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Speedy Chinese-Style Lean Pork Lettuce Boats

Mu Shu, Moo Shu or Mu Xu, is a northern Chinese dish! Here we've enhanced the flavour with untraditional harissa paste, giving a spicy depth of flavour. Served in lettuce boats for the crunch factor. Under 600 calories.

20 mins
462kcal
Chinese
Speedy Chinese-Style Lean Pork Lettuce Boats
4.5

Ingredients for 2 people

Cooking for 3? 1 and a half for each ingredient Cooking for 4? Double each ingredient

Harissa paste (40g)
Harissa paste (40g)
Lean pork mince (<5% fat) (250g)
Lean pork mince (<5% fat) (250g)
White basmati rice (100g)
White basmati rice (100g)
Spring onion
Spring onion
Carrot
Carrot
Gem lettuce
Gem lettuce
Soy sauce (8ml)
Soy sauce (8ml)
Courgette
Courgette

You'll also need

Pepper, Salt, Sugar, Vegetable oil, Water (or dietary alternatives)

Cooking instructions

Instructions for 2 [for 3] [for 4] portion recipe.

1.

Add your basmati rice and 250ml [320ml] [500ml] cold water to a pot with a lid and bring to the boil over a high heat, once boiling, reduce the heat to low and cook, covered, for 10-12 min or until all the water has absorbed and the rice is cooked

Meanwhile, combine your mince (remove the paper if required!) and harissa paste (can't handle the heat? Go easy!) with a pinch of salt and pepper – this is your harissa mixture

Step 1
2.

Heat a large, wide-based pan (preferably non-stick with a matching lid), with 1 tbsp [1 1/2 tbsp] [2 tbsp] vegetable oil over a high heat

Once hot, add the harissa mixture and cook for 4 min or until it's beginning to brown, breaking it up with a wooden spoon as you go

Cook for a further 4 min or until cooked through (no pink meat!)

Step 2
3.

Meanwhile, top, tail, peel and grate your carrot[s]

Top, tail and grate your courgette[s]

Trim, then slice your spring onion[s] finely

Step 3
4.

Once cooked, transfer the harissa mince to a clean mixing bowl, reserve the pan

Add your soy sauce and 1 tbsp [1 1/2 tbsp] [2 tbsp] sugar and mix to combine

Step 4
5.

Return the reserved pan to a high heat and once hot, add the grated carrot and grated courgette and cook for an initial 2 min

Add the harissa mince back to the pan, reduce the heat to low and cook for a further 2 min, then remove from the heat and cover to keep warm until serving

Step 5
6.

Meanwhile, wash your lettuce, then pat it dry with kitchen paper

Separate the outer leaves and arrange them on a plate

Shred the inner core[s]

Step 6
7.

Stir the sliced spring onion through the warmed harissa mince – this is your Chinese-style mince

Step 7
8.

To build your lettuce boats, top each lettuce leaf with a spoonful of basmati rice and some Chinese-style mince

Garnish with the shredded lettuce

Enjoy!

Nutritional information

Nutritional information only applies to ingredients supplied by Gousto.

per serving
462kcal
Energy
15.2g
Fat
46.3g
Carbohydrate
5.1g
Fibre
32.4g
Protein
1.2g
Salt

The cooking process and additional ingredients added at home (listed under “You'll also need”) will affect total values.

Allergens

Allergens highlighted by (gluten, soya).

In addition to the recipe specific allergen information provided, due to production and packing methods Gousto boxes may also contain low levels of the following allergens: Cereals containing gluten; Crustaceans; Eggs; Fish; Peanuts; Soya; Milk; Nuts: almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, cashews, pecan nuts, brazil nuts, pistachio nuts, macadamia nuts; Celery; Sesame; Sulphur dioxide and Sulphites; Lupin; Molluscs; Mustard.

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