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

Method

  • Heat canola oil in pan.
  • Saute garlic, onion, lemongrass, and ginger on med heat about 5 mins.
  • Add ground pork, or ground meat of your choice.
  • Mix well.
  • While meat is simmering, make sauce.
  • Add garlic chili sauce, fish sauce, rice vinegar, sugar, and ground black pepper.
  • Add sauce to meat and stir.
  • Add water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, and jalepeno.
  • Salt and pepper to taste.
  • Stir well and cooked until meat is done, breaking up meat as you go.
  • Take off heat and add sesame oil, green onion, and cilantro.
  • Stir well.
  • Add mix to lettuce wraps and serve with fresh lime.