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Thai Peanut Lettuce Wraps with Crispy Fish

Supple butter lettuce wrapped around crispy baked fish topped with a gingery homemade Asian slaw and sweet and spicy Thai Peanut Sauce.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
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Total Time 45 minutes
Servings: 4 portions
Course: Dinner, Main Course
Cuisine: American, Asian
Calories: 726
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 19 oz whole fillet fish sticks 1 package
  • 2 heads butter lettuce washed and separated
  • 1/2 cup rice vinegar
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce for slaw
  • 3 tbsp fresh ginger minced for slaw
  • 1/4 cup sesame oil
  • 3 cups purple cabbage shredded
  • 3 cups green cabbage shredded
  • 3 cups shredded carrots
  • 1/2 cup green onions chopped
  • 1/4 cup fresh cilantro chopped
  • 2/3 cup peanut butter
  • 1/2 cup coconut milk from a can
  • 2 tbsp fresh ginger for sauce
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce for sauce
  • 1/4 cup lime juice about 2 limes
  • 1 tsp brown sugar
  • 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Equipment

  • Baking sheet
  • Blender or food processor

Method
 

  1. Preheat your oven to 450 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with foil and spray with nonstick spray. Bake fish sticks for 10 minutes, flip carefully, and cook 5 to 8 more minutes until deep golden.
  2. Whisk the rice vinegar, sugar, soy sauce, and ginger. Slowly pour in the sesame oil while whisking until the dressing looks thick and cloudy. Toss in the cabbages, carrots, and herbs. Let it sit for 15 minutes.
  3. Blend the peanut butter, coconut milk, ginger, garlic, soy sauce, lime juice, brown sugar, red pepper flakes, and salt until completely smooth and creamy.
  4. Place two warm fish sticks inside each butter lettuce leaf, drizzle with peanut sauce, and top with a generous scoop of slaw.

Notes

If you use two fish sticks per lettuce wrap you will get about 10 wraps total. The slaw amount is generous and you may have some leftover.