Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Butterball. The opinions in the post are entirely my own.
Learn how to make my mouth-watering Chinese Turkey Lettuce Wraps using Butterball Easy Fresh seasoned Bone-in Turkey Thighs! My family loves this dish and I am sure you will too!
Taking Turkey Beyond Thanksgiving:
For this recipe, I was inspired by Peking duck wrapped in lettuce, that is often served at Chinese restaurants. To create a unique, healthy and lean twist on the traditional dish, I’ve substituted the duck with turkey.
Why turkey? This is a versatile bird that’s high in B vitamins, zinc, selenium and amino acids. Turkey is also an easy meal solution that will give you delicious leftovers the next day. All busy Canadian families can say YES to this quick meal solution!
I used Butterball Bone-in Turkey Thighs as the base for this recipe and added Chinese 5 spice as a rub before roasting – this gave the juicy meat a pop of flavour. I then created a turkey mixture with aromatics, carrots, and cashews to be served at the table, allowing each person to create their own turkey-filled lettuce wrap. This helps to make the dish fun and interactive to eat for the whole family.
Butterball Easy Fresh Turkey Products
About Butterball’s Easy Fresh products:
The great news is that turkey isn’t just for the holidays. You can enjoy turkey all year around! Butterball, Canada’s iconic turkey brand, recently launched a new line of Easy Fresh products that are a perfect everyday meal solution and foolproof to prepare.
The Easy Fresh lineup features a variety of convenient products that include:
- Bone-in Turkey Breast;
- Boneless Turkey Breast;
- Turkey Drumsticks;
- Boneless Turkey Thighs;
- Bone-in Turkey Thighs;
- Turkey Breast Slices; and more
Check out where you can buy the products near you.
Easy Fresh has convenient vacuum-sealed packaging that is simple to open and keeps the turkey fresh, juicy and tender much longer in the fridge. When it’s time to freeze, there’s no need to repackage – Easy Fresh turkey can be put directly in the freezer, then thawed later, without any change to the taste or quality.
Easy Fresh line from Butterball
Having bought the products multiple times, I found this line seriously impressive when it came to taste and convenience – even their easy-peel packaging was handy!
Thankfully, there’s Butterball!
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The Chinese Turkey Lettuce Wraps are as appetizing as they look. Bon appetit!
After the turkey was roasted with the Chinese 5 spice rub
Chinese Turkey Lettuce Wraps
Ingredients
- 1 iceberg lettuce washed, dried and ripped into palm-sized pieces
- ⅓ cup coriander-finely diced
- ⅓ cup scallions-thinly sliced include the white parts, 2 mm thick
- 1 package Butterball Seasoned Easy Fresh Bone-in Turkey Thighs about 725 g
- 1 tsp vegetable oil
Turkey Rub
- 1 tsp Chinese 5 spice
- ½ tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp ground black pepper
- 1/2 tsp salt
Mixture for the turkey
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil (Have more on-hand as needed)
- ⅓ cup carrots-finely diced
- ⅛ cup shallots-minced
- ⅛ cup garlic- minced
- ⅛ cup ginger-finely diced
- ½ cup canned water chestnuts-rough chop
- 5 tsp hoisin sauce (Reserve 2 tsp for the turkey mixture and 3 tsp in a bowl to serve as a condiment)
Pan fried cashews
- 2 tsp vegetable oil
- ½ cup unsalted cashews
- ¼ tsp salt
Instructions
Wash and dry the lettuce. Rip the lettuce into palm-sized pieces. Set aside.
Slice the coriander and scallions and set aside.
Prepare the rest of the ingredients.
Roast the turkey
Remove the Easy Fresh turkey from the package and place on a sheet pan. Preheat the oven to 385 degrees F (195 degrees C).
- Rub the turkey with vegetable oil.
Prepare the turkey rub. In a bowl, add the Chinese 5 spice, ground ginger, black pepper and salt. Mix well. Rub the mixture on both sides of the turkey.
- Put the turkey in the oven and bake for 30 mins or until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
Broil the turkey for 5 minutes on high to brown and crisp the skin. Remove the turkey from the oven and let it rest for 10-15 minutes.
Once the turkey has rested, remove the skin and cut into 1 x 1 inch pieces and set aside. For the meat, shred and do a rough chop (about 1 x 1 inch pieces). Remove the bone for other uses.
Cooking the Turkey Mixture
In a pan, add the vegetable oil and turn the heat to medium-high. Add in the carrots and sauté for about 2 minutes, then add in the shallots, followed by the garlic, ginger and water chestnuts. Cook until the vegetables are slightly soft (about 5 minutes).
Add in the diced turkey (without the skin), and add in 2 teaspoons of hoisin sauce and stir. Remove from heat. Mix in the coriander and scallions. Add to a serving plate.
In a small bowl, add 3 tsp of the hoisin sauce and bring it to the serving table.
Pan fried cashews
In a pan, add oil and turn the heat on medium-high. Add the cashews and move them around to brown all sides. Add the salt. Adjust the heat as needed. Remove and set aside.
Serve!
At the table, bring out the dish of lettuce, turkey mixture, turkey skin, cashews and hoisin sauce.
Start by taking a piece of lettuce, then scoop in the turkey mixture, and top with cashews and turkey skin. Add more hoisin sauce if desired.
Recipe Notes
Feel free to use fresh water chestnuts, or replace with jicama. As a time-saver, use toasted and salted cashews.
Can substitute the vegetable oil for olive or canola oil.
Chinese Turkey Lettuce Wraps
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