“Delicious and bursting with flavor, Easy Asian lettuce wraps are a great idea for entertaining or a family-style meal. Each person can build their own fresh, delicious wrap. To serve, allow each person to spoon a portion of the meat into a lettuce leaf. Wrap the lettuce around the meat like a burrito and enjoy!”
Prep: 20 m Cook: 15 m Ready In 35�m
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To make this Easy Asian Lettuce Wraps, You’ll need the following Ingredients:
Ingredients:
1 pound lean ground beef
16 Boston Bibb or butter lettuce leaves
1 tablespoon cooking oil
1 large onion, chopped
1/4 cup hoisin sauce
2 cloves fresh garlic, minced
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
2 teaspoons minced pickled ginger
1 dash Asian chile pepper sauce, or to taste (optional)
1 (8 ounces) can water chestnuts, drained and finely chopped
2 teaspoons Asian (dark) sesame oil
1 bunch green onions, chopped
Directions:
1. Rinse whole lettuce leaves and pat dry, be careful not to tear them. Set aside.
2. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef and cooking oil in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard grease; transfer beef to a bowl. Cook and stir onion in the same skillet used for beef until slightly tender, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir hoisin sauce, garlic, soy sauce, vinegar, ginger, and chile pepper sauce into onions. Add water chestnuts, green onions, sesame oil, and cooked beef; cook and stir until the onions just begin to wilt about 2 minutes.
3. Arrange lettuce leaves around the outer edge of a large serving platter and pile meat mixture in the center.
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Easy Asian Lettuce Wrap
?"Delicious and bursting with flavor, Easy Asian lettuce wraps are a great idea for entertaining or a family-style meal. Each person can build their own fresh, delicious wrap. To serve, allow each person to spoon a portion of the meat into a lettuce leaf. Wrap the lettuce around the meat like a burrito and enjoy!"
- ?16 Boston Bibb or butter lettuce leaves
- ??1 pound lean ground beef
- ??1 tbsp cooking oil
- ??1 ?large onion, chopped
- ??1/4 cup hoisin sauce
- ??2 cloves fresh garlic, minced
- ??1 tbsp soy sauce
- ??1 tbsp rice wine vinegar
- ??2 ?tsp minced pickled ginger
- ??1 dash Asian chile pepper sauce, or to taste (optional)
- ??1 ? (8 ounces) can water chestnuts, drained and finely chopped
- ??1 bunch green onions, chopped
- ?2 tsp ?Asian (dark) sesame oil
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?Rinse whole lettuce leaves and pat dry, be careful not to tear them. Set aside.
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?Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef and cooking oil in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard grease; transfer beef to a bowl. Cook and stir onion in the same skillet used for beef until slightly tender, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir hoisin sauce, garlic, soy sauce, vinegar, ginger, and chile pepper sauce into onions. Add water chestnuts, green onions, sesame oil, and cooked beef; cook and stir until the onions just begin to wilt about 2 minutes.
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?Arrange lettuce leaves around the outer edge of a large serving platter and pile meat mixture in the center.

EASY ASIAN LETTUCE WRAP