Five Spice Turkey & Lettuce Wraps

I'm probably one of the few people who has been to PF Chang's once...yes you read that right, only once. I wasn't so sure about the lettuce wraps that our friends ordered when we went, but I gave it a try. When I came across this recipe I thought I'd give it a try. My hubby doesn't like spicy, but I do so when this recipe called for hoisin sauce and said it was spicy, I followed the directions with how much. I should have tried it first because it wasn't spicy at all! We ended up adding some more to the wraps along with some soy sauce to add flavor. My New Year's resolution was to put recipes that I try up on this blog, so even though this goes on the probably won't make it again list, I'm putting it up here. I didn't use all the same ingredients as the one from the website. Recipe came from: http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/five_spice_turkey_lettuce_wraps.html

Ingredients: 

• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup instant brown rice
• 2 teaspoons sesame oil
• 1 pound 93%-lean ground turkey
• 1 tablespoon ground cumin
• 1 8-ounce can water chestnuts, rinsed and chopped
• 1/2 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth
• 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce, (found in the Asian section of the grocery store)
• 1 teaspoon five-spice powder, (look for Chinese five spice powder in the spice section)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 heads Boston lettuce, leaves separated

Preparation

1. Bring water to a boil in a small saucepan. Add rice; reduce heat to low, cover and cook for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat.
2. Meanwhile, heat oil in a large nonstick pan over medium-high heat. Add turkey and cumin; cook, crumbling with a wooden spoon, until the turkey is cooked through, about 6 minutes. Stir in the cooked rice, water chestnuts, broth, hoisin sauce, five-spice powder and salt; cook until heated through, about 1 minute.

3. serve, divide lettuce leaves among plates, spoon some of the turkey mixture into each leaf and roll into wraps.

Hope you enjoyed this first recipe! Many more to come. =)