Easy Ginger Beef Lettuce Wraps

Ginger Beef Lettuce Wraps are exploding with delicious flavor and texture. Ground beef is cooked with garlic and green onions in a ginger hoisin sauce, then piled into tender lettuce leaves and topped with carrots, radish, crushed peanuts, cilantro and for some spice, sriracha! Serves 6 in about 25 minutes.

Want to make dinner with a snap of your fingers?

Are you looking for a recipe that’s light in calories but not on flavor? Me too! That is why these wraps are must make for busy or lazy nights.

This recipe may take a smidgen longer than a snap of your fingers. However, a delicious, flavorful and healthy dinner can be on the table in 30 minutes or less! Or maybe it’s the weekend and you’re meal prepping for the week, these easy ginger beef wraps are excellent for meal prep and can all be made in advance and assembled for a weeks worth of healthy lunches. There’s not even a real need to reheat the beef, because it’s delicious warm or cold.

That’s my kind of recipe.

To Make These Ginger Beef Lettuce Wraps You Will Need:

for the beef filling:

• hoisin sauce – A condiment sauce made from fermented soy bean paste.
• fresh ginger – Lends a pungent, spicy and sweet flavor.
• red pepper flakes – Lends some subtle spice. May substitute with sriracha or sambal oelek.
• low-sodium tamari – Or use low-sodium soy sauce.
• beef stock – Can substitute with beef broth.
• green onions – Keeping the light and dark parts separated.
• garlic – Adds distinct punchy flavor.
• lean ground beef – I like to use 90/10, 92/8 or 96/4 ratio.

for the lettuce wraps:

• bibb, romaine or iceberg lettuce
• radishes (sliced into matchsticks)
• shredded carrot
• cilantro
• lightly salted peanuts (chopped)

First, in a medium bowl, whisk together the 1/4 cup hoisin, 2 tablespoons grated fresh ginger, 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes, 3 tablespoons of low-sodium tamari and 1/3 cup beef stock, then set aside.

Once I tried making my own hoisin sauce. It was disgusting. So for now I purchase it, until I figure out a way to make it myself. I just read labels and buy one that has ingredients I feel good about [aka ones I can pronounce]. 😉

Next, heat a 10-inch skillet or wok on medium heat. Then spray with olive oil cooking spray and add in the light parts of 4 sliced green onion and 3 cloves freshly  minced garlic. And then stir and cook for 1 to 2 minutes.

Next add in 2 pounds of lean ground beef, using a wooden spatula to break up the beef into small crumbles. Then, cook until no longer pink and then drain off any fat and discard.

Next, pour in the ginger hoisin sauce and bring to a simmer. Continue to cook for 5 minute or so, I did add a little cornstarch slurry (this time 1 teaspoon cornstarch mixed with 1 teaspoon cold water) just to thicken the liquids a little.

I wish you could smell this right now.

How ever you serve this ginger beef, it’s delicious. Warm or cold, on a salad, rice or stuffed into wraps.

Next, to assemble these ginger beef lettuce wraps, start by piling the ginger beef into a couple lettuce leaves and then topping with matchstick carrots, radishes, crushed peanuts (<— my favorite!), green onions, a little cilantro leaves.

And since I love a good spicy kick to my tastebuds, then I like to drizzle my wraps with sriracha. SO GOOD!

These ginger beef wraps are seriously amazing.

Not only because the satisfying texture of the lettuce when you bite into it, but also the flavorful ginger beef and all those crunchy toppings (hi, peanuts!👋) and of course the sriracha. Delish with a capital D.

Looking for more healthy wrap recipes? Here are a few more you can find on SS:

Ginger Cashew Lettuce Wraps

Hot Honey Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Moroccan Spiced Lettuce Wraps

Pork Lettuce Wraps

Pork and Vegetable Lettuce Wraps

Sriracha Steak Lettuce Wraps

Thai Cashew Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Side note: Any leftover ginger beef is delicious on top of spring greens with, peppers, onions, radishes, carrots, avocado, sesame seeds and chopped peanuts drizzled with a sesame ginger dressing.

Enjoy! And if you give this Ginger Beef Lettuce Wraps recipe a try, let me know! Snap a photo and tag me on twitter or instagram!

This recipe was originally posted on January 26, 2018 and has been updated with clear and concise instructions, new photography and helpful information.