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<600 calories/serving

Five-Spice Turkey & Lettuce Wraps

Based on a popular Chinese dish, these fun wraps also make appealing appetizers for entertaining. You can serve with chile-garlic sauce and rice vinegar or toss diced mango and strawberries with lime juice for a quick dessert.

You can find this recipe in our A Week of Quick Dinners Meal Plan.

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Prep Time: 5 hours 30 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Asian
Entertaining
Servings: 4 (click to scale)

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 cup instant brown rice
  • 2 teaspoons sesame oil
  • 1 pound lean ground turkey 93%
  • 1 Tbsp fresh ginger minced
  • 1 large red bell pepper finely diced
  • 8 oz chestnuts rinsed and chopped
  • 1/2 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth
  • 2 Tbsp hoisin sauce
  • 1 teaspoon five-spice powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 heads Boston lettuce leaves separated
  • 1/2 cup fresh herbs chopped, such as cilantro, basil, mint and/or chives
  • 1 large carrot shredded

Instructions

  • Bring water to a boil in a small saucepan. Add rice; reduce heat to low, cover and cook for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat.
  • Meanwhile, heat oil in a large nonstick pan over medium-high heat. Mince ginger. Add turkey and ginger; cook, crumbling with a wooden spoon, until the turkey is cooked through, about 6 minutes. Stir in the cooked rice, bell pepper, water chestnuts, broth, hoisin sauce, five-spice powder and salt; cook until heated through, about 1 minute.
  • To serve, spoon portions of the turkey mixture into lettuce leaves, top with herbs and carrot and roll into wraps.

Chef Tips

Hoisin sauce is a spicy, sweet sauce made from soybeans, chiles, garlic and spices. It will keep in the refrigerator for at least a year. Often a blend of cinnamon, cloves, fennel seed, star anise and Szechuan peppercorns, five-spice powder was originally considered a cure-all miracle blend encompassing the five elements (sour, bitter, sweet, pungent, salty). Look for it in the supermarket spice section.

Nutrition

Calories: 286kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 26g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 596mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 0g

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