Pork and zucchini meatballs in lettuce cups
By Chatelaine
Pork and zucchini meatballs in lettuce cups recipe
Photo by Erik Putz
Skip spaghetti-night this week for a new family-favourite. Spicy mayo adds the zip, carrots, crunch, and building your own? — a whole lot of tasty fun.
Ingredients
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1
medium
zucchini
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500 g
lean
ground pork
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1 tsp
Chinese
five-spice powder
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1/2 tsp
salt
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1 tbsp
vegetable oil
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iceberg
lettuce
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1/4 cup
mayonnaise
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1 tsp
hot
chili-garlic sauce
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2
carrots
, grated
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2 tbsp
rice
vinegar
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cilantro
Instructions
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GRATE zucchini and squeeze out as much liquid as possible. Pat dry with paper towel. Combine with pork, Chinese five-spice powder and salt in a large bowl. Scoop out 2-tbsp balls.
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HEAT a large non-stick pan over medium-high. Add vegetable oil, then meatballs in a single layer. Brown on all sides, by shaking pan a few times, about 7 min. Cover and reduce heat to medium-low. Continue cooking until juices run clear, 6 more min. Arrange iceberg lettuce cups on plates.
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COMBINE mayonnaise with hot chili-garlic sauce in a small bowl. Stir carrots with rice vinegar in another small bowl. Place 1 or 2 meatballs in each lettuce cup and top with chili-garlic mayo and carrots. Garnish with cilantro.
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 437,
- Protein
- 25 g,
- Carbohydrates
- 16 g,
- Fat
- 2 g,
- Fibre
- 3 g,
- Sodium
- 485 mg.
Wine Pairings
Pair it with: A crisp riesling
Mouthwatering flavours of lime, clementine and apple blossoms abound in this refreshing riesling. At 11 percent, this crisp wine is a little lower in alcohol and made in a more off-dry style, which suits this fresh pork dish perfectly.
Our pick: Clean Slate Riesling Qualitatswein, Germany, $15.