Asian Turkey Salad Lettuce Wraps
- Nuoc Cham (Fish Dipping Sauce)
- 1/2 cup tepid water
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup bottled fish sauce
- 1/4 cup white or rice wine vinegar
- 1-2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
- 1-2 chile peppers, thinly sliced (use anything from jalapeno to Thai peppers, depending on desired heat intensity)
- Asian Noodle Salad
- 2 cups cooked turkey, shredded or cut into thin strips
- 2 cups napa cabbage, thinly sliced
- 1 carrot, julienned or grated on the large holes of a box grater
- 1/2 small red onion, thinly sliced
- 1 small red bell pepper, thinly sliced
- 1/2 Asian pear, julienned or grated on the large holes of a box grater
- 2 scallions, thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons freshly minced cilantro
- 2 tablespoons crushed, roasted peanuts
- 4 ounces (dry weight) bean thread or thin rice noodles, cooked and cooled
- 2-3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon fresh lime juice
- 1/4-1/2 teaspoons ground white pepper
- 1-3 teaspoons Sriracha or other hot pepper sauce
- 12 large, pliable lettuce leaves such as butter, Boston, or red or green leaf lettuce, cleaned and dried
- To make the dipping sauce, place the water and sugar in a 2-cup minimum capacity jar with a lid. Shake to dissolve sugar.
- Add the rest of the ingredients, adjusting to taste.
- Pour sauce into a smal bowl. Set aside.
- To make the salad, combine all the ingredients except for the lettuce.
- To eat lettuce wraps, place about 1/3 cup of the salad mixture onto a lettuce leaf. Wrap the filling burrito-style or just tightly roll the leaf around the salad.
- Dip roll into the fish sauce.
- Eat.
- Wonder what to do with all the leftover cranberry sauce.
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Taken from food52.com/recipes/1951-asian-turkey-salad-lettuce-wraps (may not work)