Lettuce Wraps (Sang Choi Bao)

Why people make this dish

Nourilo once enjoyed a memorable lettuce wrap at a well-known restaurant — scallops, chicken and pine nuts in a special sauce, folded into a lettuce leaf, wonderfully savory. Back home he recreated it with an even richer filling: besides scallops, he added diced reconstituted sea cucumber, winter bamboo shoot, organic enoki and pine nuts. The result is fresh, crisp and full of flavor — a fun dish to assemble at the table.