Thai lettuce wraps with ground pork

Name: Thai lettuce wraps with ground pork
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 lb ground pork; 3 clove garlic-minced; 1/2 medium onion-diced; 1 tbsp lemongrass-minced; 1 tbsp fresh ginger-minced; 1 tbsp canola oil; 1 salt; 1 fresh ground black pepper; 2 tbsp garlic chili sauce; 2 tbsp fish sauce; 1 tbsp rice vinegar; 1 tbsp sugar; 5 oz water chestnuts-drained and diced; 5 oz bamboo shoots-drained and diced; 1/2 fresh jalepeno-minced; 1 tsp sesame oil, or to taste; 4 green onion; 1/2 cup cilantro-chopped; 1 lime wedges; 8 lettuce leaves, butter lettuce or romaine

shara1733 @cook_3827406

I found this recipe on YouTube and tweaked it a bit. You can use whatever ground meat you choose; the pork came out great. I used less bamboo shoots than the recipe calls for, but that's my preference.

shara1733 @cook_3827406

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Ingredients

4 servings

1 lbground pork
3 clovegarlic-minced
1/2 mediumonion-diced
1 tbsplemongrass-minced
1 tbspfresh ginger-minced
1 tbspcanola oil
1salt
1fresh ground black pepper
2 tbspgarlic chili sauce
2 tbspfish sauce
1 tbsprice vinegar
1 tbspsugar
5 ozwater chestnuts-drained and diced
5 ozbamboo shoots-drained and diced
1/2fresh jalepeno-minced
1 tspsesame oil, or to taste
4green onion
1/2 cupcilantro-chopped
1lime wedges
8lettuce leaves, butter lettuce or romaine

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Steps

1

Heat canola oil in pan.
2

Sauté garlic, onion, lemongrass, and ginger on med heat about 5 mins.
3

Add ground pork, or ground meat of your choice. Mix well.
4

While meat is simmering, make sauce. Add garlic chili sauce, fish sauce, rice vinegar, sugar, and ground black pepper.
5

Add sauce to meat and stir.
6

Add water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, and jalepeno. Salt and pepper to taste.
7

Stir well and cooked until meat is done, breaking up meat as you go.
8

Take off heat and add sesame oil, green onion, and cilantro. Stir well.
9

Add mix to lettuce wraps and serve with fresh lime.