Lettuce Wraps

I just made these for the second time the other night and they were as good as a remembered the first time . yum! Dare I say as good as PF Chang's, I think so. The picture doesn't do them justice but trust me you are gonna want to make them. If you make the sauce you can half the the ingredients. Enjoy!!

Ingredients

Filling:

• 1lb ground turkey
• 4 cloves garlic, crushed
• 11/2 c shittake mushroom
• 1 large carrot, shredded
• 2 TBSP fresh ginger, grated
• 2 TBSP brown sugar
• 5 TBSP soy sauce
• 1 TBSP rice vinegar
• 1 TBSP sesame seed oil
• 1 (8oz) can water chestnuts, chopped
• 1/2 c green onions

Special Sauce:

• 1/4 c sugar
• 1/2 c water
• 2 TBSP soy sauce
• 2 TBSP rice wine vinegar
• 1 TBSP ketchup
• 1 TBSP lemon juice
• 1/8 tsp sesame oil

Preparation & Directions

Chop your mushrooms, water chestnuts, and shred your carrots. Then brown your ground turkey with your minced garlic until it's no longer pink. Dump in your chopped items and let them cook for 2-3 minutes. Add your ginger, soy sauce, brown sugar, sesame oil, and rice vinegar and stir it well letting cook for another 2-3 minutes. Last add your chopped green onions, give a final stir and let cook for 1 more minute. Wash and spin lettuce leaves, from Iceberg or Romaine Lettuce. Serve as an appetizer or main dish. Sauce is optional.