Continuing with my healthy theme, here is a recipe for Turkey Lettuce Wraps/Cups, whatever you want to call them. It’s using ground turkey instead of ground chicken (Recipe adapted from
Turkey Lettuce Wraps
Ingredients
- Cooking spray or olive oil
- 1 pound ground turkey
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup vertically sliced red onion or white
- 1 orange bell pepper sliced vertically in long strips
- 1 cup canned artichoke hearts drained and coarsely chopped
- 1/4 cup diced tomato you can use fresh or canned; I prefer fresh
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 10 green olives chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon or lime juice
- 8 Bibb lettuce leaves or just plain iceberg lettuce will do
- Sriracha sauce if you want a little kick
Instructions
- Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray or olive oil.
- Add turkey, pepper, and salt to pan; cook for 3 minutes, stirring to crumble.
- Stir in onion and all ingredients (through green olives); cook for 3-4 minutes or until turkey is done. Season with salt and pepper.
- Cut lettuce in half and break off leaves.
- To serve: Spoon 1/4 cup turkey mixture (or more) into each lettuce leaf and squeeze fresh lemon or lime juice on top