Asian Lettuce Wraps
 
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Recipe type: Entree, Appetizer
Cuisine: Asian
Serves: 12
Ingredients
  • 8 ounces soba noodles (uncooked)
  • 1 quart water
  • 1 teaspoon roasted sesame oil
  • ¼ cup sliced scallions
  • 1 tablespoons rice vinegar
  • 2 pints hothouse cucumbers, sliced and cut into long strips or ribbons
  • ½ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon paprika
  • 2 carrots cut into long thin strips or ribbons
  • 3 tablespoons cilantro leaves picked from stems and chopped
  • 1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger root
  • ½ cup plain, fat-free yogurt
  • 3 sprigs freshly chopped dill
  • 1 pint fresh bean sprouts
  • 1 pint fresh alfalfa sprouts
  • 2 cups red bell peppers cut into thin long strips or diced
  • 1 cup cooked basmati brown rice
  • 2 pounds butterhead lettuce leaves
Instructions
  1. Cook soba noodles in 1 quart of water until soft. Drain. Cool in ice bath for about 2 minutes. When cool, remove noodles and toss with sesame oil, scallions, and vinegar. Let sit for 1 hour.
  2. Meanwhile, mix cucumbers, lemon juice and paprika. Let marinate 1 hours.
  3. Steam carrots (about 2 minutes) and let cool.
  4. In a blender, mix cilantro, ginger, yogurt and dill.
  5. On a large serving plate, serve small piles of the following: noodles, cucumbers, carrots, bean sprouts, alfalfa sprouts, red bell peppers, rice and whole lettuce leaves.
  6. Accompany with yogurt sauce.
  7. Spoon into each lettuce leaf desired ingredients, including sauce and wrap.
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