Grilled Cabbage Wraps
Ingredients
- 3 cups cooked rice (used glutinous rice or sub with other rice)
- about 15-20 cabbage leaves
- 3/4 cup kale stems, finely chopped (or use broccoli stem)
- 1/2 cup mushrooms, finely chopped - optional (used mini king oyster mushrooms)
- 1 small carrot, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon finely minced ginger
- oil for cooking, salt to taste
- - Seasoning (see step): 1 tablespoon soy sauce/tamari, pepper
- 2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil
- salt & pepper to taste
- Sauce (optional, cabbage wraps can be served as is)
- Whisk together 1 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce/tamari
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon mirin
- 1 chopped Thai chilis
- 1/2 cup water until well combined
Preparation
To make the filling, heat a non-stick pan with 1 teaspoon oil, sauté ginger until fragrant, add mushrooms, cook for 1-2mins. Add kale stems & continue to cook for about 30 secs, turn off the heat.
Transfer mixture to a bowl, then add carrots, cooked rice & mix well with seasoning ingredients. Taste test
Bring a pot of water to boil, blanch cabbage leaves for about 45secs. Remove & quickly plunge them in icy water to stop the cooking
Place one cabbage leaf on a cleaned surface. Add a heaping spoon of filling in the middle, fold in the sides & wrap to seal. (Note: more filling for a larger leaf). Repeat with the remaining ingredients.
In a heated non-stick pan with 1 teaspoon oil, place as many cabbage wraps as will fit in one layer in the pan. Cook until both sides are nicely browned, flipping in halfway
Sauce: Add the sauce ingredients to a pan, then bring it to simmer & cook until slightly thickened.
Drizzle sauce on the cabbage wraps & garnish with sesame seeds & chopped cilantro
