai Red Curry Pork Lettuce Cups
with green smoothie
These lettuce cups are proof that recipes don’t need to be complicated to be packed with flavor. The spice of ground pork simmered in a coconut curry sauce is balanced by crisp, cooling lettuce leaves. These are messy but fun to eat!
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Ingredients
Red Curry Pork Lettuce Cups:
- Coconut milk, light - 1/3 cup
- Red curry paste - 1 Tbsp (sub green or yellow)
- Tamari - 3 Tbsp
- Brown sugar - 2 tsp
- Basil - 4 leaves, chiffonade
- Lettuce, romaine - 12 leaves (sub green leaf or iceberg)
- Limes - 1, wedges
- Oil, cooking - 1 Tbsp
- Pork, ground - 1 1/2 lbs
- Cornstarch - 1 Tbsp
- Water - 2 Tbsp
- Peanuts - 2 oz
- Hot sauce of choice - for serving
Green Smoothie:
- Peaches, frozen or fresh - 12 oz, roughly chopped
- Ginger (opt) - 1 tsp, grated
- Spinach, baby - 3 oz
- Lime juice - 1/2 tsp
- Ice - 1/2 cup
- Coconut milk, light - 1/2 cup
- Water - 1/2 cup
Nutrition Facts
Amount Per Serving
Calories
460
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% Daily Value
Total Fat
23g
35%
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Saturated Fat
8g
40%
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Trans Fat
0g
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Cholesterol
100mg
33%
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Sodium
961mg
40%
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Total Carbohydrate
26g
9%
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Dietary Fiber
6g
26%
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Sugars
14g
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Protein
44g
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Prep
- Make stir-fry sauce - Whisk together coconut milk (the portion for the pork), curry paste, Tamari and brown sugar. (Can be done up to 5 days ahead)
- Basil / Lettuce / Limes - Prep as directed.
- Make green smoothie - If using fresh peaches, chop into large pieces. Grate ginger. Combine peaches, ginger, spinach, lime juice, ice, coconut milk (the portion for the smoothie) and water in a blender. Blend until smooth. Add some more water, if needed to help the smoothie blend more easily. Taste and add some honey (not in ingredients list) if you’d like it a bit more sweet.
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Make
- Heat a wok over high heat. Add oil and then pork to heated oil. Saute until pork is just cooked through, 2 to 3 minutes.
- Whisk together cornstarch and water.
- Pour stir-fry sauce and cornstarch / water mixture over pork. Continue cooking until sauce has thickened, ~2 minutes more. Remove from heat and stir in basil.
- Set everything out on the table so that everyone can assemble their lettuce cups by filling lettuce leaves with pork and peanuts. Finish lettuce cups by topping them with a squeeze of lime juice and some hot sauce (if you’d like).
- Enjoy lettuce cups with smoothies on the side.
Nutrition Facts
Amount Per Serving
Calories
460
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% Daily Value
Total Fat
23g
35%
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Saturated Fat
8g
40%
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Trans Fat
0g
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Cholesterol
100mg
33%
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Sodium
961mg
40%
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Total Carbohydrate
26g
9%
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Dietary Fiber
6g
26%
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Sugars
14g
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Protein
44g
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Reviews
Ratings
62 reviews
I wanted to like this more....seems like something more was needed for the lettuce wraps and ours ended up salty.
0 HelpfulSubunit 1 loves this meal. Opted not to put spinach in the smoothie, for texture reasons, next time I'll by baby food spinach.
0 HelpfulOnly made the smoothie (with another stir fry) and it was the best tasting green smoothie I’ve ever made! Added a frozen banana, used frozen mango (because I had it) instead of peach and added honey to sweeten.
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