For a quick and easy light lunch, these lettuce boats are a great alternative to sandwiches. Simply load up with their favourite fillings and set sail!
For another fun lunchtime idea, next give these Sushi Sandwich Rolls a go!
Ingredients
Chicken & beansprout
4 gem lettuce leaves
2 tbsp light mayonnaise
2 tsp plum sauce
½ tsp lemon juice
50 sliced cooked chicken
50g beansprouts (2 small handfuls)
, 2 tbsp light mayonnaise
2 tsp plum sauce
½ tsp lemon juice
50 sliced cooked chicken
50g beansprouts (2 small handfuls)
Chicken & 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
100g small cooked prawns
2 tbsp light mayonnaise
1 tbsp tomato ketchup
A pinch of paprika
, 100g small cooked prawns
2 tbsp light mayonnaise
1 tbsp tomato ketchup
A pinch of paprika
Tuna mix
4 gem lettuce leaves
2 tbsp crème fraiche or mayonnaise (for dairy free version)
1 tbsp ketchup
½ tsp lemon juice
1 x 185g canned tuna, drained
2 spring onions, sliced
¼ (2 tbsp) red pepper, diced
2 tbsp drained sweetcorn
2 tbsp crème fraiche or mayonnaise (for dairy free version)
1 tbsp ketchup
½ tsp lemon juice
1 x 185g canned tuna, drained
2 spring onions, sliced
¼ (2 tbsp) red pepper, diced
2 tbsp drained sweetcorn
Method
Chicken & 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.
- Spoon the filling into lettuce leaves.
Chicken & sweetcorn
- Tear the chicken into 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 (¼ 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.
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