Ground Turkey Lettuce Wraps

Recipe by Miss Stephanie Deyo 

Ingredients:

• 16 Boston Bibb or butter lettuce leaves
• 1 pound ground turkey (I get mine at COSTCO) 
• 1 tablespoon cooking oil
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 2 cloves fresh garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
• 2 teaspoons minced ginger (fresh or dried)
• 1.5 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
• Asian chile pepper sauce, or any kind of hot sauce... or crushed red peppers... amount is whatever you can handle!
• 1 (8 ounce) can water chestnuts, drained and finely chopped
• 1 can bamboo shoots
• 1 can mushrooms + 1/2 cup chopped fresh mushrooms
• 1 bunch green onions, chopped
• 2 teaspoons Asian (dark) sesame oil 

  Directions:

1. Rinse whole lettuce leaves and pat dry, being careful not tear them. Set aside.
2. In a medium skillet over high heat, brown the ground turkey in 1 tablespoon of oil, stirring often and reducing the heat to medium (add salt, pepper and seasoning salt while cooking), if necessary. Drain, and set aside to cool. Cook the onion in the same pan, stirring frequently. Add the garlic, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, ginger, vinegar, and chile pepper sauce to the onions, and stir. Stir in chopped water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, mushrooms green onions, sesame oil, and cooked turkey; continue cooking until the onions just begin to wilt, about 2 minutes (or more if you like less onion taste).
3. Arrange lettuce leaves around the outer edge of a large serving platter, and pile meat mixture in the center. To serve, allow each person to spoon a portion of the meat into a lettuce leaf. Wrap the lettuce around the meat like a burrito, and enjoy!