Sesame Beef Lettuce Cups
Photo by Beata Lubas
NOTE: If following our meal plan, store beef mixture and lettuce separately. Heat beef mixture then assemble right before eating.
- Duration
- Prep Time
- 2Servings
Ingredients
1 tbsp sesame oil
½ cup diced yellow onion
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp ground ginger
8 oz ground beef
1 cup chopped cremini mushrooms
1 cup shiitake and/or enoki mushrooms, sliced if large
5 tsp reduced-sodium tamari
8 butter lettuce leaves
2 tbsp sesame seeds hot sauce, optional
¼ cup sliced green onions
Preparation
1. In a medium skillet on medium, heat oil. Add yellow onion and sauté for 4 minutes, until translucent. Add garlic and ginger and cook until fragrant, 30 seconds. Add beef and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes, until browned.
2. Add cremini and shiitake mushrooms and cook, stirring occasionally, for an additional 5 minutes. Stir in tamari and remove from heat.
3. To assemble, stack 2 lettuce leaves on top of each other and place one-quarter of beef mixture over top. Top with sesame seeds and hot sauce (if using). Sprinkle with green onions. Repeat with remaining ingredients.
Nutrition Information
- Serving Size: 2 lettuce cups
- Calories: 373
- Carbohydrate Content: 13.5 g
- Cholesterol Content: 73 mg
- Fat Content: 23 g
- Fiber Content: 3 g
- Protein Content: 29 g
- Saturated Fat Content: 6 g
- Sodium Content: 666 mg
- Sugar Content: 3 g
- Monounsaturated Fat Content: 9 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat Content: 5 g
