How do you start eliminating carbs from your meals? With a lot of regret! So these lettuce wraps might just be the way forward. It is definitely healthier than a flour wrap, tortilla, naan or pita.
Brown some ground beef or any protein with onions, garlic, gochujang, soy sauce and chile powder. Make a slaw with radish, red peppers, red onion and green chiles marinated in vinegar and sugar. Pile spoonfuls of beef onto butter lettuce. This lettuce is soft. If you like a bit of crunch use romaine. Top meat with some slaw. Fold the leaf. Take a bite. A melody of tang, spice, meaty flavor and freshness unfold. A no guilt pleasure!
KOREAN BEEF & LETTUCE WRAPS WITH AN ASIAN SLAW
Serves 4
1 lb ground Beef, Chicken or Turkey
1 tablespoon Canola Oil
1 large White Onion
3 Garlic cloves
2 tablespoons Gochujang paste
1 teaspoon low sodium Soy Sauce
1 teaspoon Chile Powder
1 head Butter Lettuce or Romaine hearts
3 Radishes
1/2 Red Onion
2 small Red Peppers
1-2 green Chiles
3 tablespoons White Vinegar
1 teaspoon Sugar
Pinch of Kosher Salt
Make the slaw by slicing radishes and red peppers into small sticks. Slice red onion and green chiles thinly. Place veggies in a bowl. Pour vinegar and sugar over veggies. Season with a pinch of salt. Stir well and let veggies marinate for 10 minutes.
Start cooking the meat.
Mince onion and garlic cloves fine.
Heat oil in a saucepan.
Add onion and garlic to hot oil and saute till light brown.
Dump ground beef into the saucepan, smashing the meat with a spoon so it doesn't clump. Saute meat till crumbly and loose for about 3-5 minutes.
Add gochujang, soy sauce and chile powder to meat. Stir fry well and cook over low heat for 5-8 minutes.
Take off the flame and keep meat warm.
Break off lettuce leaves and arrange them on a plate.
Top lettuce with a generous heaping of meat.
Spoon some slaw over meat,
Fold lettuce into a wrap and take a delicious bite.
