Vietnamese Lettuce Wraps

We have our favorite Vietnamese Restaurant a few blocks from our house- Mai's. This is an adaptation from my favorite dish there.

Chili Saute Sauce from VeggieNumNum

Vietnamese Lettuce Wraps

Chili Satay Sauce

• 2 tsp peanut oil
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 chili, diced
• 1 tsp curry powder or paste
• 2 tbs peanut butter
• 2 tsp palm sugar
• 1 cup light coconut milk
• 1 lime
• ½ cup of coriander, roughly chopped

Heat the peanut oil over a medium heat in a saucepan or frypan, add the garlic and chilli and fry for 1 minute, add the curry powder and combine with the oil. Add the peanut butter, palm sugar and coconut milk, turn down the heat and cook at a low simmer for a few minutes stiring, add a good squeeze of lime juice and the chopped coriander, stir to combine, remove from heat and set aside.

Wraps:
handful chopped cilantro
1 lime cut into slices.
1 head butter lettuce rinsed and separated into leaves
1 block extra firm tofu, sauteed. 

Add tofu to sauce. To assemble Wraps, top lettuce Leaf with vermicelli noodles, and tofu/sauce mixture and lots of cilantro. Squeeze on some lime and your ready to bite.

Yum - O