Not Another Noodle Dish: A Unique Lunar New Year Recipe! Thai Mushroom Lettuce Wraps or Larb He’d

oyster sauce

🥗Healthier: soy sauce

💰Cheaper: hoisin sauce

Soy sauce is lower in calories and hoisin sauce is often less expensive.

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🥗Healthier: sunflower seeds

💰Cheaper: pumpkin seeds

Sunflower seeds provide a similar crunch and are often cheaper.

Cut the bottom part off the white and brown beach mushrooms to prepare them.

Cut off the bottom stem of the enoki mushrooms and slice them into bite-sized pieces.

For the king and regular oyster mushrooms, cut off the bottom stem and slice into bite-sized pieces.

Blanch the mushrooms in a pot of boiling water for about 30 seconds, then quickly drain and pat dry with paper towels.

In a small bowl, combine lime juice, fish sauce or white/light soy sauce, sugar, and dried chili flakes; stir until the sugar dissolves and adjust to taste.

Combine the blanched mushrooms, dressing, shallots, scallions, mint, cilantro, and toasted rice powder in a bowl.

Serve the mixture at room temperature with sticky rice and crisp lettuce leaves for wrapping.

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