Healthy Asian Lettuce Wrap

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Tonight, I went with something a little bit out of the ordinary for dinner. I chose to make Asian Lettuce Wraps! This recipe is thanks to Christine at apple-of-my-eye.com . She has a ton of delicious healthy recipes, and I thought Id share this one with you all! 

I've been trying my hardest the last few week to get healthy and make decisions that support a balanced life and diet! I was really craving Asian take out, instead I went to work on searching Pinterest and found a website called Apple of My Eye! 

You've got to try this! Let me know how it goes! 

-Christine 

HEALTHY ASIAN LETTUCE WRAPS

 

PREP TIME

10 mins

COOK TIME

15 mins

TOTAL TIME

25 mins

 

Author: Apple of My Eye

Serves: 10 wraps

INGREDIENTS

• 1¼ lb 96% 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
• ¾ cup water chestnuts, roughly chopped
• 5 tbsp hoisin sauce
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• Bibb lettuce
• Optional toppings:
• shredded carrots
• roughly chopped peanuts
• toasted sesame seeds
• chopped green onion

INSTRUCTIONS

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.

NOTES

*Makes 10 lettuce wraps
*Extra toppings not included in nutritional data
*Hoisin sauce can be found in the asian section in most grocery stores.