Shrimp Lettuce Cups with Spicy Peanut Sauce & Brown Rice

Shrimp Lettuce Cups

with Spicy Peanut Sauce & Brown Rice

30 MIN
2 Servings
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Here, buttery soft lettuce leaves are filled with hearty brown rice, tender shrimp and vegetables, and a rich, spicy sauce of sambal, lime juice, peanut butter spread, and crunchy peanuts—perfectly contrasted by bites of crisp marinated cucumber.
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  • Calories
    570 Cals (est.)
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ingredients
Shrimp Lettuce Cups with Spicy Peanut Sauce & Brown Rice
Title
  • 10 oz Tail-On Shrimp (Peeled & Deveined)
  • ½ cup Brown Rice
  • 1 head Butter Lettuce
  • 1 Lime
  • 2 Scallions
  • 6 oz Carrots
  • 1 Persian Cucumber
  • 1 Tbsp Sambal Oelek
  • 3 Tbsps Roasted Peanuts
  • 1 Tbsp Smooth Peanut Butter Spread
  • 1 Tbsp Rice Vinegar
  • 2 tsps Honey
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Cook the rice
1 Cook the rice

Remove the honey from the refrigerator to bring to room temperature. In a small pot, combine the rice, a big pinch of salt, and 1 cup of water. Heat to boiling on high. Once boiling, reduce the heat to low. Cover and cook, without stirring, 23 to 25 minutes, or until the water has been absorbed and the rice is tender. Turn off the heat and fluff with a fork.

Prepare the ingredients
2 Prepare the ingredients

Meanwhile, wash and dry the fresh produce. Thinly slice the cucumber into rounds; place in a bowl. Add the vinegar and season with salt and pepper; stir to coat. Set aside to marinate, stirring occasionally, at least 10 minutes. Taste, then season with salt and pepper if desired. Peel the carrots; halve lengthwise, then thinly slice crosswise. Thinly slice the scallions, separating the white bottoms and hollow green tops. Finely chop the peanuts. Halve the lime crosswise. Cut off and discard the root end of the lettuce; separate the leaves. In a bowl, combine the chopped peanuts, peanut butter spread, honey (kneading the packet before opening), the juice of 1 lime half, and as much of the sambal oelek as you'd like, depending on how spicy you'd like the dish to be. Taste, then season with salt and pepper if desired.

Cook the carrots
3 Cook the carrots

In a medium pan (nonstick, if you have one), heat a drizzle of olive oil on medium-high until hot. Add the sliced carrots in an even layer. Cook, without stirring, 2 to 3 minutes, or until lightly browned. Add the sliced white bottoms of the scallions; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, 2 to 3 minutes, or until lightly browned and softened. Turn off the heat; stir in the juice of the remaining lime half. Transfer to a bowl and cover with foil to keep warm. Wipe out the pan.

Cook the shrimp
4 Cook the shrimp

Pat the shrimp dry with paper towels; remove the tails. Season with salt and pepper. In the same pan, heat a drizzle of olive oil on medium-high until hot. Add the seasoned shrimp in an even layer. Cook, without stirring, 2 to 3 minutes, or until slightly opaque. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally, 1 to 2 minutes, or until opaque and cooked through. Turn off the heat.

Serve your dish
5 Serve your dish

Serve the lettuce leaves, cooked shrimp, cooked rice, spicy peanut sauce, cooked carrots, marinated cucumber, and sliced green tops of the scallions separately. Assemble each cup using 2 lettuce leaves. Enjoy! 

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Shrimp Lettuce Cups

Cook the rice
1 Cook the rice

Remove the honey from the refrigerator to bring to room temperature. In a small pot, combine the rice, a big pinch of salt, and 1 cup of water. Heat to boiling on high. Once boiling, reduce the heat to low. Cover and cook, without stirring, 23 to 25 minutes, or until the water has been absorbed and the rice is tender. Turn off the heat and fluff with a fork.

2 Prepare the ingredients

Meanwhile, wash and dry the fresh produce. Thinly slice the cucumber into rounds; place in a bowl. Add the vinegar and season with salt and pepper; stir to coat. Set aside to marinate, stirring occasionally, at least 10 minutes. Taste, then season with salt and pepper if desired. Peel the carrots; halve lengthwise, then thinly slice crosswise. Thinly slice the scallions, separating the white bottoms and hollow green tops. Finely chop the peanuts. Halve the lime crosswise. Cut off and discard the root end of the lettuce; separate the leaves. In a bowl, combine the chopped peanuts, peanut butter spread, honey (kneading the packet before opening), the juice of 1 lime half, and as much of the sambal oelek as you'd like, depending on how spicy you'd like the dish to be. Taste, then season with salt and pepper if desired.

Prepare the ingredients
Cook the carrots
3 Cook the carrots

In a medium pan (nonstick, if you have one), heat a drizzle of olive oil on medium-high until hot. Add the sliced carrots in an even layer. Cook, without stirring, 2 to 3 minutes, or until lightly browned. Add the sliced white bottoms of the scallions; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, 2 to 3 minutes, or until lightly browned and softened. Turn off the heat; stir in the juice of the remaining lime half. Transfer to a bowl and cover with foil to keep warm. Wipe out the pan.

4 Cook the shrimp

Pat the shrimp dry with paper towels; remove the tails. Season with salt and pepper. In the same pan, heat a drizzle of olive oil on medium-high until hot. Add the seasoned shrimp in an even layer. Cook, without stirring, 2 to 3 minutes, or until slightly opaque. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally, 1 to 2 minutes, or until opaque and cooked through. Turn off the heat.

Cook the shrimp
Serve your dish
5 Serve your dish

Serve the lettuce leaves, cooked shrimp, cooked rice, spicy peanut sauce, cooked carrots, marinated cucumber, and sliced green tops of the scallions separately. Assemble each cup using 2 lettuce leaves. Enjoy! 

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