
A mixture of cooked ground turkey, Chinese
cabbage and water chestnuts is rolled in phyllo pastry with the
ends twisted to look like firecrackers and then baked until golden.
The 'firecrackers' are served with fiery sweet chili sauce.
Fun
Festive Firecrackers
- 1/2 pound Shady Brook
Farms Ground Turkey, 7% Fat
2 cup Chinese napa cabbage, thinly sliced
1 tablespoon ginger root, peeled and grated
1 tablespoon chili paste
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon white wine
1/2 cup water chestnuts, sliced
1/2 cup green onion
14 sheet phyllo dough
2 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 jar Asian sweet chili sauce for accompaniment
- Cook ground turkey for
5 minutes, or until no longer pink. Add cabbage, ginger, chili
paste. Cook for 3 minutes. Add water chestnuts and green onion.
- Mix wine with cornstarch
and add to mixture. Cook for another minute.
- Cut phyllo sheet in half
and cover with a damp towel so they don't dry out. Take a half
sheet of phylo and brush it with a little oil. Place the other
sheet on top of the first one and place 2 tablespoons filling
near one end. Roll up and twist the ends so it looks like a firecracker.
Brush with oil and bake a 375°F (190°C) for 20 minutes
or until golden.
- Serve with sweet chili
sauce.
Makes 12 servings.
Nutrition Facts: Serving size: 3.1-ounce/87.4g,
Calories per serving: 113, Calories from fat 15, Total fat: 2
g, Saturated fat: 0 g, Cholesterol: 12 mg, Sodium: 447 mg, Carbohydrate:
17 g, Fiber Carbs: 1 g, Sugar Carbs: 3 g,
Protein: 7 g.
Recipe and photograph provided
courtesy of Shady Brook Farms, a division of Cargill, Incorporated.
Used with permission.