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Fiesta Lettuce Wraps and Pepper Boats

Ingredients, directions and serving information for Fiesta Lettuce Wraps and Pepper Boats.

Original recipe text is provided in English.

Servings: 4

Total time: 45 min

Ingredients

  • 6 sweet, mini bell peppers
  • 8 lettuce leaves
  • 1 cup instant brown rice
  • 1 pound tilapia filets, fresh or frozen
  • 2 teaspoons Southwest chipotle seasoning
  • 2 tablespoons canola oil
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 limes
  • 1/4 cup reduced-fat sour cream
  • 1/2 cup yellow corn
  • 1 medium tomato
  • 1 small onion
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 jalapeno pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

Instructions

  1. Slice peppers in half vertically. Arrange lettuce and 8 pepper halves on a serving platter.
  2. Cook brown rice according to package directions.
  3. To make salsa fresca , dice remaining pepper halves, tomato, and onion; mix with corn, garlic, jalapeño pepper, and 1/4 teaspoon salt.
  4. Sprinkle both sides of tilapia filets with Southwest chipotle seasoning.
  5. Heat 1 1/2 tablespoons canola oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add fish to pan, and cook for 3 minutes on each side (cook fish until it is opaque, 145 ºF). Flake with a fork and place in a serving dish.
  6. When rice is done, stir in remaining 1/2 tablespoon oil, juice from one lime, and ¼ tsp salt. Cut remaining lime into wedges.
  7. To serve, set out pepper-lettuce platter, rice, fish, salsa fresca , sour cream, and lime, and let diners build their own boats and wraps

Source-reported nutrition per serving

serving Size1
calories505 calories
protein29g
carbohydrate70g
fat13g
saturated Fat3g
fiber6g
sugar7g
sodium370mg
cholesterol51mg

These values describe the source recipe and serving, not a new analysis by BiteCal. The primary nutrition record has not been independently revalidated. Ingredient substitutions and serving sizes change the result.

Recipe source

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Functional recipe facts retrieved from an archived mirror on 20 October 2026; functional directions retained as an archive reference. Source and rights of original photographs have not been verified, so they are not reproduced.

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