Shrimp Lettuce Wraps
By @chef1
A light and refreshing snack featuring quickly sautéed shrimp with shallots, served in crisp lettuce cups. A healthy and flavorful option that won't weigh you down.
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Ingredients
- ●1/2 pound, peeled and deveined Shrimp
- ●2, thinly sliced Shallots
- ●1/2 teaspoon Fish Sauce
- ●6 large leaves (e.g., butter lettuce or romaine) Lettuce Leaves
- ●1/4 cup Shredded Carrots (optional)
- ●1/4 cup, thinly sliced Cucumber (optional)
Instructions
- 1Heat a skillet or wok over medium-high heat.
- 2Add the sliced shallots to the skillet and sauté for 1-2 minutes, until softened and fragrant.
- 3Add the shrimp to the skillet and cook for 2-3 minutes, until pink and cooked through.
- 4Stir in the fish sauce and cook for another 30 seconds.
- 5Spoon the shrimp mixture into the lettuce leaves.
- 6Top with shredded carrots or cucumber, if desired. Serve immediately.
Recipe details
- Category
- Snack
- Preparation
- 17 minutes
- Cooking
- 8 minutes
Estimated total: 25 minutes. Planning estimate: stated duration ranges use their midpoint; standard preparation, heating and handling allowances are included. Overlapping tasks are counted once. Resting/chilling is included in total time.
How these estimates were calculated
- Prepare ingredients: 10 min planning allowance (vegetable_prep)
- Preheat skillet: 3 min planning allowance (pan_preheat)
- Assemble wraps: 5 min planning allowance (assemble)
- Garnish and serve: 2 min planning allowance (garnish)
- Optional shredded carrots and cucumber are included in prep and garnish tasks.
- Slice shallots, prepare lettuce, shred carrots, slice cucumber
- Optional carrots/cucumber
- Shallots: Medium/unspecified shallot assumption: 40 g edible, from Carolyn Ketchum recipe; actual bulb size varies (https://alldayidreamaboutfood.com/steak-diane/)
- Raw shallot with documented standard bulb weight when counted; actual size varies.
- Fish Sauce: USDA tbsp portion weight
- Lettuce Leaves: USDA leaf outer portion weight
- Using outer leaf portion for romaine lettuce.
- Excludes optional Shredded Carrots (optional)
- Excludes optional Cucumber (optional)
- Shrimp: 226.8 g · USDA reference 175179
- Shallots: 80 g · USDA reference 170499 · Portion reference
- Fish Sauce: 3 g · USDA reference 174531
- Lettuce Leaves: 168 g · USDA reference 169247
- Shredded Carrots (optional): optional ingredient excluded
- Cucumber (optional): optional ingredient excluded
shrimp · lettuce wraps · shallots
Estimated nutrition per serving
140 calories · 24.9 g protein · 9.5 g carbohydrate · 0.9 g fat · 264 mg sodium
Source and basis: USDA FoodData Central and reviewed product references; ingredient-based calculation per serving. Documented USDA or manufacturer portion weights; all listed ingredient mass included before cooking losses. Excludes optional Shredded Carrots (optional); Excludes optional Cucumber (optional) Nutrients with incomplete inputs omitted. Full ingredient matches and assumptions below.
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