Vietnamese lettuce wraps with pork and coriander

for 4 people

Food writer

These are fantatic made small as a starter or pack them out for a full meal.

Ingredients

2 tsp	Sesame oil
1 Tbsp	Grapeseed oil, or vegetable oil
1	Baby onion, finely diced
2 cloves	Garlic, finely chopped
1 knob	Ginger, about 3cm, peeled and finely chopped
1 ½ tsp	Sesame seeds
500 g	Pork mince, or chicken or beef (Main)
1 Tbsp	Fish sauce
1 Tbsp	Lime juice
½ tsp	Caster sugar
¼ cup	Mint leaves, roughly chopped
¼ cup	Coriander leaves, roughly chopped (Main)
2	Limes, quartered for serving (Main)
1	Iceberg lettuce, leaves separated (Main)

Heat a pan and add the oils, onion, garlic, ginger and sesame seeds. Stir for a few minutes until the onion is soft and the seeds are golden.
Add the mince and stir, then add the fish sauce, lime juice and sugar. Cook for 5 minutes, taste for seasoning then let cool. Stir through the mint and coriander.
Rinse the lettuce leaves and pat dry then spoon in the mince, add a squeeze of lime then fold over and eat. Offer plenty of napkins to catch all the delicious juices.