Name: Korean Sesame Lettuce Wraps with Field Peas
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 250 g white field peas, soaked and cooked; 3 tablespoons soy sauce; 2 tablespoons brown sugar; 3 cloves and a small piece garlic and ginger, grated; 3 tablespoons cold-pressed sesame oil; 2 tablespoons roasted sesame seeds; 2 cups cooked short grain rice; 12 large lettuce leaves, washed

Before you cook

Ssam is assembly, not cooking. Everything on the plate is ready before anyone sits down, and diners build their own wraps at the table.

The glaze needs to reduce until it coats rather than pools. A watery glaze runs straight out of the lettuce leaf and down your arm.

Method

Cook the soaked field peas in fresh water until fully tender, then drain.
Warm a spoonful of sesame oil and cook the garlic and ginger briefly.
Add the peas, soy sauce and brown sugar, stirring to coat evenly.
Simmer, stirring often, until the liquid reduces to a sticky glaze.
Watch closely in the last few minutes so the sugar does not catch.
Stir the remaining sesame oil through the glazed peas off the heat.
Wash and dry the lettuce leaves and arrange them on a large platter.
Fluff the rice and place a small bowl of it alongside the leaves.
Scatter roasted sesame seeds over the glazed peas before serving.
Let everyone spoon rice and peas into a leaf and wrap it themselves.

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