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Crystal Wrap

These lettuce rolls are much like cabbage rolls, but the lettuce stays cold and crisp against the stir-fried filling.


Recipe Ingredients

  Sauce
2 tablespoons 30mlHoisin sauce
2 tablespoons 30mlSoy sauce
1 tablespoon 15mlSherry
1 teaspoon 5mlCornstarch
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlFreshly-ground white pepper
  Filling
1 tablespoon 15mlCanola oil - (to 2)
6   Dried shiitake mushrooms - soaked until soft,
  And chopped
1 teaspoon 5mlMinced ginger
2   Celery stalks - chopped
1   Carrot - chopped (large)
1   Zucchini or crookneck squash - chopped
1/2 cup 73g / 2.6ozChopped bamboo shoots
1/2 cup 73g / 2.6ozChopped water chestnuts
2   Green onions - chopped
1/2 cup 73g / 2.6ozChopped peanuts
1 cup 237mlIceberg lettuce head (large)

Recipe Instructions

Sauce: Combine all ingredients in a small bowl; set aside.

Filling: Heat oil in work or large deep skillet. Add mushrooms and ginger; cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add celery, carrot and squash; stir-fry 1 minute. Add bamboo shoots and water chestnuts; stir-fry 1 minute more. Add green onions, peanuts and sauce; cook until sauce boils and thickens a bit, about 1 minute.

To serve, place several heaping tablespoons filling inside lettuce leaves; roll and eat with your hands.

This recipe yields 12 to 15 rolls.

Source:
Vegetarian Times, Feb 1995

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