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Vietnamese lettuce cups
- Published: 19 Jan 18
- Updated: 18 Mar 24
A light and fresh Vietnamese-style nibble that will really get your tastebuds going. And, a great way to use up little gem lettuces.
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Ingredients
- 80ml sweet chilli sauce
- 1½ tbsp fish sauce
- Juice of 1 lime
- 4 little gem lettuces (22 pieces + 1 little gem lettuce)
- 10cm chunk cucumber
- ½ carrot
- 80g beansprouts
- Small bunch of fresh coriander, chopped
Method
- Mix the sweet chilli sauce, fish sauce and the lime juice in a medium bowl.
- Shred 1 little gem lettuce, finely dice the cucumber and carrot, then add to the bowl with the beansprouts and coriander. Toss together.
- Pull the leaves off 3 baby gem lettuces (you’ll need 22 pieces), fill with the salad and arrange on a serving platter. Drizzle with lime juice if you like.
- Recipe from December 2017 Issue
Nutrition
- Calories
- 13kcals
- Fat
- 0.1g (no saturated)
- Protein
- 0.4g
- Carbohydrates
- 2.5g (2.4g sugars)
- Fibre
- 0.4g
- Salt
- 0.2g
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