Vietnamese Prawn Lettuce Wraps with a killer peanut sauce!

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: tamari

💰Cheaper: coconut aminos

Tamari is gluten-free, while coconut aminos is lower in sodium.

sesame oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Olive oil is healthier, while canola oil is often cheaper.

peanuts

🥗Healthier: sunflower seeds

💰Cheaper: pumpkin seeds

Sunflower seeds provide similar crunch with fewer allergens.

Pickle first - Put the boiling water, salt and sugar in a bowl. Mix to dissolve, then add vinegar. Submerge vegetables and leave for 2 hours. Drain then use per recipe (or store in fridge submerged in liquid).

Peanut sauce - Mix the peanut sauce ingredients and set aside for the flavours to meld while you prepare the platter. Start with 1 tbsp lime juice and add more if you want tarter.

Prawns (shrimp) - Cut the prawns in half horizontally and remove the vein.

Noodles - Soak the noodles in boiling water per packet directions. Rinse under cold water (to prevent stickiness) then drain very well.

Lay it all out - Pile everything onto a giant platter or put things in little bowls, then let everybody help themselves!

Assemble - Here's my order: lettuce leaf, noodles first, then veg (carrots, bean sprouts etc), prawns, stuff herbs down the side, drizzle with sauce, sprinkle with peanuts and chilli. Bundle and bite!

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