Oriental Turkey Roll-Ups

Oriental Turkey Roll-Ups on the original Oriental divider, My Mom’s Recipe Box

Oriental Turkey Roll-Ups is preserved from a two-sided assembled magazine clipping in the Oriental section of My Mom's Recipe Box. The original scans are included alongside the transcription.

Original Recipe Card

Original front of the Oriental Turkey Roll-Ups two-sided assembled magazine clipping from My Mom's Recipe Box
The original front of the Oriental Turkey Roll-Ups recipe artifact, preserved as scanned.
Original back of the Oriental Turkey Roll-Ups two-sided assembled magazine clipping from My Mom's Recipe Box
The original back of the Oriental Turkey Roll-Ups recipe artifact, preserved as scanned.

Ingredients

  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 scallion
  • 1 Tbs. minced fresh ginger
  • 2 Tbs. hoisin sauce
  • 3 Tbs. rice-wine vinegar
  • 1 tsp. soy sauce
  • Salt
  • 4 Tbs. oil
  • 1 lb. ground turkey
  • 1 tomato, about 1/2 lb.
  • 8 leaves Boston lettuce
  • 4 tsp. toasted sesame seeds

Directions

Mince garlic. Chop white part of the scallion and slice the green top. Combine garlic, white part of the scallion and the ginger. Combine hoisin sauce, 2 Tbs. vinegar, soy sauce and 1/4 tsp. salt. In a large frying pan, heat 1 Tbs. oil over medium heat. Add garlic mixture and cook, stirring, until mixture starts to brown, about 30 seconds. Crumble in turkey and cook, stirring, until cooked through. Stir in hoisin-sauce mixture and cook 1 minute. Put meat mixture in a bowl and cool to room temperature. Cut tomato into 1/2" dice. In a small jar, combine remaining 1 Tbs. vinegar and 1/2 tsp. salt and shake until salt dissolves. Add remaining 3 Tbs. oil and shake again to combine. To serve: Fill a lettuce leaf with some of the turkey mixture, top with tomatoes, scallion greens and sesame seeds, and pour some of the dressing over all.

Yield

4 servings

Preservation Notes

The front and reverse scans preserve the overlapping multi-piece layout, food photograph, staples, and magazine attribution.

Notes From the Original

Here’s a delectable salad you can pick up and eat with your hands. Kids love it!

Work Time: 30 min. Total Time: 30 min.

Per serving: Cal. 330 Pro. 21g Fat 24g Sod. 870mg Carb. 8g Chol. 83mg

60 First 8/30/93

About My Mom’s Recipe Box

This recipe is part of My Mom’s Recipe Box, an ongoing preservation project dedicated to my late mother’s original recipe collection. Every effort is made to preserve the original wording, organization, handwritten notes, typewritten cards, magazine clippings, corrections, and other details exactly as they appeared in her recipe box. When clarification is helpful, it is provided separately so the original recipe remains preserved.

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