Is it a (possibly regional) Chinese practice at all to wrap (bite-sized)
pieces of food in lettuce? (similar to Peking duck, but with lettuce)
Thanks!

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> Is it a (possibly regional) Chinese practice at all to wrap (bite-sized)
> pieces of food in lettuce? (similar to Peking duck, but with lettuce)

Some Vietnamese appetizers use this, as does Korean BBQ.

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On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 20:50:34 GMT,
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>Is it a (possibly regional) Chinese practice at all to wrap (bite-sized)
>pieces of food in lettuce? (similar to Peking duck, but with lettuce)
>Thanks!

There are lettuce cups/wraps which are filled with diced or
shredded meat and veggies, eaten like small soft tacos. I've
never heard of bite-sized lettuce wraps, though.

Wrapping slightly larger things, like fried, grilled
beef/pork/stuffed squids in lettuce is fairly common in Vietnamese
cuisine as well.

-sw

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> On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 20:50:34 GMT,
> wrote:
>
> >Is it a (possibly regional) Chinese practice at all to wrap (bite-sized)
> >pieces of food in lettuce? (similar to Peking duck, but with lettuce)
> >Thanks!
>
> There are lettuce cups/wraps which are filled with diced or
> shredded meat and veggies, eaten like small soft tacos. I've
> never heard of bite-sized lettuce wraps, though.
>
> Wrapping slightly larger things, like fried, grilled
> beef/pork/stuffed squids in lettuce is fairly common in Vietnamese
> cuisine as well.
>
> -sw

Works with spinach leaves too. ;-)

K.

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On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 20:50:34 +0000, oliverluNOSPA wrote:

> Is it a (possibly regional) Chinese practice at all to wrap (bite-sized)
> pieces of food in lettuce? (similar to Peking duck, but with lettuce)

Sounds like Korean bulgogi. Typically it's beef, but I could see a fowl
version considering the flavors in the sauce.

> Thanks!

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> On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 20:50:34 +0000, oliverluNOSPA wrote:
>
> > Is it a (possibly regional) Chinese practice at all to wrap (bite-sized)
> > pieces of food in lettuce? (similar to Peking duck, but with lettuce)
>
> Sounds like Korean bulgogi. Typically it's beef, but I could see a fowl
> version considering the flavors in the sauce.

I've had bulgogi many times and never had it wrapped
in lettuce. I would say Vietnamese food. I've had
many, many Vietnamese dishes where you wrap stuff up
in lettuce. One of my favorites is banh xeo which is
a mung bean pancake with chicken and/or shrimp in it
which comes with a plate of lettuce leaves, bean
sprouts, Thai basil, and maybe other stuff. You take
a lettuce leaf, tear off a hunk of the pancake and put
it on the leaf, top with sprouts and basil, etc., then
roll up and dip in nuoc cham.
Kate


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> Thanks!
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> Is it a (possibly regional) Chinese practice at all to wrap (bite-sized)
> pieces of food in lettuce? (similar to Peking duck, but with lettuce)
> Thanks!

Lettuce wraps are great...
and atkins freindly.

Try Boston Butter lettuce.

K.

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> Is it a (possibly regional) Chinese practice at all to wrap (bite-sized)
> pieces of food in lettuce? (similar to Peking duck, but with lettuce)
> Thanks!
>

Most Chinese restaurants here (NSW, Australia) have a dish on the menu
known as Sang Choy Bow (also spelt San Choi Bow, Sang Choy Bau, San Choy
Bau etc. etc. <g>).

It's a dish of pork mince (ground pork) stirfried with spices, water
chestnuts, maybe some bean sprouts or other veg, soy sauce etc. It's served
with iceberg lettuce cups, and you put some of the mince mixture into the
iceberg lettuce cup,wrap and eat. That's the only lettuce wrap Chinese dish
I'm familiar with, but I'm no expert. Not sure how authentic it is, or what
part of China it originates in. It's nice, though!

There are some recipes etc. on the net if you want to Google for one of the
many spellings <g>.


Rhonda Anderson
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> > Is it a (possibly regional) Chinese practice at all to wrap (bite-sized)
> > pieces of food in lettuce? (similar to Peking duck, but with lettuce)
> > Thanks!
> >
>
> Most Chinese restaurants here (NSW, Australia) have a dish on the menu
> known as Sang Choy Bow (also spelt San Choi Bow, Sang Choy Bau, San Choy
> Bau etc. etc. <g>).
>
> It's a dish of pork mince (ground pork) stirfried with spices, water
> chestnuts, maybe some bean sprouts or other veg, soy sauce etc. It's
served
> with iceberg lettuce cups, and you put some of the mince mixture into the
> iceberg lettuce cup,wrap and eat. That's the only lettuce wrap Chinese
dish
> I'm familiar with, but I'm no expert.


Other meats/seafood are popular too: duck, shrimp, lobster...


Not sure how authentic it is, or what
> part of China it originates in. It's nice, though!


It's authentic. I'm guessing it's from Hong Kong--they've had it since at
least the 80's.

Peter

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> Is it a (possibly regional) Chinese practice at all to wrap (bite-sized)
> pieces of food in lettuce? (similar to Peking duck, but with lettuce)
> Thanks!
>
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A Thai version is called miang kam (or other assorted spellings). It's
often shrimp, tiny diced lime (with the rind still on), toasted coconut,
roasted peanuts, chiles, and something else I'm forgetting. You put a bit
of each on your piece of lettuce (traditionally it's some kind of
leaf--betel leaf? and sometimes you'll find spinach in place of that), add a
bit of sauce, roll and eat. It's bite-sized, too. I much prefer miang kam
to any other country's version.

rona

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Rona Yuthasastrakosol wrote:
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> A Thai version is called miang kam (or other assorted spellings). It's
> often shrimp, tiny diced lime (with the rind still on), toasted coconut,
> roasted peanuts, chiles, and something else I'm forgetting. You put a bit
> of each on your piece of lettuce (traditionally it's some kind of
> leaf--betel leaf? and sometimes you'll find spinach in place of that), add a
> bit of sauce, roll and eat. It's bite-sized, too. I much prefer miang kam
> to any other country's version.
>
Ginger (at least here). Oh yum, and I quite agree.

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