Vietnamese Lettuce Wraps

Had to do some learning on the fly while I was cooking these -- things *you* may want to check out BEFORE you get started.

How to mince ginger for instance.

That wasn't as big a deal as when I got to the rice noodes and the recipe said "prepare according to package directions" and there WERE NONE on my package of rice noodles. Yeah Asian Gourmet totally left me high and dry. I ended up using the quick cook method found here.

Okay. Now that all that is out of the way. YUM. These were great. My husband added a little sambal oelek sauce to it to spice it up even more, but I thought they were fine the way they were. I did take Krystyna's advice and added twice the amount of red pepper flakes the recipe called for. When your lips are burning, I say you have achieved perfection.

Also to be noted. There was no "wrapping" these. I tried... and I'd really like to see that successfully done, frankly. I ended up with something that sort of resembled a chinese taco salad on my plate. But no worries. It was just as good, I'm sure. ;)

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