A lettuce wrap is a great way to lighten your dinner menu
Fill the wrap with some Chinese inspired meat and vegetables and your family will feel full and satisfied
Let’s start with 1 onion, 1 red bell pepper and 3 garlic cloves
Peel your onion and garlic and let’s give everyone a chop
Heat 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil over medium heat in a large pan
We are using our Lodge Cast Iron pan
Add in your veggies and cook for 8-10 minutes or until the vegetables start to soften and the onions start to look translucent
Add in your ground meat next
We are using 3 pounds of ground turkey (hoping to get some leftovers out of this), but you can use whatever ground meat you want, just note if using ground beef, you may have to drain some of the fat out after cooking it
Cook the meat for around 10-12 minutes or until it is cooked trough, breaking it up as you go
Now for some of that Chinese flavor I was mentioning
You will need 1/2 cup of teriyaki, 3 tablespoons of soy sauce, 3 tablespoons of hoisin sauce, 2 tablespoons of honey, 1 tablespoon of fish sauce, 3 tablespoons of Gravy Master, 1 tablespoon of grated ginger and 1/2 teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes
If using less then 3 pounds of ground meat, you’ll have to adjust these measurements
Add all of these ingredients to your pan with the turkey meat and veggies
Stir to combine and let simmer for 8-10 minutes
This is a great time to get the toppings prepped
We like to top these with scallions, slivered carrots and chopped peanuts
The meat is looking good but I like to tighten it up with a bit of a slurry
I melted 2 tablespoons of butter and whisked in around a 1/4 cup of flour, I let this brown a bit and then add to the meat mixture
Let the meat mixture simmer a bit to thicken up
We served this in bib lettuce topped with carrots, scallions and peanuts
Enjoy!!!
Simply Sundays! ~ Chinese Lettuce Wraps
Ingredients
3 pounds of ground turkey
1 onion
1 red bell pepper
3 cloves of garlic
1/2 cup of teriyaki sauce
3 tablespoons of soy sauce
3 tablespoons of hoisin sauce
2 tablespoons of honey
1 tablespoon of fish sauce
3 tablespoons of Gravy Master
1 tablespoon of fresh grated ginger
1/2 teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes
For serving
1 head of Boston Bib Lettuce
Chopped roasted peanuts
chopped scallions
slivered carrots
Directions
Peel 1 onion and 3 garlic cloves and give them a chop along with 1 red bell pepper. Heat 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil over medium heat and add in your veggies Cook for 8-10 minutes or until the vegetables start to soften and the onions start to look translucent
Add in your ground meat next. We are using 3 pounds of ground turkey. Note if using ground beef, you may have to drain some of the fat out after cooking it. Cook the meat for around 10-12 minutes or until it is cooked trough, breaking it up as you go
To the meat add in 1/2 cup of teriyaki, 3 tablespoons of soy sauce, 3 tablespoons of hoisin sauce, 2 tablespoons of honey, 1 tablespoon of fish sauce, 3 tablespoons of Gravy Master, 1 tablespoon of grated ginger and 1/2 teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes. If using less then 3 pounds of ground meat, you’ll have to adjust these measurements. Stir to combine and let simmer for 8-10minutes
Melt 2 tablespoons of butter and whisk in around a 1/4 cup of flour. Let this brown a bit and then add to the meat mixture. Let the meat mixture simmer a bit to thicken up
Place a scoop of meat into a bib lettuce leaf and top with scallions, carrots and peanuts
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