Thai Lettuce Wraps
This simple dinner is bursting with flavor! Thai lettuce wraps are filled with ground beef and rice for a kid friendly and budget friendly meal!
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 542kcal
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef or sub ground turkey or chicken
- 1 head butter lettuce or bibb lettuce or romaine hearts
- 2 cups cooked rice or cauliflower rice
- 1 avocado
- ¼ cup unsalted cashews
- 1 lime
- ½ cup sliced green onion
Sauce
- 2 cloves garlic minced, or 2 tsp prepared minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger or ginger paste
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- ⅓ cup coconut aminos or low sodium soy sauce
- 1½ teaspoons Thai chili sauce or other hot sauce, optional
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt or more/less, to taste
- ⅛ teaspoon black pepper or more/less, to taste
Instructions
- Prepare the sauce: Mince the garlic and grate the ginger. In a small bowl, whisk the garlic and ginger together with sesame oil, coconut aminos, chili sauce, salt, and pepper. Set the sauce aside.
- In a large skillet over medium heat, brown the ground beef until it's no longer pink, breaking it apart as it cooks. Drain any excess grease (optional). Slice the green onions and stir them into the beef.
- While the beef is cooking, cook rice or cauliflower rice according to package instructions.
- Pour the prepared sauce into the skillet with the beef mixture and stir well to combine. Simmer over medium heat for 2-3 minutes.
- Wash and dry the lettuce, slice the lime and avocado, and finely chop the cashews.
- Divide beef and cooked rice between 8 lettuce leaves. Serve Thai beef wraps with avocado slices, lime slices, and chopped cashews.
Notes
- I like green onions just gently softened, but if you prefer them cooked more, add them to the skillet when you add the sauce and cook them together.
Nutrition
Serving: 2 lettuce wraps | Calories: 542kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 27g | Fat: 32g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 16g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 77mg | Sodium: 707mg | Potassium: 829mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 1569IU | Vitamin C: 15mg | Calcium: 66mg | Iron: 4mg
