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Korean beef lettuce wraps

Korean beef lettuce wraps

By Emily Marais
20’ Prep time
20’ Cook time
40’ Total time
369 Calories
6 Serving

Summary

These korean beef lettuce wraps combine the best of both worlds by incorporating our homemade korean-style ground beef into a handy handheld meal cradled in butter lettuce. whether you’re looking for a tasty appetizer or a flavorful main, this one’s got our hearts, and sure to have yours, too.
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Step by Step

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Step 1

Prepare the vegetables. Add the red peppers, carrots, rice vinegar, salt, sesame oil, and lime juice to a bowl and toss. Place in the refrigerator.
Step 2
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Step 2

Next, whisk together the soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil, garlic, brown sugar, fish sauce, gochujang, and ginger in a separate bowl. Set aside.
Step 3
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Step 3

Heat a large skillet over medium/high heat. Add the ground beef and cook until almost fully cooked, 4-6 minutes.
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Step 4

Pour the soy sauce mixture over the beef and reduce the heat. Simmer for 3-4 minutes.
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Step 5

When the beef is cooked, move the beef to one side of the skillet and the sauce to the other. Sprinkle the cornstarch into the sauce and whisk vigorously until the cornstarch dissolves. Stir the sauce and beef back together and gently simmer over medium heat until the sauce thickens.
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Step 6

Remove from the heat and top with sesame seeds and green onions.
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Step 7

Remove the vegetables from the refrigerator and add the green onions and cilantro to the vegetables, toss.
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Step 8

Build the lettuce wraps by filling each ground beef and top with vegetables. Garnish with sesame seeds and enjoy.

Tips and Warnings

  • If you are meal-prepping this recipe, store the beef, lettuce, and vegetables separately until ready to serve.
  • We recommend using ground beef, but ground pork, turkey, chicken, or a plant-based ground will work, too.

Ingredient

  • Large carrots
    Large carrots
    2
  • Rice vinegar
    Rice vinegar
    29.57 ml
  • Sesame oil
    Sesame oil
    14.79 ml
  • Fresh lime juice
    Fresh lime juice
    9.86 ml
  • Fish sauce
    Fish sauce
    0.62 ml
  • Soy sauce
    Soy sauce
    59.15 ml
  • Corn starch
    Corn starch
    4.93 ml
  • Green onion
    Green onion
    1
  • Red bell pepper
    Red bell pepper
    1
  • Chopped fresh cilantro
    Chopped fresh cilantro
    78.78 ml
  • Diced green onions
    Diced green onions
    118.29 ml
  • Fresh grated ginger
    Fresh grated ginger
    14.79 ml
  • Gochujang
    Gochujang
    4.93 ml
  • Ground beef
    Ground beef
    6.8 kg
  • Light brown sugar
    Light brown sugar
    9.86 ml
  • Sea salt
    Sea salt
    1.23 ml
  • Sesame seeds
    Sesame seeds
    9.86 ml
  • Garlic
    Garlic
    3 pcs
  • Large lettuce leaves for wraps
    Large lettuce leaves for wraps
    6.5
  • Gochujang
    Gochujang
  • Corn starch
    Corn starch

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