Asian lettuce wraps are a simple and delicious meal. The meat can be cooked and frozen for a later meal. This meal is a great low carb or keto meal to enjoy without missing out on any flavor.
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Ingredients
Ground meat– turkey, beef, chicken can all be used for the ground meat, each will give you a slightly different flavor but all will work great
Bell pepper– which ever color is your favorite can be used it needs to be diced
Carrots– carrots make this meal stretch to be more affordable, you can use any color or size, they need to be grated
Soy sauce– what Asian dish is complete without soy sauce?
Garlic cloves– garlic is the best for adding flavor, I like to get mine pre-minced in a huge jar
Ketchup– for some sweetener and flavor
Honey– this is just for sweetener, but you can use another sweetener such as maple syrup or brown sugar
Ginger– ginger adds an extra flavor that makes it more complex, but it is optional
Lettuce– use a large leaf of lettuce to hold your meat mixture and enjoy
Tools
Instant pot– if you want an instant pot, this is the one I have. It does everything I want it to
Slow cooker– if you want a slow cooker, crock pots are the top brand, but you can also use an instant pot on the slow cooker setting
Pan– I love using this pan for many dishes, it’s huge and deep enough to keep things in
Grater– I have this mandolin and grater set that I love, it’s easier to clean than a box grater
Directions For Slow cooker
Dump all ingredients in a slow cooker
Cook for 2-4 hours on high
Serve on a leaf of lettuce like a taco
Directions For Instant Pot
Dump all ingredients into an instant pot
Set to 6 minutes
Serve on a leaf of lettuce like a taco
Directions For Stove Top
Sauté garlic and ginger in a pan until fragrant
Add honey, ketchup, soy sauce, pepper, carrots, and meat
Cook until meat is fully cooked about 7-10 minutes
Serve on a leaf of lettuce like a taco
Tips
- Try adding cabbage instead of carrots
- Make it stretch more by adding rice
- Try making this recipe vegan by replacing the meat with tofu and using a sweetener that is not honey
- vegetarian by replacing the meat with tofu
- Make it spicy by adding diced jalapeno to taste
- Make this gluten free by using gluten free soy sauce or tamari
Whole30 Option
Replace soy sauce with coconut aminos
Use primal kitchen ketchup
Omit honey
What do you think of these lettuce wraps?
Low Carb Asian Lettuce Wraps
Ingredients
- 2 lbs ground meat
- 1 bell pepper diced
- 2 carrots grated
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 1 tbsp honey or sweetener
- 1 tsp ginger optional
- Lettuce to serve
Instructions
Slow cooker
- Dump all ingredients in a slow cooker
- Cook for 2-4 hours on high
- Serve on a leaf of lettuce like a taco
Instant pot
- Dump all ingredients into an instant pot
- Set to 7 minutes
- Serve on a leaf of lettuce like a taco
Stove top
- Sauté garlic and ginger in a pan until fragrant
- Add honey, ketchup, soy sauce, pepper, carrots, and meat
- Cook until meat is fully cooked about 7-10 minutes
- Serve on a leaf of lettuce
