Weeknight Ground Beef
Lettuce Wraps
When you asked for more weeknight favorites that don’t take forever – here is one that I love and everyone at your table will too. Ground beef with garlic and ginger with all the red pepper flakes you can handle, plus carrots, red bell peppers and scallions. It’s fresh and keeps your gluten free belly happy. Tender bib lettuce and crunchy cucumber salad bring it all together – don’t forget the hot sauce!
Simple and a short ingredients lists wins in this recipe. No need to complicate things. Use a few store bought items and fresh ingredients – it’s that easy. Plus no added sugar, soy or gluten. Feel good about what you eat.
Ground beef is honestly so quick and easy to make. It’s also a great cost effective meat to cook with. I use grass fed organic 85% ground beef. It gives you just the right amount of fat without being overly greasy and grass fed, just tastes better (in my opinion).
Add in Veggies that you love.
In this recipe I used carrots strips and red bell pepper. The colors are vibrant and it gives the ground beef mixture more texture and flavors.
Quickly toss in the carrot strips with the warm ground beef- it will cook the carrots slightly while leaving it a bit crunchy. Top with diced red bell pepper for more crunch and color.
Other ideas for veggies.
- any color bell pepper
- thinly sliced napa cabbage
- instead of carrots strips or peeled – buy the pre shredded bag of carrots.
- mushrooms
- spinach or kale
- bok choy
Let's talk Cucumber Salad
I like a crunch element in my meals and this simple + fast cucumber salad delivers just that.
Simply slice up a medium to large cucumber; leaving the skin on gives you more nutriants and it skips the peeling step. Mix in some sesame oil, seasoned vinegar, salt, pepper, sesame seeds, scallions and red pepper flakes. It’s that easy. Just toss to combine and serve with the hot ground beef mixture with tender bib lettuce.
Weeknight favorites!
Weeknight Ground Beef Lettuce Wraps
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 2-4 1x
- Diet: Gluten Free
Description
Amen to easy and delicious weeknight meals. Ground beef makes it fast – yes, dinner in less than 15 minutes.
Ingredients
- 1 lb. ground beef (85% works great)
- 2 medium shallots, small diced
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 inch piece of ginger, minced or grated
- 2 tablespoons sesame oil
- 1/4 tablespoon soy sauce or tamari
- 1/3 cup coconut aminos
- 1 teaspoon or more hot sauce
- 2 medium carrots, peeled or shredded
- 1/2 red bell pepper, small diced
- 4 scallions, chopped
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
- bib or iceberg lettuce
Instructions
- Heat up a skillet over medium high heat. Add in the ground beef and begin to break up with a wooden spoon. Add in the shallots, garlic and ginger after cooking it for 3 minutes. Continue to break up and combine everything until the beef is completely cooked.
- Turn the heat off and mix in the sesame oil, soy sauce, coconut aminos, hot sauce and carrots. Stir to combine everything.
- When ready to serve, garnish with red bell pepper, scallion and sesame seeds.
- Serve in small cups of lettuce with additional hot sauce.
- Prep Time: 5
- Cook Time: 10
- Category: beef
- Method: stove-top
- Cuisine: dinner
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