These are delectable, easy to make, and ideal if you're watching your weight - unless you consume the whole lot in one sitting, which, no doubt, you will want to do.
You'll need:
o a pound of ground turkey or chicken
o coconut oil - you can find this at Whole foods and if your budget doesn't include fancy things like coconut oil, use any sort of oil except baby.
o something called Chinese 5 spices - it's in the spice area and you will thank me later
o scallions or cilantro - both good; together better- slice up the white parts of the scallion
o garlic- a few peeled
o shredded carrots - about half a cup or more
o tamari or soy sauce
o grated fresh ginger - about 2 tbsp
o splash of rice vinegar
o a head of lovely bibb lettuce - the kind that has large, tender leaves
Separate the lettuce into big pieces and put on a plate. (you're almost done)
heat a big pan up about medium with a couple of tablespoons of oil.
once it's melted and hot, throw in your carrots and cook for a minute.
throw in some smashed garlic, ginger, turkey, and as much grated ginger as you can stand - the more the better in my opinion. Throw in the scallions. (you can slice up the green parts of the scallion and throw that in towards the end of cooking.
Cook all that thru, about 10 minutes, breaking up big hunks of turkey.
fling a good handful of chopped cilantro in, toss in a sweep of tamari and about 2 tbsp of rice vinegar and cook that up for another minute.
This should be smelling really good and you'll want to grab a spoon and eat it out of the pan but if you didn't heed my advice about the date, don't do it..she was impressed when you whipped out the Chinese 5 spices but will be grabbing her purse if you can't restrain yourself.
Put a spoonful of the mixture on top of the carefully laid out lettuce leaves and serve!
(roll up like a burrito and grab the napkins)
