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Serves4

Easy

Total time: 30 mins

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Try our recipe for healthy, high in protein turkey larb. This recipe is quick, easy and makes for a quick fix midweek meal. What’s more, it's low in calories and gluten free too

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Ingredients

Nutrition

• 2 tbsp basmati rice

• 1 tbsp vegetable oil

• 500g turkey breast mince

• 2 limes

  juiced

• 2 tbsp fish sauce

• 1 tbsp palm sugar or light brown sugar

• 1 shallot

  finely sliced

• 1-2 tsp dried chilli flakes

• coriander

  a small bunch, finely chopped, plus leaves to garnish

• a small bunch mint

  finely chopped, plus leaves to garnish

To serve

• 3-4 Little Gem lettuces

  leaves separated

• 2 spring onions

  finely sliced

• 1/2 cucumber

  seeds removed and sliced into thin batons

• 1 red chilli

  cut into thin strips

Nutrition: per serving

• kcal217

  low

• fat4g

• saturates0.6g

• carbs12.1g

• sugars5.3g

• fibre0.7g

• protein32.7g

• salt1.7g

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Method

• step 1

  Heat a frying pan over a medium heat and toast the rice for 8-10 minutes or until browned. Tip into a mortar. Once cool, grind to a powder with the pestle.

• step 2

  Wipe out the frying pan and heat the vegetable oil over a high heat. Add the turkey mince, breaking it up with a spoon, and cook for 6-8 minutes until all of the water has evaporated.

• step 3

  In a bowl, mix together the lime juice, fish sauce, palm sugar, shallot and chilli flakes.

• step 4

  Tip in the turkey mince and stir well. Marinate for 10 minutes before adding the chopped coriander and mint.

• step 5

  Serve with the lettuce leaves, spring onions, cucumber, red chilli, toasted ground rice and extra herbs to garnish.

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