Beef Lettuce Wraps
Beef Lettuce Wraps are easy to make and so yummy! Ground Beef Lettuce Wraps are the perfect healthy, low carb dinner everyone will love!
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 331kcal
Ingredients
For the filling:
- 1 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 lb ground beef
- ½ cup white onion diced
- ½ tablespoon minced garlic about 3 cloves
- 1 cup shredded carrot
- 1 cup broccoli crowns cut into thumbnail size florets
- 8 ounce can chopped water chestnuts drained and rinsed
For the sauce:
- 2.5 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce or coconut aminos
- 2.5 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon light sesame oil
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes optional
For Serving:
- 1 head Boston lettuce or Butter lettuce
- 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
- 2 green onions sliced
Instructions
- Preheat a 12” heavy skillet or wok over medium high heat. Add olive oil and heat for one minute.
- Add ground beef to the skillet and cook for 5-7 minutes or until the meat starts to brown.
- Add onions, garlic and carrot to the skillet with the ground beef. Stir together and cook for an additional 2-3 minutes until the vegetables start to soften.
- Once the onion/garlic/carrots have softened, add broccoli and chopped water chestnuts. Cook for an additional 2-3 minutes or until broccoli starts to soften.
- While the meat cooks, mix together your sauce of coconut aminos, rice wine vinegar, sesame oil, pepper, ginger and red pepper flakes. Stir to coat the meat/veggies in the sauce and cook for an additional minute.
- Place about ¼ cup of the cooked ground beef mixture on the leaves of the lettuce, top with a sprinkle of sesame seeds and some green onions. Enjoy!
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Nutrition
Calories: 331kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 29g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 70mg | Sodium: 478mg | Potassium: 881mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 6936IU | Vitamin C: 28mg | Calcium: 104mg | Iron: 5mg
