Moo Shu Pork Wraps

I'm switching it up on you today and blogging about dinner instead of dessert. This dinner is no ordinary dinner on top of being delicious and amazingly amazing in every way, it is also low in calories(!) AND I invented a vegetarian version as well!

This is one of my favorite savory recipes, I originally found it while I was over my friends house cooking dinner and I fell in L.O.V.E. So I decided to make it for my family this sunday and they all loved it just as much as I did.

The problem was my mom is a vegetarian so I had to find a way to work around that. Now I applaud myself for being so clever and substituting the pork for sliced mushrooms. My momma was one happy camper! So if you like chinese food but don't like all the greasy fried everything that it entails, give this recipe a try! It's mighty delicious!

Ingredients:

• 3 tablespoons hoisin sauce, plus more for serving
• 3 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
• 1 3/4-pound pork tenderloin, trimmed and cut into thin strips
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 8 ounces shiitake mushrooms, stemmed and sliced
• 1 14-ounce bag coleslaw mix
• 12 Bibb lettuce leaves

Whisk the hoisin sauce, vinegar, garlic and 1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper in a large bowl. Add the pork and marinate 10 minutes.

Heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in a large skillet over high heat. Remove the pork from the marinade using tongs (reserve the marinade) and stir-fry until browned, about 4 minutes. Transfer the pork to a plate. Add 3 to 4 tablespoons water to the skillet, then pour the pan juices over the pork on the plate.

Add the remaining 1 tablespoon vegetable oil to the skillet; when hot, add the mushrooms and stir-fry until slightly golden, about 2 minutes. Add the coleslaw mix and cook until wilted, about 3 minutes. Add the pork, the reserved marinade; stir-fry 2 more minutes. Season with salt. Serve the stir-fry in the lettuce leaves wrap them like a tortilla and enjoy! (if you are making the vegetarian version, just put both kinds of mushrooms in the pan stir fry for 4-5 minutes then follow the rest of the instructions as is.)

recipe adapted here.