Ginger beef lettuce wraps

Ginger beef lettuce wraps

By Cassie Best
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Prep: 15 mins Cook: 15 mins

Easy

Serves 4
Rustle up these Asian inspired noodle and edamame bean lettuce cups for a low-calorie dinner - ready in half an hour

Nutrition and extra info

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal383
  • fat16g
  • saturates4g
  • carbs32g
  • sugars7g
  • fibre8g
  • protein23g
  • salt2.8g
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Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • 200g beef mince
  • 8 spring onions, sliced on an angle, green parts reserved
    Spring onions

    Spring onion

    sp-ring un-yun

    Also known as scallions or green onions, spring onions are in fact very young onions, harvested…

  • 1 red pepper, chopped
  • thumb-sized piece ginger, peeled and finely grated
    Ginger

    Ginger

    jin-jer

    Mainly grown in Jamaica, Africa, India, China and Australia, ginger is the root of the plant. It…

  • 100ml oyster sauce
  • 350g frozen edamame soya beans
    Soya beans

    Soya beans

    soi-yah beenz

    Soya beans and soy beans are exactly the same and the names are used interchangeably according…

  • 300g pack cooked rice noodles
  • 2 limes, 1 cut into wedges
    Lime

    Lime

    ly-m

    The same shape, but smaller than…

  • 2 butter lettuces, or 1 iceberg
    Lettuce

    Lettuce

    lett-iss

    Lettuce are available in a vast number of varieties, and are either crisp or floppy, growing…

Method

  1. Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan. Add the beef and fry until browned all over and starting to crisp. Add the spring onions, pepper, ginger, oyster sauce and beans. Stir-fry for another 5 mins until the veg has softened, then add the noodles and juice of 1 lime. Season well and toss everything together until well combined and heated through.

  2. Separate the lettuces into leaves. Pile the noodles into the leaves, sprinkle over the reserved spring onions to garnish and serve with the lime wedges.

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eh2103
6th Oct, 2017
5.05
This was delicious. I added a little garlic and served with a chilli dip and it was demolished in minutes. I also served in baby gem lettuce leaves for easy to eat mouthfuls of food. Quick to make, fun to eat (a bit messy!) and really tasty. Low on the calories too!
flowerycook
20th Feb, 2017
5.05
My children absolutely love this recipe. One of my daughters is not a very adventurous eater, but repeatedly requests this meal which is so quick and easy to make and we enjoy it as well.
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Minoo
20th Jan, 2016
3.8
This is a great recipe for fitting more veggies and less meat into your diet. I'd never used frozen soya beans before so it was a great chance to try them- they're really easy to cook with (a bit like frozen peas) and add good texture. A nice recipe for a bit of a different weekday meal.
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