Name: Spicy mince & lettuce cups
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 1 tbsp sunflower oil; large piece fresh root ginger peeled and grated; 2 garlic cloves crushed; 2 red chillies deseeded and finely sliced; 500g minced chicken turkey or pork; 85g light brown sugar; 2 tbsp fish sauce; juice 1 lime; 2 lime leaves finely shredded; mix of iceberg lettuce Little Gem and cos leaves; large handful mint and coriander leaves, very roughly chopped; handful toasted peanuts roughly chopped; 2 shallots finely sliced into rings; 1 lime cut into wedges

1 tbsp sunflower oil
large piece fresh root ginger
peeled and grated
2 garlic cloves
crushed
2 red chillies
deseeded and finely sliced
500g minced chicken
turkey or pork
85g light brown sugar
2 tbsp fish sauce
juice 1 lime
2 lime leaves
finely shredded

To serve

mix of iceberg lettuce
Little Gem and cos leaves
large handful mint and coriander
leaves, very roughly chopped
handful toasted peanuts
roughly chopped
2 shallots
finely sliced into rings
1 lime
cut into wedges

Method

step 1
Heat the oil in a large frying pan. Fry the ginger, garlic and chillies for 1 min. Add the mince, then cook on a high heat until golden brown, breaking it up with a wooden spoon as you go. Sprinkle over the brown sugar, fish sauce, lime juice and shredded lime leaves, then cook everything down until sticky.
step 2
Tip the mince into a serving bowl, then serve with a bowl of lettuce leaves for wrapping the mince in; the herbs, shallots and peanuts for scattering over; and the lime wedges for squeezing.