Lettuce Boats
For a quick & easy, light lunch, these lettuce boats are a great alternative to sandwiches. Simply load up your favourite fillings.
Ingredients
Chicken and Beansprout
1 lettuce
2 tbsp light mayonnaise
2 tsp plum sauce
1/2 tsp lemon juice
50 sliced cooked chicken
50 g beansprouts (2 kiddies handfuls)
2 tbsp light mayonnaise
2 tsp plum sauce
1/2 tsp lemon juice
50 sliced cooked chicken
50 g beansprouts (2 kiddies handfuls)
Chicken and Sweetcorn
3 tbsp canned sweetcorn drained
1 spring onion, sliced
2 tbsp light mayonnaise
squeeze of lemon juice
4 gem lettuce leaves
1 spring onion, sliced
2 tbsp light mayonnaise
squeeze of lemon juice
4 gem lettuce leaves
Prawn
4 gem lettuce leaves
100 g small cooked prawns
2 tbsp light mayonnaise
1 tbsp tomato ketchup
a little paprika
100 g small cooked prawns
2 tbsp light mayonnaise
1 tbsp tomato ketchup
a little paprika
Tuna Mix
4 gem lettuce leaves
2 tbsp crème fraiche or mayonnaise
1 tbsp ketchup
1/2 tsp lemon juice
1 x 185 g canned tuna drained
2 spring onions, slice
1/4 (2 tbsp) red pepper, diced
2 tbsp drained sweetcorn
2 tbsp crème fraiche or mayonnaise
1 tbsp ketchup
1/2 tsp lemon juice
1 x 185 g canned tuna drained
2 spring onions, slice
1/4 (2 tbsp) red pepper, diced
2 tbsp drained sweetcorn
Method
Chicken and Beansprout
- Mix the mayonnaise, plum sauce and lemon juice together in a large bowl.
- Shred the chicken with your fingers and add to the bowl with the beansprouts.
- Mix everything together and season with a little salt and pepper.
- Taste and add little more salt and pepper or lemon juice as you like.
Chicken and Sweetcorn
- Tear the chicken into little shreds with your fingers.
- Put in a medium bowl and mix in the sweetcorn, spring onion and mayonnaise plus a little salt and pepper to taste.
- Add a squeeze of lemon juice (1/4 tsp quarter) and taste.
- Add a bit more lemon juice if you like the mixture to be more lemony.
- Spoon the filling into lettuce leaves.
Prawn
- Mix the prawns with the mayonnaise and ketchup.
- Spoon the filling into the lettuce leaves and roll up.
Tuna Mix
- Mix the crème fraiche or mayonnaise with the ketchup and lemon juice in a large bowl.
- Flake the tuna with a fork and add to the bowl with the spring onion, red pepper and sweetcorn.
- Add salt and pepper and mix together.
- Taste and add more salt, pepper or lemon juice as you like.
