Pork Lettuce Wraps
From the farm to your table... a favorite Dallas restaurant shares a recipe from local farmers.
Pork Lettuce Wraps
Pickles
1 cup rice wine vinegar
1/4 cup of sugar
1/8 cup of salt
1/2 cup of water
Seasonal vegetables
Pork
1lb ground pork
1 stalk of chopped green onion
2 gloves of minced garlic
1 minced shallot
Salt
Pepper
2 eggs
Sauce
Sambal Oelek chili
Soy sauce
Agave
Fresh cilantro
Fresh Mint
Living Lettuce
Pickled vegetables: Combine rice wine vinegar, sugar, salt and water in a saucepan and bring to a boil then turn off. Let the mixture partially cool for approximately 20 minutes, add your choice of seasonal vegetables and pickle overnight for best results.
Samba Sauce: Use equal part sambal chili and agave, add one fourth part soy sauce.
Pork patties: Combine pork, green onion, garlic, shallot, eggs, salt and pepper until fully incorporated and roll into 2.5 inch flat patties. Heat a tablespoon of olive oil over medium heat and sear for 3 minutes on each side.
Layer lettuce, pork patty, pickled vegetable and sambal sauce then top with mint and cilantro to create Asadors signature lettuce pork wrap.