You've probably seen variations of these Asian turkey lettuce cups everywhere, but have you found any that don't use an already sweetened Hoisin sauce? Very few if any!! I was hesitant to make this because I wanted to be sure I could duplicate the Hoisin sauce needed to make this authentic. I'm super happy with this Honey Sweetened Hoisin sauce and you only need 2 tablespoons for this recipe so you'll have plenty left over to use if for other Asian inspired recipes!
This recipe seriously takes NO time at all at the stove! You just cook up the ground turkey adding in the other ingredients and you.are.done. Seriously delicious and FAST!!
My hubby and I love fresh ginger and use it whenever we can, but if you don't have any on hand and eliminate it then this dish won't have any spice to it. If you want some spice you'll need to add some in using a hot sauce. This is definitely not for my kiddies type recipe, but for the hubby and I it is a winner!
*Recipe adapted from Eatingwell.com
**PLease Note thos who are doing Phase 1 Week 1 of my Sugar Detox program, the honey sauce and carrots are not allowed.
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
- 1 pound ground turkey
- 1 tablespoon fresh minced ginger
- 1 large yellow or red bell pepper, diced
- ½ cup sliced mushrooms
- ½ cup water
- 2 tablespoons[url href="https://www.sugarfreemom.com/recipes/honey-sweetened-hoisin-sauce/" target="_blank"] Honey Sweetened Hoisin sauce[/url]
- ¼ teaspoon Emeril's Asian Essence powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 4 large Boston or Bibb lettuce leaves
- ¼ cup fresh chopped herbs: cilantro, basil or mint
- 1 large carrot, shredded
- ½ teaspoon sesame seeds
- Heat oil over medium heat.
- Add turkey and ginger.
- Once turkey is browned add pepper, mushrooms, hoisin sauce and water to pan.
- Cook until heated through.
- Add Asian essence, salt, garlic powder, and cinnamon.
- Heat for another minute.
- Wash and dry 4 lettuce leaves.
- Add 1- ½ cups of meat mixture onto each lettuce cup.
- Sprinkle fresh herbs, shredded carrot and sesame seeds over the meat mixture.
About Brenda
Brenda Bennett is a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, certified Sugar Detox Coach, certified Keto Coach and certified Life Coach. She has been Sugar Free & Refined carb free for 17 years and has written 2 cookbooks, Sugar-Free Mom, and Naturally Keto and her 3rd book The 30-Day Sugar Elimination Diet, is a four part program to help you detox from sugar, eliminate cravings, balance blood sugar and lose weight all while eating a delicious, nutrient dense whole foods. Meal plan offers two tracks to follow, low carb or keto. She is the founder of the Sugar Free Fresh Start course and Sugar Free Tribe weight loss membership. Learn more.
colleen cederwall
I live in a small city in Canada that does not have Emeril's Asian Essence powder
Is there something else I can substitute it with or will it have a bland taste without it in the recipe.
Thanks
marla
Love this recipe! Will be linking back to this in my upcoming post 🙂
Brenda
Thanks so much Marla!
Skye @ A Virtual Essence
I love anything in a lettuce cup!! Which I've found is a lot of things. 🙂 These sound delightful.
Jennifer
We had this for lunch it was SOOOO VERRRY YUMMY! We wrap everything and lettuce and it can get a bit boring this was defiantly what we needed this was a perfect meal
Brenda
I'm so glad you tried it! I agree soooo yummy!