Last weekend I spoke at Teach Them Diligently in Atlanta. On the first evening, I met my brother-in-law & sister-in-law for dinner at PF Changs. By the time I arrived, they already had lettuce wraps. Oh, so yummy!
When I got home, I was working on a menu for this week & saw a recipe for Chicken Lettuce Wraps. The recipe was more of a chicken salad on lettuce. I was craving the Asian lettuce wraps, so I decided to invent my own using shrimp. Here’s my Sweet and Spicy Shrimp Recipe and I hope you like it.
I started with a Hot Wings recipe from The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier cookbook. I love all her recipes, but didn’t have all the ingredients. When I got home from Atlanta, I found out my car wouldn’t start, so my car was in the shop. I had to be inventive and use ingredients I had on hand. Much to my surprise, I was out of brown sugar (ugh) and some other ingredients so I made substitutions & added some spices Steve & I enjoy.
The result was delicious & I plan on making this again. If you don’t like shrimp, substitute whatever protein you enjoy – chicken, pork, beef. It’s a versatile recipe.
Before I share my recipe, let me explain why this is not titled Shrimp Lettuce Wraps. Originally, I wanted to make lettuce wraps because it would be low-fat and low-calorie. Only, I didn’t have any lettuce that was edible. (Yep, I had wilted, unusable lettuce). And I was stranded at home with no car.
I didn’t want a lot of carbs from rice, so I found 2 very small pieces of leftover (homemade) focaccia bread from Easter. I split them in half, warmed them up & used them as the base for our dinner. Then, I poured the sweet and spicy shrimp on top and added a fruit salad. It was perfect.
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