Asian Beef Lettuce Wraps

"This is such an excellent recipe for a quick, week night meal. Loads of flavor and something different to have. I printed this off a food blog and now I can't find which blog it was from! I modified the recipe to the tastes of my family, and we all loved it."
 
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Ready In:
35mins
Ingredients:
12
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Rinse whole lettuce leaves and pat dry, being careful not tear them. Set aside.
  • In a medium skillet over high heat, brown the ground beef in 1 tablespoon of oil, stirring often and reducing the heat to medium, if necessary. Drain, and set aside to cool. Cook the onion in the same pan, stirring frequently. Add the garlic, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, ginger, vinegar, and chile pepper sauce to the onions, and stir. Stir in chopped water chestnuts, green onions, and sesame oil, and continue cooking until the onions just begin to wilt, about 2 minutes.
  • Arrange lettuce leaves around the outer edge of a large serving platter, and pile meat mixture in the center. 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.

Questions & Replies

  1. In step2 of the directions, it says to add “chili pepper” sauce, but don’t list this in ingredientis. So can you advise what type or kind of Chili pepper sauce (sweet, hot, etc.) and how much of it is needed? Thanks
     
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Reviews

  1. I made this tonight, using my homemade hoisin sauce and doubled the amount called for in the recipe. I also added some peas to the beef mixture, just to get some added vitamin content. It turned out really good, and I'll definitely make it again. And in answer to a previously posted question, I used sriracha as the "chili pepper sauce" and a lot of it, but I suggest just tasting as you go and tailoring the amount to suit your tastes.
     
  2. Delicious! I do recommend tripling the sauce ingredients for sure. I doubled and still wanted it to be saucier. Other than that, fantastic recipe!
     
  3. Made half a recipe for the two of us. A little sweeter than we like so will use less hoisin and more Thai garlic chili sauce. Served with an Asian salad and then mixed into the salad and was better.
     
  4. We found this ok. Think I'll try a few others, see if I can get someting with a little more 'je ne sais quoi'. Thanks though, for your recipe!
     
  5. I've made this at least 5 times. It's so good. I also add some ground pork. Other than that, everything else is the same. I use romaine lettuce since they're bigger to spoon into. Wonderful flavor!!!
     
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Tweaks

  1. Doubled the garlic and the hoisin sauce. Added peas.
     

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