Vietnamese lettuce wraps with pork and coriander
( SERVES 4 )

Viva 21/11/2008

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Amanda Laird

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These are fantatic made small as a starter or pack them out for a full meal.

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1 tbsp	Grape seed oil, (or vegetable oil)
2 tsp	Sesame oil
1	Baby onion, (finely diced)
2 cloves	Garlic, (finely chopped)
3 cm	Crushed ginger, (peeled and finely chopped)
1½ tsp	Sesame seeds
500 g	Pork mince, (or chicken or beef)
1 tbsp	Fish sauce
1 tbsp	Lime juice
½ tsp	Caster sugar
1	Freshly ground black pepper
¼ cup	Mint leaves, (roughly chopped)
¼ cup	Coriander leaves, (roughly chopped)
4 leaves	Iceberg lettuce
1	Lime

Heat a pan and add the oils, onion, garlic, ginger and sesame seeds. Stir for a few minutes until the onion is soft and the seeds are golden.
Add the mince and stir, then add the fish sauce, lime juice and sugar. Cook for 5 minutes, taste for seasoning then let cool. Stir through the mint and coriander.
Rinse the lettuce leaves and pat dry then spoon in the mince, add a squeeze of lime then fold over and eat. Offer plenty of napkins to catch all the delicious juices.