- prep: 20 min
- cook: 10 min
- total: 30 min
Summary
Asian Lettuce Cups with Spicy Ground Turkey Filling would make a delicious and fun-to-eat meal!
Ingredients
- 1 T peanut oil or vegetable oil
- 3 T minced red onion or shallots
- 2 T minced garlic (I used minced garlic from a jar but fresh garlic would be even better)
- 2 T grated ginger root
- 1 1/2 lbs. ground turkey
- 4 T soy sauce (see notes)
- 1 T Chile Garlic Sauce (or slightly more if you like spicy foods)
- 1 tsp. fish sauce (probably optional, although I like fish sauce!)
- 1 cup chopped fresh cilantro (see notes)
- 1/3 cup chopped peanuts (optional, especially for braces wearers!)
- 1 large head or 2 small heads lettuce (see notes)
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 6
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 464 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 13 g 20.06%
- Saturated Fat: 3 g 14.88%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 78 mg 26.08%
- Sodium: 12528 mg 522.01%
- Calcium: 131 mg 13.12%
- Potassium: 985 mg 28.15%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 2 mg 11.32%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 46 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 4 g 17.72%
- Sugar: 26 g
- Protein: 39 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 3 g
- Vitamin A 5.24%
- Vitamin C 51.21%
- Vitamin D 3.97%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat1
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch0
- Exchange - Vegetables7
- Exchange - Lean Meat3
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total0 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total4 oz-eq