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Asian inspired beef lettuce wraps topped with green onions served on a wooden plank, side view.
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Beef Lettuce Wraps

Welcome to our flavorful Beef Lettuce Wraps recipe! Enjoy tender beef wrapped in crisp lettuce leaves for a delightful and satisfying meal. Try our delicious beef lettuce wraps today!
Course Main Course
Cuisine Asian
Keyword beef lettuce wraps, beef wrapped in lettuce
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 8 wraps
Calories 117kcal

Ingredients

  • 3/4 lb Beef thinly sliced chuckroll or ribeye
  • 1/8 tsp Salt
  • 1/8 tsp Black Pepper
  • 1/4 Inch Ginger
  • 1/4 Inch Jalapeno
  • 1 Stalk Green Onion
  • 8-12 Leaves Lettuce green or iceburg
  • 3 tbsp Japanese Sake
  • 2 tbsp Sweetener your preferred sweetener
  • 2 tbsp Soy Sauce
  • 2 Cloves Garlic

Instructions

  • Gather all the ingredients.
    Ingredients for beef lettuce wraps on the countertop.
  • Lightly salt and pepper both sides of the meat and set aside.
    Seasoned sliced beef.
  • Finely dice ginger, green onion, and optional jalapeno and place all into a holding bowl.
    Chopped ginger and green onion in a mixing bowl.
  • Prepare lettuce leaves by washing, drying, and cutting into 5-6 inches widths. Transfer to serving plate.
    Washed lettuce in a colander.
  • Grate garlic with a grater or garlic press and set aside.
    Grated garlic.
  • In a small fry pan, add 3 tbsp of Japanese sake, sweetener, soy sauce, grated garlic and bring to boil. Once boiling, reduce heat to med-low and let it cook for 1 minute while stirring occasionally. Once the minute has passed, remove from heat and set aside.
    Sauce for beef lettuce wraps.
  • In a large fry pan, bring up to temperature on medium-high, should take around 1 minute. Once up to temp, place the sliced beef inside, mix well and cook until browned, should take around 2-4 minutes. Once browned, add bowl with finely diced ginger, green onion, and optional jalapeno and mix well. After mixing, pour sauce from step 6) and cook for additional 10-15 seconds and transfer to serving plate.
    Beef being cooked in a frying pan.
  • You can either serve this dish as family style where each person would wrap their own lettuce beef rolls, or serve it pre-wrapped on individual plates. Either way, you would prepare the rolls by placing 1-2 slices of beef onto the center of each lettuce wrap and rolling the leaf to form a roll. You can use a toothpick to ensure it holds its shape if you are serving it as pre-wrapped rolls!
    Beef lettuce wraps.

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Nutrition

Calories: 117kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 318mg | Potassium: 145mg | Vitamin A: 56IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 13mg | Iron: 1mg