Thai Style Leftover Turkey Lettuce Wraps

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What do you do with all that leftover turkey after Christmas? If you are tired of the go to recipe of Coronation Turkey or turkey sandwiches, try this recipe with a little bit of zing.

I like to spice up my leftover turkey and this is a very quick and tasty Thai-inspired recipe based on the a Lao/ Thai laarb recipe. It’s something very simple using Thai flavours with ingredients that you most probably have in the store cupboard. You can serve this as a canape as little lettuce wraps or serve the dish with some boiled jasmine rice.

Ingredients used are the classic Thai ingredients, lime, coriander, organic Thai chillies, fish sauce and a fresh crunchy lettuce like Cos or Little Gem. You can dress it up or dress it down to suit the occasion. The tangy flavours and fresh textures from lettuce and vegetables make this a very light bite. This recipe doesn’t ahve to be followed exactly, just add or substract ingredients to your taste. If you use a pack of tureky mince instead of leftover turkey, adjust the amount of other ingredients to taste.

Stir fy Leftover turkey lettuce wraps

It’s like a warm meaty salad and you can swap out ingredients depending on what you have to hand. Instead of using turkey, you can also use minced pork or chicken. Instead of fresh chillies, you can use chilli flakes and instead of coriander, you can use mint. 

This easy Thai dish can be served with rice as a Thai Turkey rice bowl. The fresh and tangy flavours make this a great high protein meal with resitant sugar rice (cooked, cooled and warmed up rice).

Other Thai dishes you can cook as part of a meal:

Thai Style Minced Turkey Lettuce Wraps

A fab leftover turkey recipe to serve as a canape or a side dish in a multi dish meal using hot and zingy Thai flavours
Servings: 2 people
Calories: 75kcal

Ingredients

  • a few slices of leftover turkey chopped into small cubes or a pack of turkey mince
  • little gem lettuce
  • 1 red onion
  • 2 cloves of garlic finely chopped
  • 1 handful of coriander chopped (including the stalks)
  • 1 long red chilli julienned lengthwise or 2-3 birds eye chillies if you prefer it hotter
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce or to taste
  • 2 limes cut into wedges

Instructions

  • In a hot pan or wok, add some oil and fry the onions for about 2 minutes until it softens
  • Add the garlic and stir for another minute
  • Season with the fish sauce, start with a little and adjust seasoning to your own taste
  • Take off the heat
  • Add in the chillies and coriander and stir fry to combine evenly
  • Serve on individual leaves of the little gem lettuce with some wedges of lime.
  • Alternatively, you can serve this as a starter in a big bowl and a separate plate of lettuce leaves. Everyone can then make their own lettuce parcels.
    Another alternative is to serve this with some steamed rice as a Thai Turkey rice bowl.

Notes

The recipe is flexible, depending on how much leftover turkey you have left. Alternatively, you can use a pack of turkey mince and adjust the recipe to your own taste. 

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