Asian Lettuce Wraps, GF

By MaryEllen

Craving those lettuce wraps you had at your favorite Asian restaurant? You can make them at home in 25 minutes with this healthy and delicious recipe that makes 10 wraps. They're beautiful and fun to eat, too!

Ingredients

• Optional toppings:
• 1 1/4 lb 96 percent lean ground beef (or any ground meat you prefer)
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 cup onion, roughly chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, diced
• 1-inch piece of ginger, diced
• 3/4 cup water chestnuts, roughly chopped
• 5 tbsp hoisin sauce (found in the Asian section of most grocery stores)
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• Bibb lettuce
• Shredded carrots
• Roughly chopped peanuts
• Toasted sesame seeds
• Chopped green onion

Preparation

Step 1

1. Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a large pan. Add in the ground beef and break it apart with a cooking spoon into smaller pieces. Season with salt and pepper to taste and cook till no longer pink. Set aside on a separate plate.
2. In the same pan, cook the onion, garlic, and ginger for 3-4 minutes. Add the meat and water chestnuts into the pan.
3. Stir in the hoisin sauce and soy sauce and cook everything together for a few minutes.
4. To serve, place the meat mixture in the lettuce cups and top with shredded carrots, peanuts, sesame seeds, green onion, and extra hoisin sauce.

Makes about 10 lettuce wraps.