Royal Lettuce Cups – Easy Quorn Lettuce Cups

In honour of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, I have teamed up with Quorn to create a quick and easy party food that is perfect for your jubilee party. In my Quorn lettuce cups, I use Quorn Mince, fresh mini sweet peppers, red onion and a mix of delicious spices to create a mince filling for the lettuce cups.

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These bitesize party foods are delicious but also benefit from being able to be made in advance. I also serve the Quorn lettuce cups with fresh carrot, cucumber, chilli and tomatoes that guests can add to them

Why you’ll love this recipe

• This meat-free party food recipe can be flavoured really easily to fit with your favourite flavours.
• The Quorn Mince part of the lettuce wraps can be made in advance and served cold.
• It’s a super healthy party food.

Quorn product range – meat-free party food planning

The range of products from Quorn are ever-growing and there are some essential buys that will soon be your favourites. Check out the chilled and frozen aisles in your local supermarket to take you right through Jubilee weekend. When you have a Jubilee party you need to make sure you check out the party food, deli and snacking ranges from Quorn.

My top choices for Quorn party food perfect for a jubilee party have to include;

Is a party a party without sausage rolls? These Quorn Sausage Rolls are served cold and a favourite for all guests. They look and taste like sausage rolls but are meat-free! These are found in the chilled section.

Something new I hadn’t tried before was the Sweet Chilli Bites and Southern-fried Poppers from Quorn. The sweet chilli bites were packed full of flavour and incredibly easy to eat. The poppers were easy to pop into your mouth so and proved a popular party food. These are found in the chilled section.

Quorn Takeaway Buffalo Wings are also a fab addition to a big buffet of party food. Great for children and easily dunked into different sauces and even served with a bit of salad. Plus as an extra benefit to a healthy lifestyle, they are vegan too.

Other Quorn products to try include Vegan Ham Slices, Vegan Chicken Free Slices, Vegan Pepperoni, Mini Cocktail Sausages, Picnic Eggs, Creamy Korma Bites and Garlic and Herb Bites.

Quorn is available in most supermarkets including Waitrose, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Asda, Morrisons, Ocado and Iceland. Make sure to check the chilled and frozen sections as it’s often in both!

Visit the Quorn website to see the full range of vegetarian and vegan party food.

Top Questions

What spices can I add to Quorn Mince?
Are there easy vegetarian party food ideas?
What can I use Quorn Mince in?

Ingredients

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QUORN MINCE

Quorn Mince is a meat-free and high in protein vegetarian mince. It is a great replacement for beef or lamb mince and it is hugely adaptable for recipes. As well as this recipe you can also use Quorn Mince for bolognese, chilli and even burgers.

MINI SWEET PEPPERS

I love these mini sweet peppers. They are packed full of flavour and can be eaten cooked or uncooked.

RED ONIONS

The red onion adds gorgeous colour to the finished Quorn lettuce wraps but also a slightly sweet flavour too.

SPICES

To keep this recipe simple I used common spices that I hope most people have. Chilli flakes, ground cumin, ground coriander, smoked paprika. The mix is earthy with a bit of heat a perfect combination for the lettuce cups.

How to make – step by step

• Peel and slice the red onion, along with the mini sweet peppers.
• Place a frying pan on a low to medium heat. Add the olive oil along with the red onion and mini sweet peppers.
• Soften gently and after a few minutes add in the Quorn Mince and stir.
• Mix the spices together and mix in.
• Cook and keep stirring for 5 minutes then remove from the heat.
• Cut the bottom off the little gem lettuces and place all the leaves on a large serving plate.
• Spoon the mix of Quorn, onion and peppers into the lettuce cups and you are ready to serve.

Serving suggestion – Slice the tomatoes, chilli, cucumber and carrot into small pieces and put on a plate to serve with the Quorn Mince lettuce cups. Slice the lime into wedges to drizzle over the lettuce cups.

Top Tips

As this recipe is delicious hot or cold it makes a perfect party and picnic food. It also means you can make it on the day you need it or even the day before and store it in the fridge.

Serving Suggestions

• The Quorn lettuce wraps are best served for your summer parties. They make great tasty bite-size treats which your guests can help themselves to.
• I serve the lettuce cups with a side dish of thinly sliced vegetables which you can add to the wraps for extra taste. My top picks have to be fresh chilli, tomatoes, cucumber, carrot, and fresh coriander.
• Squeeze fresh lime over the Quorn lettuce cups just before you eat them. It’s a delicious flash of citrus that works so well with the spices.

Storing / Making ahead of time options

The best part of this recipe is you can make it ahead. I’ve made it on the day I needed but you could also do it the day before and keep it in the fridge. As it can be served hot or cold it’s brilliantly versatile.

If you have any leftovers pop them in the fridge in an airtight container and enjoy in the next 1-2 days.

FAQS

What spices can I add to Quorn Mince?

The great thing about Quorn is that it’s hugely versatile. It will work with almost all the spices and herbs you can think of. For this recipe, I used chilli flakes, ground cumin, ground coriander and smoked paprika. Plus salt and pepper.

Easy vegan party food ideas?

There are plenty of ways to make the iconic party food like sausage rolls vegan and meat free. Make sure you check out the recipe section of the Quorn website for more inspiration for Platinum Jubilee Recipes.

What can I use Quorn Mince in?

Quorn mince can be used in so many dishes as it replaces lamb or beef mince really well. All you need to do is replace the mince with the same weight of Quorn Mince.

Quorn mince works really well in spaghetti recipes, burgers, chilli and anything else you can use mince for.

For your jubilee party use Quorn Mince in these delicious Quorn lettuce cups with lots of spices, fresh mini sweet peppers and red onions.

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Recipe

Quorn Lettuce Cups

Sisley White

In honour of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, I have teamed up with Quorn to create a quick and easy party food that is perfect for your jubilee party. In my Quorn lettuce cups, I use Quorn Mince, fresh mini sweet peppers, red onion and a mix of delicious spices to create a mince filling for the lettuce cups.

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 15 minutes mins

Course Party Food

Cuisine British, English

Servings 20 lettuce cups

Calories 43 kcal

Equipment

• Chopping board
• Knife
• Frying Pan

Ingredients

 

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Quorn mince lettuce cups

• 350 g Quorn Mince
• 1 red onion
• 2 mini sweet peppers
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 little gem lettuce

Spice Mix

• 0.5 tsp chilli flakes
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp ground coriander
• 0.5 tsp smoked paprika
• pinch salt
• pinch pepper

Topping options

• 0.5 cucumber
• 1 carrot
• 1 chilli
• 1 lime

Instructions

 

Toppings (optional)

• Slice the tomatoes, chilli, cucumber and carrot into small pieces and put on a plate to serve with the Quorn mince lettuce cups. Slice the lime into wedges to drizzle over the lettuce cups.

Quorn Lettuce Cups

• Peel and slice the red onion, along with the mini sweet peppers.
• Place a frying pan on a low to medium heat. Add the olive oil along with the red onion and mini sweet peppers.
• Soften gently and after a few minutes add in the Quorn mince and stir.
• Mix the spices together and mix in.
• Cook and keep stirring for 5 minutes then remove from the heat.
• Cut the bottom off the little gem lettuces and place all the leaves on a large serving plate.
• Spoon the mix of Quorn, onion and peppers into the lettuce cups and you are ready to serve.

Notes

• As this can be served cold you can make the filling for the lettuce cups ahead of time.
• Store any leftovers in an air tight container in the fridge.

Nutrition

Calories: 43kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 3gFat: 2gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 55mgPotassium: 122mgFiber: 2gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 935IUVitamin C: 9mgCalcium: 20mgIron: 1mg

Please note that the nutrition information provided above is approximate and meant as a guideline only.

Keyword Jubilee party food, lettuce cups, lettuce wraps, meat free, mince, Quorn, Quorn mince, Quorn party food

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