Asian Style Ground Beef Lettuce Wraps

Name: Asian Style Ground Beef Lettuce Wraps
Total time: 1500 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1/4 cup maple syrup, brown sugar, or coconut sugar; 1/4 cup coconut aminos, tamari, or soy sauce; 2 teaspoon rice vinegar; 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil; 1/4 – ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes, optional; 2 teaspoon arrowroot powder, or cornstarch; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 lb ground beef; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 2 teaspoon grated fresh ginger; 1 medium red bell pepper, finely diced; 1/2 c shredded carrots; 4 whole green onions, sliced into 1” pieces; kosher salt, to taste; ground pepper, to taste; sesame seeds, to taste, for garnish; Boston Bibb lettuce; steamed white rice or sauteed cauliflower rice, optional, for serving

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https://oursaltykitchen.com/ground-beef-lettuce-wraps/#recipe

Mensahs2 @mensah2018

https://oursaltykitchen.com/ground-beef-lettuce-wraps/#recipe

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Ingredients

25 min

4 servings

1/4 cupmaple syrup, brown sugar, or coconut sugar
1/4 cupcoconut aminos, tamari, or soy sauce
2 teaspoonrice vinegar
1 tablespoontoasted sesame oil
1/4– ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes, optional
2 teaspoonarrowroot powder, or cornstarch
Ground Beef Filling
1 tablespoonolive oil
1 lbground beef
2 clovesgarlic, minced
2 teaspoongrated fresh ginger
1medium red bell pepper, finely diced
1/2 cshredded carrots
4whole green onions, sliced into 1” pieces
kosher salt, to taste
ground pepper, to taste
sesame seeds, to taste, for garnish
Boston Bibb lettuce
steamed white rice or sauteed cauliflower rice, optional, for serving

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Steps

25 min

1

Make the sauce. Combine the maple syrup, coconut aminos, rice vinegar, sesame oil, and red pepper flakes (if using) in a measuring cup. Whisk until combined. Add the arrowroot powder and whisk until well combined.
2

Heat olive oil in a 10” skillet over medium high heat until it shimmers. Add the ground beef and cook, stirring with a wood spoon to break up, until no longer pink, about 5 minutes.
3

Add the garlic and ginger and cook, stirring continuously, until very fragrant, 1-2 minutes.
4

Add the bell pepper and carrots and cook until bite tender, 3-4 minutes.
5

Pour the sauce over the skillet contents, then stir. Simmer until the sauce is slightly thickened, 2-3 minutes. Taste for seasoning and add salt and pepper if needed.
6

Stir in the sliced green onions.
7

Spoon the filling into lettuce wraps (with or without rice) and garnish with sesame seeds. Makes 8 wraps without rice, or 12 wraps with rice.