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Derf's Lettuce Wraps

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  • Servings: 2
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 15m
  • The following recipe serves 2 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 pound lean ground beef (or ground chicken or ground turkey)
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, smashed
  • 1/4 cup cucumbers, chopped
  • 1/4 cup sweet green peppers, chopped
  • 1/4 cup sweet red peppers, chopped
  • 2 teaspoons light soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
  • 1/2 teaspoon seasoning salt ( I like Lawreys)
  • 1 teaspoon sambal oelek ( more if you like)
  • Parmesan cheese, grated (optional)
  • I head iceburg lettuce (crisp lettuce leaves)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Spray a large nonstick frypan with veggie spray, add ground beef, onion and garlic. Cook, breaking up any large pieces of beef, until onions are soft and beef almost cooked through, about 5 or 6 minutes.

  • Step 2: Add cucumber, green pepper and red pepper,cook another 5 minutes. Add soy sauce, oyster sauce seasoned salt and sambal oelek, mix well and simmer until reduced by half.

  • Step 3: Cool mix or serve at room temperature. Place two tablespoons mix on lettuce leaf, roll and serve sprinkled with parmesan cheese, if desired.

  • Step 4: Alternately, place mix in serving dish , place separated lettuce leaves in a bowl, and pass bowls around table with small bowl of parmesan cheese, so each person can make their own.


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