Spicy Dove Lettuce Wraps

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 12 -15 doves, skin removed breasts removed from carcasses
• 1 -2 tablespoon olive oil or 1 -2 tablespoon canola oil or 1 -2 tablespoon peanut oil
• 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 teaspoons fresh gingerroot, peeled and minced
• 2 tablespoons asian chili sauce (or substitute a few splashes of your favorite hot sauce)
• 3/4 cup light soy sauce
• 1/4 cup rice vinegar
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon fresh gingerroot, peeled and minced
• prepared stuffing
• 1 cup warm cooked brown rice
• 1 cup carrot, shredded
• 1 cup green onion, thinly sliced
• 1 cup red bell pepper, thinly sliced into strips
• 16 large iceberg lettuce or 16 large romaine lettuce leaves

Recipe

• 1 pound breasts lightly with a mallet until half normal thickness. combine marinade ingredients and toss with the pounded dove breasts. cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour and up to 12 hours. combine dipping sauce ingredients and divide into 4 small bowls. arrange stuffing ingredients on a platter. remove dove breasts from marinade. discard marinade. heat 1 – 2 tablespoons oil in a large skillet or wok over medium-high heat. add doves breasts and cook for about 1 minute per side, just enough time to barely brown each side. remove from heat and transfer to the platter. to serve, allow guests to assemble their own stuffing ingredients in a lettuce leaf. ingredients are placed in each leaf and rolled up with your hands. hang on to the wrap firmly and dunk into the dipping sauce.