Vietnamese lettuce cups recipe

Name: Vietnamese lettuce cups
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 2 little gem lettuces; 1 x 300g pack cooked rice noodles; 5 radishes, thinly sliced; 1 small carrot, thinly sliced or grated; handful mint, leaves picked; handful coriander, leaves picked; 2 x 160g packs cooked and peeled king prawns; 4 tbsp rice wine vinegar; 6 tbsp golden caster sugar; 50g (2oz) cucumber, very finely diced; 1 spring onion, finely chopped; 1 tbsp Thai fish sauce or soy sauce; 1 red chilli, finely chopped

Vibrant and crunchy, these Vietnamese lettuce cups are filled to the brim with rice noodles, fragrant herbs and juicy prawns, and a tangy chilli-spiked dressing brings everything together beautifully.

See method

Serves 6
5 mins to prepare and 30 mins to cook
144 calories / serving

Healthy

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Tesco Little Gem Lettuce Twin Pack
Aldi Price Match
2 little gem lettuces
£0.77
£0.38/each
Tesco Boil In The Bag Long Grain Rice 4 X 125G
1 x 300g pack cooked rice noodles
£1.25
£2.50/kg
Tesco Radish Pack 240G
5 radishes, thinly sliced
£0.56
£2.33/kg
Tesco Grated Carrots 200g
1 small carrot, thinly sliced or grated
£0.59
£2.95/kg
Tesco Fresh Cut Mint 30G
Aldi Price Match
handful mint, leaves picked
£0.50
£16.67/kg
Tesco Fresh Cut Coriander 30G
Aldi Price Match
handful coriander, leaves picked
£0.50
£16.67/kg
Tesco Cooked And Peeled King Prawns 150G
2 x 160g packs cooked and peeled king prawns
£3.50
£23.33/kg
Tesco Rice Wine Vinegar 150Ml
4 tbsp rice wine vinegar
£2.25
£15.00/litre
Tesco Golden Caster 1Kg Bag
6 tbsp golden caster sugar
£2.85
£2.85/kg
Tesco Whole Cucumber Each
Aldi Price Match
50g (2oz) cucumber, very finely diced
£0.99
£0.99/each
Tesco Bunched Spring Onions 100G
1 spring onion, finely chopped
£0.69
£6.90/kg
Thai Dragon Fish Sauce 200Ml
Everyday Low Price
1 tbsp Thai fish sauce or soy sauce
£1.85
£9.25/litre
Tesco Red Chillies 60G
Aldi Price Match
1 red chilli, finely chopped
£0.51
£8.50/kg

Method

To make the dipping sauce, gently heat the vinegar and sugar in a small pan until the sugar has dissolved. Boil for 1 minute until thickened slightly, remove from the heat and set aside to cool. Stir in the cucumber,spring onion, fish sauce or soy sauce and the chilli.
Cut the bases off thelettucesand separate the leaves, halving the large outer ones. Wash in a colander, and set aside to dry.
Taking each leaf in turn, add a mound of noodles to each one, and then top withradish, carrot, mint, coriander and a couple of prawns. Repeat until all the ingredients are used up. You should be able to make between 18-24 wraps. Serve on a large platter with the dipping sauce.