Ground Beef Lettuce Wraps

Ingredients

• Coconut oil

  3 tbsp or 41g

• Rice noodles

  Dry

  2 oz or 57g

• Ground beef

  80% lean meat / 20% fat, raw

  16 oz or 454g

• Garlic

  Raw

  2 cloves, minced or 6g

• Waterchestnuts

  Chinese, canned, solids and liquids

  ½ cup slices or 70g

• Mushrooms

  White, raw

  1 cup, whole or 96g

• Salt

  Table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  1 dash or 0.1g

• Honey

  2 tbsp or 42g

• Mirin

  Sun Luck

  1 tbsp or 14g

• Soy sauce

  Made from soy (tamari)

  1 tbsp or 18g

• Rice wine vinegar

  1 tsp or 5g

• Sesame oil

  Salad or cooking

  1 tsp or 5g

• Ginger root

  Raw

  1 tbsp or 6g

• Pepper

  Spices, white

  1 tsp, ground or 2g

• Scallions

  Spring onions or scallions (includes tops and bulb), raw

  1 medium or 15g

• Lettuce

  Butterhead (includes boston and bibb types), raw

  4 leaf, large or 60g

Directions

1. Whisk together honey, mirin, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, sesame oil, ginger, and white pepper in a bowl to create the sauce. Set aside.
2. Heat one-third of the coconut oil in a pan and cook rice noodles according to package instructions.
3. In a sauté pan, heat the remaining coconut oil. Brown the ground beef and add minced garlic.
4. When the beef is nearly cooked, add water chestnuts, mushrooms, salt, and black pepper. Stir in the prepared sauce and chopped scallions.
5. Serve the beef mixture in large lettuce leaves and enjoy.