Prawns & Mixed Vegetables in Little Gem Lettuce Wrap

Happy Valentines Day! Hope everyone feel a little bit more special by your loved ones. I was very spoilt, Mr C made me think all week that i'm getting is some garage flowers... so when 9am... my colleague gave a huge box - opened up to a bunch of red roses.... i was pleasantly surprised :)

Anyway, we decided long ago that we will stay in and i think of something special to cook to celebrate in the comforts of our home.

So for starters i had a look at Ching-He Huang 'China Modern'... and saw this recipe and decided to take on the concept but adapted to ingredients we both like to eat. It is fairly easy to cook, but do involve time to prepare, like chopping the ingredients very finely.  But it was all worth it  :)

Ingredients:

1Tbspn Groundnut/Veg Oil
100g small cooked & peeled prawns
2 Garlic cloves, crushed and finely chopped
1 Tbspn of grated fresh ginger
1 Red Chilli - deseeded & finely chopped
Half of Carrot - peeled & finely chopped
2 Shittake Mushroom - soaked in hot water , then finely chopped
2 Baby Corn - finely chopped
1 small Shallot, finely chopped
1 spring onion, washed and finely chopped
25g finely chopped nuts
sprinkle of dried coriander
2Tbspn Light Soy sauce
sprinkle of white pepper
drizzle of sesame oil
dash of white wine

2 Little Gem Lettuce, leaves separated and washed
1 mandarin (peeled and white membrane removed for the mandarin segments)


Method:

1) Heat a wok over a high heat and add the oil
2)Stir-fry the garlic, ginger, red chilli for less than a minute. Add the prawns and stirfry for 2mins. Throw in the shitake mushrooms, carrot, babycorn, shallots and stirfry for a further 2 mins.
3) Season with white pepper, sesame oil, soy sauce and a dash of white wine, and stir well. Throw in the spring onion & coriander.
4)Arrange the lettuce leaves on a palte and divide the mixture among the leaves.
5)Sprinkle some chopped nuts and  some mandarin segment on each parcel and ready to serve.

Happy Cooking! Happy Valentines Day!