Firecracker Vegetable Tempura Lettuce Wraps Recipe - Los Angeles Times

Firecracker Vegetable Tempura Lettuce Wraps Recipe - Los Angeles Times

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The best lettuce wraps cradle something hot and fatty. Case in point: tempura. Of course, you can make your own tempura, but my move is to pick up a box from a Japanese supermarket or sushi joint (or...

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Ingredients

  • 6 to 8 pieces vegetable tempura
  • 2 teaspoons tempura sauce or soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon rice vinegar
  • 1 habanero or other hot fruity-flavored chile, seeded and minced
  • 2 teaspoons everyday extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 avocado, halved, pitted and sliced
  • 12 small butter or red lettuce leaves
  • 2 tablespoons roasted and salted pepitas (shelled pumpkin seeds)
  • 4 Japanese rice crackers, crumbled

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