Ginger Beef Lettuce Wraps

Fifteen-minute ground beef with ginger and scallions, spooned into crisp lettuce. Fast, loud with flavour, and the filling reheats for tomorrow.

Serves 315 minutes ketohigh-proteinquicklow-carb

• ✓Ground beef is a concentrated source of protein, iron and vitamin B12.
• ✓Crisp lettuce leaves stand in for bread — mostly water, with folate and vitamin K.
• ✓Sesame oil and the optional peanuts contribute unsaturated fats.
• ✓Scallion greens carry the allium flavour and a little vitamin K.

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Ingredients

• •1 lb / 450 g ground beef
• •1 tbsp neutral oil
• •1 thumb ginger, grated
• •4 scallions, green tops only, sliced
• •3 tbsp soy sauce or tamari
• •1 tsp toasted sesame oil
• •1 head butter or little-gem lettuce, leaves separated
• •¼ cup roasted peanuts or cashews, crushed (optional)

Method

1. Brown the beef hard in the oil — let it sit untouched 2 minutes before breaking it up.
2. Add ginger and most of the scallions for one minute.
3. Off the heat, stir in soy and sesame oil.
4. Spoon into lettuce leaves; top with nuts and the last scallions.

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