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Thai Lamb Meatball Lettuce Wraps

Little flattened lamb meatballs scented with green curry paste and lime zest, wrapped in lettuce with rice and crunchy salad and dipped in a sweet, salty, chilli peanut sauce.

  • YieldServes 2
  • Hands-on24 min
  • Total24 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 2limes, zested
  • 1 tbspThai green curry paste, heaped
  • ½ bunchcoriander, roughly chopped
  • 500 gground lamb
  • 1 tbspvegetable oil, for frying
  • to tastesea salt and freshly ground black pepper

For the nam jim sauce

  • 60 groasted peanuts, roughly chopped
  • 3 tbspfish sauce
  • 1lime, juiced
  • 1 tspchilli flakes
  • 2 tbspmaple syrup

To serve

  • 100 gradishes
  • ½cucumber
  • 4spring onions
  • 30 gmixed salad leaves
  • 2 tbspchives, chopped
  • 500 gcooked rice
  • 1 headbutter lettuce, leaves separated
  • 2limes, halved

Contains

  • Peanut
  • Fish
  • Crustacean shellfish
  • Anchovy
  • Shrimp
  • Legumes (any)
  • Rice
  • Citrus fruits (any)
  • Lime
  • Makrut lime
  • Coconut
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Chili peppers
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Shallot
  • Scallion (green onion)
  • Chives
  • Cabbage family (any)
  • Radish
  • Lettuce
  • Cucumber
  • Galangal
  • Cilantro / coriander
  • Lemongrass
  • Black and white pepper
  • Cumin
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Lamb and mutton
  • Chili heat (capsaicin)
  • Maple (syrup and sap)

Taste

  • Heat
  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh
  • Aromatic spice

Texture

  • Crunchy

Equipment

  • Stovetop

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Weeknight

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • Under 30 min total
  • Difficulty 2
  • Kid-friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: high
  • Protein: high
  • Carbs: high
  • Fat: high
  • Fiber: high
  • Sodium: high

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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