Recipe 15: Turkey and Lettuce Chinese Wraps

Prep Time: 1 hour (including 30 minutes of active cooking)
Yield: 2
List of Ingredients:
• ½ red bell peppers (diced finely)
• ½ a carrot (shredded)
• 1 head of lettuce (separate the leaves)
• ½ 8oz can, water chestnuts (chopped and rinsed)
• ¼ cup of fresh chopped herbs (basil, mint, chives or cilantro)
• ½ tbsp. fresh ginger (minced)
• ½ pound lean turkey (ground)
• ¼ cup brown rice (instant)
• 1 tsp. sesame oil
• ¼ cup chicken broth
• 1 tbsp. hoisin sauce
• ½ tsp. 5-spice powder (available in the supermarket;  blend of cinnamon, cloves, fennel seed, star anise and Szechuan peppercorns)
• ¼ tsp. salt
• Water for boiling rice
Preparation:
1. Boil water in a saucepan. Once the water is boiled, add the rice, and cover the saucepan.
2. Cook for 5 minutes on low flame. Remove saucepan from flame once the rice has cooked.
3. Meanwhile, take a nonstick pan, put it over medium to high flame, and add oil to it. Once the oil is heated, add ginger and ground turkey. Use a spoon (wooden) to crumble the turkey till it is cooked through (roughly about 6 minutes).
4. Slowly stir and add the broth, 5-spice powder, salt, hoisin sauce, rice, bell peppers, and water chestnuts. Cook for about a minute or till it is heated throughout.
5. Lay out the lettuce leaves on the plate (for serving), scoop some turkey mixture on it, sprinkle herbs and carrots, and roll the lettuce into wraps.
6. Enjoy!