Udon with lettuce wrap pork

Name: Udon with lettuce wrap pork
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup hoisin sauce; 6 cloves garlic, finely grated; 1 thumb-sized nub ginger, finely grated; 1/4 cup soy sauce; 3 tbsp rice wine vinegar; 1 tbsp brown sugar; 1 tsp toasted sesame oil; 1 tsp red pepper flakes; 450 g lean ground pork; 1 shallot, finely chopped; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 1 carrot, finely diced; 1 red pepper, finely diced; 1 zucchini, finely diced; 4-200 g packages precooked udon noodles

Robert Gonzal @robert

Vancouver BC

Lettuce wraps are pretty terrific, but not very filling on their own. To make them main dish worthy, I ditched the leafy greens and tossed the filling with udon noodles instead. A little extra sauce helped bring the whole thing together. Sweet, savoury, satisfying, and totally delicious.

Robert Gonzal @robert

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Ingredients

20 minutes

4 servings

1 cuphoisin sauce
6 clovesgarlic, finely grated
1thumb-sized nub ginger, finely grated
1/4 cupsoy sauce
3 tbsprice wine vinegar
1 tbspbrown sugar
1 tsptoasted sesame oil
1 tspred pepper flakes
450 glean ground pork
1shallot, finely chopped
4 clovesgarlic, minced
1carrot, finely diced
1red pepper, finely diced
1zucchini, finely diced
4-200 gpackages precooked udon noodles

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Steps

20 minutes

1

In a small pot, stir together the first 8 ingredients along with several grinds of black pepper. Turn the heat to medium and heat the sauce to a simmer. Remove the pot from the heat and set it aside.
2

Add a splash of veg oil to a large pan on medium-high heat. Add the pork and let fry for 3 or 4 minutes until it's no longer pink. Use a spatula or wooden spoon to break the meat up as it cooks. Drain all but a few tbsp oil from the pan.
3

Add the shallot and garlic to the pan of pork and fry 1 minute until fragrant. Add the carrot, red pepper, and zucchini, along with a pinch of salt and pepper. Keep frying until you get some caramelization on the meat and veg. This will take about 5 or 6 minutes. Add 3 or 4 tbsp sauce to the meat and stir to coat. Turn the heat down to low.
4

Add a small splash of sesame oil to a medium pot of boiling water. Drop in the udon noodles and cook for about 3 minutes, just until the noodles break apart. Drain well. Add the udon to the pan of meat along with half of the sauce, and toss everything together. Serve with the remaining sauce on the side, so guests can add more if they wish.