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Sesame Beef Lettuce Cups
Don't be fooled – lettuce wraps can be hearty with the right filling! This mixture uses ground beef and a combination of mushrooms including cremini plus your choice of shiitake or enoki for a satisfying meal.
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NOTE: If following our meal plan, store beef mixture and lettuce separately. Heat beef mixture then assemble right before eating.
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Ingredients
1 tbsp sesame oil
½ cup diced yellow onion
2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tsp ground ginger (TRY: Simply Organic 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 (TRY: San J Reduced-Sodium Tamari)
8 butter lettuce leaves
2 tbsp sesame seeds hot sauce, optional
¼ cup sliced green onions
Preparation
- 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.
- Add cremini and shiitake mushrooms and cook, stirring occasionally, for an additional 5 minutes. Stir in tamari and remove from heat.
- 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