
My kids like to not see the veggies in their mince – so I chop them finely. If your kids aren’t as fussy as mine, julienne the carrots and slice the mushrooms and add them in when you add the tamari etc . Beansprouts are also great added in at the end for extra crunch.
This is a great way to get lettuce into kids by making it fun - you can also serve on brown rice.
Any leftovers are great for lunch the next day, for lunchboxes I roll them up into rice paper rolls to make them easy to eat.
- 1-2 carrots (roughly chopped)
- handful of coriander leaves
- 1 stick of celery (I've also used bok choy, beans or snow peas if I'm out of celery!)
- 5-6 shitake mushroom (fresh – sliced) or dried – about 1/3 cup and soak for 10 mins
- 1 brown onion (halved)
- 2 cloves of garlic (peeled)
- 3 cm piece of ginger, peeled
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 500g chicken mince, beef or pork mince (mince yourself in Thermomix – Partially frozen - 300g at a time speed 6 for 6-7 seconds, check consistency & repeat for a 2-3 more seconds if needed)
- 1 tin (230g) water chestnuts (not essential but add a good crunch – if you need to hide – add them in when you add celery etc)
- 2 tablespoons of oyster sauce
- 2 tablespoons of tamari or shoyu
- 2 baby cos hearts – break apart to form “boats”, or a cos lettuce broken into "cups" for the meat filling.
- 1-2 tablespoons of sesame seeds for sprinkling
- Add carrot, celery, mushrooms, water chestnuts and coriander to Thermomix bowl and chop 3 sec/sp 7 (check consistency depending on how fine you like your veggies). Set aside.
- Place onion, garlic and ginger into TM bowl and chop for 5 sec/sp 7.
- Add sesame oil and saute for 3 mins/Varoma/sp 1.
- Add the mince and cook for 10 min/ Varoma reverse sp 1
- Return carrot, mushrooms etc to bowl
- Add oyster sauce and tamari and cook for 3 minutes / Varoma reverse sp 1
- Pour into Thermoserver until you are ready to eat.
- Spoon into baby cos leaves, sprinkle with sesame seeds and enjoy.
Method - Non Thermomix
- Finely chop carrot, celery, mushrooms, water chestnuts and coriander - or you could chop in food processor until fine (check consistency depending on how fine you like your veggies). Set aside.
- Finely chop onion, crush garlic and ginger
- Heat sesame oil in pan and lightly saute onion, garlic and ginger for a couple of minutes.
- Add the mince and cook for approximately 10 minutes, stirring frequently
- Add carrot, mushrooms etc pan and cook for approximately 3 minutes, stirring frequently.
- Spoon into baby cos leaves, sprinkle with sesame seeds and enjoy.