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Celiac Warrior Gal's Favorite Recipes: Gluten Free Papaya, Mango and Shrimp Lettuce Wraps

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This is a recipe that I saw on the back of an Annie Chun's Maifun Rice Noodle box. 

This recipe is filling, delicious, and GLUTEN FREE!!! It is super easy to make and is a perfect summertime lunch or dinner meal.

Here is what you will need:
  • One green papaya (peel the papaya and slice it into matchstick strips)
  • One slightly firm mango (peel the mango and slice into Matchstick slices)
  • One small cucumber (thinly sliced)
  • 1/2 package of Annie Chin's Maifun's Rice Noodles (cook, drain, and rinse as directions state for salad usage).
  • 1 cup of small to medium sized shrimp. Make sure the shrimp are cleaned, deveined, and cooked (recipe says prawns, but shrimp is the same thing).
  • 1 head of rinsed lettuce (separate leaves)
  • 5 to 6 TBSP of peanut butter (recipe says to use Thai Peanut Sauce, but we improvised)
  • 2 TBSP of fresh cilantro
 Directions:
  1. Mix papaya, mango, cucumber, cooked noodles and shrimp in a bowl.
  2. Add peanut butter to above mixture and toss.
  3. Arrange lettuce leaves on a plate and divide noodle mix among the leaves.
  4. Garnish with the cilantro (if you wish).
  5. Wrap the lettuce leaves and eat!
The lettuce does have a hard time staying in a 'wrap' position, you might need to use a toothpick to hold it in place if you're making this for family or guests. I ended up just getting a fork and eating it like it was a noodle salad. Using peanut butter instead of the Thai Peanut Sauce gave it more of a hearty texture and made me full after eating just a little bit of it. I do recommend that you pick up gluten free Thai peanut sauce. Annie Chun doesn't make gluten free sauce, but San-J does! Thai peanut sauce will definitely add some spice and flavor to the dish. While the dish already has some flavor, I had to listen to my better half complain about the dish being a little bland. I think next time we will have to actually follow the recipe and use Thai peanut sauce.

To purchase the Annie Chun's Rice Noodles, click the photo.
If you are interested in the peanut sauce, you can purchase it here.

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