Asian Lettuce Wraps

Ingredients

• 16Boston Bibb or butter lettuce leaves
• 1 lblean ground beef
• 1 tbspcooking oil
• 1 largeonion, chopped
• 2 clovesfresh garlic, minced
• 3 tbsphoisin sauce
• 1 tbspsoy sauce
• 1 tbsprice wine vinegar
• 2 tspminced pickled ginger
• 1 dashAsian chile pepper sauce, or to taste (optional)
• 1 8 oz canwater chestnuts, drained and finely chopped
• 1 bunchgreen onions, sliced
• 2 tspAsian dark sesame oil

Method

1. 1Rinse whole lettuce leaves and pat dry, being careful not to tear them. Set aside.
2. 2Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef and cooking oil in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard grease; transfer beef to a bowl. Cook and stir onion in the same skillet until slightly tender, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir in hoisin sauce, soy sauce, garlic, vinegar, ginger, and chile pepper sauce. Add water chestnuts, green onions, sesame oil, and cooked beef; cook and stir until the onions just begin to wilt, about 2 minutes.
3. 3Arrange lettuce leaves around the outer edge of a large serving platter and pile the meat mixture in the center. To serve, spoon a portion of the meat onto a lettuce leaf and wrap like a burrito.