Vietnamese Peanut Sauce Lettuce Wraps
Recipe video above. Such a great DIY summer spread, a regular all through summer in my circles! It's essentially a lower-cal version of Vietnamese rice paper rolls. The fresh herbs and the peanut sauce are key here! Everything else you can switch: prawns for shredded chicken, pan fried salmon or
Ingredients
4 servings
Instructions
- Pickle first - Put the boiling water, salt and sugar in a bowl. Mix to to dissolve, then add vinegar. Submerge vegetables and leave for 2 hours. Drain then use per recipe (or store in fridge submerged in liquid).
- Peanut sauce - Mix the peanut sauce ingredients and set aside for the flavours to meld while you prepare the platter. Start with 1 tbsp lime juice and add more if you want tarter.
- Prawns (shrimp) - Cut the prawns in half horizontally and remove the vein.
- Noodles - Soak the noodles in boiling water per packet directions. Rinse under cold water (to prevent stickiness) then drain very well.
- Lay it all out - Pile everything onto a giant platter or put things in little bowls, then let everybody help themselves!
- Assemble - Here's my order: lettuce leaf, noodles first, then veg* (carrots, bean sprouts etc), prawns, stuff herbs down the side, drizzle with sauce, sprinkle with peanuts and chilli. Bundle and bite!
Nutrition per serving
Protein18g
Carbs40g
Fat9g
320kcal
18gProtein
40gCarbs
9gFat
💰 Cost Estimate
Total Ingredients
$7126.00
$7126.00
Per Serving
$1782.00/serving
$1782.00/serving
🏠 Savings
~$14252.00 vs buying!
~$14252.00 vs buying!
📋 Price Breakdown (92% ingredients detected)
| Ingredient | Amount | Subtotal |
|---|---|---|
| / 10 oz peeled whole cooked prawns/shrimp | 300 g | $726.00 |
| / 2.5 oz dried vermicelli noodles | 75 g | $44.00 |
| or 16 -20 small lettuce leaves | 12 large | $142.00 |
| batch quick pickled carrots and daikon | 1 | $37.00 |
| beansprouts | 2 cups | $47.00 |
| cucumbers | 2 | $233.00 |
| mint leaves | 2 cups | $3557.00 |
| coriander/cilantro sprigs | 2 cups | $396.00 |
| birds eye red chilli | 3 | $1453.00 |
| roasted peanuts | 0.25 cup | $47.00 |
| natural peanut butter | 2 tbsp | $15.00 |
| hoisin | 2 tbsp | - |
| - 2 tbsp lime juice | 1 | $67.00 |
| LOW FAT coconut milk | 0.3333333333333333 cup | $4.00 |
| garlic clove | 1 large | $198.00 |
| + sambal oelak | 1 tsp | - |
| dark soy | 1 tsp | $5.00 |
| white sugar | 1 tsp | - |
| cooking salt / kosher salt | 0.5 tsp | $1.00 |
| carrots | 2 medium | $74.00 |
| white radish | 0.5 large | $10.00 |
| boiling water | 0.5 cups | - |
| white sugar | 0.5 cup | $7.00 |
| cooking salt / kosher salt | 4 tsp | $7.00 |
| rice wine vinegar | 0.75 cup | $56.00 |
*Estimated market prices, may vary by region
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