LAMB LETTUCE WRAPS WITH PEANUT SAUCE
Ingredients
- 600g/1lb 5oz lean diced lamb leg
- 150ml/5fl oz dark soy sauce
- 6 tbsp clear honey
- 4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 3 tsp ground cumin
- 2 garlic cloves
- crushed
- vegetable oil
- for frying
- 2 heads round lettuce or 3 heads Little Gem lettuce
- leaves separated
- 1 x 400ml tin coconut milk
- 250g/9oz smooth peanut butter
- 2 tbsp clear honey
- unsalted peanuts
- roughly chopped
- to serve
- 4 spring onions
- roughly chopped
- to serve
Directions
- Using a meat mallet or a rolling pin
- flatten each piece of lamb with a few hits. Add the meat to a mixing bowl with the soy sauce
- honey
- cinnamon
- cumin and garlic. Using your hands
- mix well so that the honey is spread evenly into the mixture. Cover with cling film and leave in the fridge to marinate for at least 2 hours
- or overnight.
- For the peanut sauce
- heat the coconut milk
- peanut butter and honey in a saucepan over a medium-low heat. Bring to a gentle simmer
- stirring constantly
- until the peanut butter and honey dissolve into the coconut milk. Set aside until needed.
- Heat a large frying pan over a medium-high heat and drizzle in a little vegetable oil. Shaking off any excess marinade
- fry the lamb a little at a time to ensure you don’t overcrowd the pan.
- Meanwhile
- gently reheat the peanut sauce until warm.
- Serve the meat on a platter with the lettuce leaves
- peanuts and spring onions and the peanut sauce in a bowl. To assemble a wrap
- take a lettuce leaf
- place some lamb on top
- drizzle with peanut sauce and top with nuts and spring onions. Roll up and enjoy.

