Shrimp Lettuce Wraps with Thai Dipping Sauce

Ingredients

Dipping sauce:

• 1/3 cup water
• 1/4 cup nam pla (Thai fish sauce)
• 1 Tbs. toasted sesame oil
• 2 large cloves garlic, thinly sliced
• 1 1-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled & sliced into thin matchsticks
• 2 inches lemon grass stalk, thinly sliced on diagonal
• 1 tsp. grated kaffir lime zest or 1 large kaffir lime leaf, thinly sliced
• Handful of chopped cilantro leaves & stems
• 1 Tbs. local honey
• 1 tsp. sambal oelek (hot chili paste), optional

Shrimp lettuce wraps:

• 11/2 lbs. cooked wild-caught shrimp, coarsely chopped
• 1 cup seedless cucumber, peeled & diced
• 1/4 cup chopped green onions
• 1 large carrot, peeled & diced
• 1 small mango, peeled & diced
• 1/3 cup chopped cilantro leaves & stems
• 8 whole Bibb lettuce leaves