[Food Tip: Hoisin sauce, a sweet-and-spicy Asian condiment made with soybeans, spices, and garlic, can be found in the Asian section of your grocery store. ]
Flavor for few calories, these wraps are good alone or served with steamed rice. Skip the lettuce and wrap the prawn mixture into rice sheets for a quick spring roll.
Ingredients:
1/2 pound medium-size prawns, peeled and deveined
2 teaspoons sesame oil
3 cloves garlic, chopped
2 tablespoons fresh ginger, peeled and diced
1/4 cup green onions, chopped
1 large red bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, and diced
1/4 pound asparagus, trimmed and diced
2 teaspoons soy sauce
1 head butter lettuce, washed and dried
1/4 cup hoisin sauce
Directions:
1) Chop prawns into small pieces. Set aside.
2) Heat oil in a large, nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add garlic, ginger, and green onions and toss in oil. Add peppers and asparagus and continue to stir-fry for 3 minutes. Add prawns and soy sauce and stir for 2 minutes, or until shrimp turn pink. Remove from heat.
3) Transfer prawn mixture to medium-size serving bowl. Place bowl in the middle of large platter and arrange lettuce leaves around the bowl. Serve with hoisin sauce. To eat, spread a little hoisin sauce on lettuce leaf, place a spoonful of prawn mixture on top, wrap lettuce leaf around, and eat with fingers. Makes 4 servings.
Nutritional Analysis per serving: 117 Calories; 29 percent fat (3.7 grams); < 1 gram saturated fat; 46 percent protein; 26 percent carbohydrate; 1.6 grams fiber.
