Lunch

Turkey Larb in Lettuce Cups

Name: Turkey Larb in Lettuce Cups
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 170 g Turkey breast mince, 2% fat; 10 g Basmati rice; 5 g Rapeseed oil; 30 g Shallot; 120 g Little gem lettuce; 100 g Cucumber; 2 tsp, about 10 g Fish sauce; Juice of a lime Lime juice; Half a teaspoon, or more Chilli flakes; A handful Fresh mint; A handful Fresh coriander

Crumbled turkey mince with lime, fish sauce, chilli, shallot, herbs and toasted rice powder, eaten from little gem leaves. 43 g of protein for 323 kcal.

Calories: 323kcal
Protein: 43g
Fat: 9g
Carbs: 17g

Per serving, makes 1. 20 minutes of work. Published 8 September 2026.

Allergens

Fish

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Ingredients

Turkey breast mince, 2% fat170 g
Weighed raw. Thigh mince at 7% fat adds about 20 kcal per 100 g.
Basmati rice10 g
Toasted dry in a pan until golden, then ground. It is what makes larb taste like larb. Dry weight, before cooking.
Rapeseed oil5 g
Shallot30 g
Little gem lettuce120 g
Cucumber100 g
Fish sauce2 tsp, about 10 g
Lime juiceJuice of a lime
Chilli flakesHalf a teaspoon, or more
Fresh mintA handful
Fresh corianderA handful

Method

Toast the rice in a dry pan over medium heat, shaking it, until it is golden and smells nutty, about four minutes. Grind it in a pestle and mortar or spice grinder.
Fry the mince in the oil over high heat, breaking it up, for about eight minutes until it is crumbly and starting to brown.
Take it off the heat and stir in the fish sauce, lime, chilli flakes, sliced shallot, herbs and rice powder. Taste and adjust. It should be sharp before it is salty, and hot after both.
Separate the lettuce into leaves, spoon the larb into them and serve the cucumber in batons alongside.

Worth knowing

Turkey breast mince is 2% fat, so 5 g of oil in the pan is the whole fat line and the plate lands at 323 kcal for 43 g of protein.
The toasted rice is ten minutes of faff for a spoonful of powder. Make a jar of it; it keeps for months.

Other lunch recipes that share ingredients with this one, or every lunch between 300 and 450 calories a serving.

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