Spicy Firecracker Pork Lettuce Cups
with Quick-Pickled Cucumbers
Cooking time
25 minutes
Servings
2/4
Calories
420 /serving
Suppertime goes off with a bang! This sauté of ground pork and yellow wax beans is a real firecracker, jammed with lots of heat, umami and ginger. It joins crisp lettuce leaves and cucumbers for carb-smart refreshment, under a scattering of sesame seeds.
We will send you:
- 250g Canadian-raised lean ground pork
- 2 Cucumbers
- 200g Yellow wax beans
- 20g Ginger
- 1 Head of curly leaf lettuce
- 1 Shallot (or onion)
- 8g Nutritional yeast
- 30ml Apple cider vinegar
- 15ml Sambal oelek
- 9g Black & white sesame seeds
Contains: Sesame • Sulphites
You will need:
Grater
Large pan
Oil
Peeler
Salt & pepper (S&P)
Total Fat
24 g
Saturated Fat
6 g
Sodium
320 mg
Total Carb
24 g
Sugars
8 g
Protein
32 g
Fibre
8 g
Preparation
Toast the sesame seeds
- Heat a large, dry pan on medium.
- Add the sesame seeds and toast, stirring often, 1 to 2 min., until lightly browned and fragrant.
- Transfer to a small bowl and reserve the pan.
Start the pork
- In the same pan, heat a generous drizzle of oil on medium-high.
- Add the pork; season with S&P.
- Cook, breaking up the meat, 3 to 5 min., until browned and almost cooked through.
Mise en place
- Meanwhile, peel and grate the ginger.
- Halve, peel and small-dice the shallot.
- Remove the stem ends of the wax beans; cut crosswise into thirds on an angle.
- Separate the lettuce leaves.
- Halve the cucumbers lengthwise; thinly slice crosswise on an angle.
Dress the cucumbers
- In a large bowl, combine the vinegar, a drizzle of oil and S&P.
- Add the cucumbers; toss well.
Finish the pork & cook the wax beans
- Reduce the pan of pork to medium.
- Add the ginger and shallot. Cook, stirring often, 30 sec. to 1 min., until fragrant.
- Add the wax beans, 2 tbsp water (double for 4 portions) and S&P. Cook, partially covered, stirring occasionally, 3 to 5 min., until crisp-tender and the pork* is cooked through.
- Add the nutritional yeast and sambal oelek (add ½ or ¼ for medium spicy). Cook, stirring often, 30 sec. to 1 min., until combined.
Plate your dish
- Divide the lettuce leaves between your plates.
- Top with the pork, wax beans and cucumbers.
- Garnish with the sesame seeds. Bon appétit!
*Health Canada recommends cooking ground pork to a minimum internal temperature of 71°C.
