Garlic Lime Lettuce Wraps Recipe

Ginger and garlic tempeh rice, folded into lime-spiked lettuce wraps with lots of herbs, cucumber, and carrots. A one-pan meal that comes together in no time!

Garlic Lime Lettuce Wraps

Lettuce wraps are a fave around here (and a nice change from taco night). This has become a favorite weeknight meal. Ginger and garlic tempeh rice, folded into lime-spiked lettuce wraps with lots of herbs, cucumber, and carrots. It's a one-pan meal that comes together in no time!

Garlic Lime Lettuce Wraps

A couple of tips related to this recipe. If you find a tempeh brand you like, buy it in multiples. It freezes really well. Also, I like to make these lettuce wraps with brown rice that I've blended with other grains - like a little bit of millet, and quinoa. But, brown jasmine rice on it's own is also A+! Experiment with toppings - a sprinkling of toasted nuts, or even a dollop of guacamole is always good.

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Garlic Lime Lettuce Wraps

4.39 from 26 votes

Ingredients
  • 2 garlic cloves, peeled
  • 1- inch segment of fresh ginger, peeled
  • 1/2 cup almond, cashew, or coconut milk
  • scant 1/4 teaspoon fine grain sea salt
  • 8 ounces plain tempeh, crumbled
  • 1 1/2 cups / 6 ounces leftover rice
  • 1 teaspoon soy sauce or shoyu
  • 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 1 small cucumber, deseeded, and cut into 1/4-inch dice
  • 1 small carrot, peeled and grated
  • a handful of sliced herbs, cilantro, basil, mint
  • 10 - 12 whole lettuce leaves, romaine, little gems, etc.
to serve (all optional):
  • extra lime, serrano vinegar*, shallot oil, a favorite curry paste
Instructions
  1. Use a mortar and pestle to smash the garlic and ginger into a paste. Heat 1/4 cup of the nut milk in a medium sauce pan over medium heat, stir in the ginger-garlic paste along with the salt, and barely simmer for a minute of two before adding the tempeh. Stir until well-coated, cover, and allow to cook for about five minutes, stirring once or twice along the way. Add the rice, stir, and allow it to heat.
  2. In the mean time add the soy sauce, and lime juice to the remaining nut milk, stir well, and add to the saucepan as well. Transfer to a serving bowl, and stir in the cucumber. Top with the grated carrot, and herbs, and give a light final toss.
  3. To serve, spoon a generous amount of the rice mixture into a lettuce leaf. If you want to make them extra special do any/all of the following. Spread a whisper thin layer of curry paste across the lettuce, top with the rice mixture, and finish with a spoonful of serrano chile vinegar*, and a thread of shallot (or lemon) oil.
Notes

*Serrano Chile Vinegar & Chiles: Combine 8 serrano chiles, sliced 1/8th-inch thick with 2 cups white vinegar in a Mason jar, and refrigerate. Use the chiles w/in a week or two. You can use the vinegar for weeks after that in dressings, etc.

Serves
4
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
20 mins
 
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Looks so good

Danijela

This was good and I don’t especially like tempeh. I used quinoa instead of the rice, but otherwise followed the recipe. We liked the red thai curry paste on the leaves, but next time I will mix the paste into the tempeh mixture, chop the lettuce and scallions and serve as a salad…less mess that way! Love your site!

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