Hawaiian Thai Meatball Lettuce Wrap
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Serves: 6
 
A Hawaiian inspired lettuce wrap featuring the national award winning SPAM Thai Inspired Meatballs.
Ingredients
  • 4 quarter-inch slices fresh pineapple, cut into 24 one-inch pieces
  • 3 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 12 butter lettuce leaves, washed and dry
  • 4 full sheets roasted nori cut into 4 equal envelope sized pieces
  • ½ cup sprouts
  • ½ cup carrots, julienne
  • ½ red jalapeno pepper, thinly sliced
  • ½ cup cilantro stems with leaves
  • 18 SPAM Thai Inspired Meatballs -> recipe here.
  • ¼ cup sweet chili sauce
Instructions
  1. Lightly sprinkle the brown sugar on both sides with brown sugar. Grill the pineapple for one minute on each side on high heat using a stove-top grill pan. Set aside.
  2. To make the lettuce wrap, overlap two pieces of the butter lettuce to form a circle.
  3. Lay a piece of nori down the center.
  4. Layer the sprouts, pineapple, carrots, jalapeno, and cilantro down the center of the nori.
  5. Top each wrap with 3 meatballs, Top each meatball with a little sweet chili sauce.
  6. Serve the wrap open faced.
Recipe by Savory Sweet Life at https://savorysweetlife.com/hawaiian-thai-meatball-lettuce-wrap/