Recipe - Asian lettuce cups

Asian lettuce cups

1 pound ground turkey or beef (I used beef)
1 can of water chestnuts (drain and chop)
1 large celery stalk (chop)
1/2 sweet onion (chop)
1 clove garlic (minced)
2T Hoisin Sauce (look for a low carb version. I got mine at whole foods. 365 brand, no weird ingredients and it was 3g of carbs per Tbsp. Another one on the shelf was 30g per Tbsp!)
2T Soy Sauce
1t. grated ginger (I buy this in a tube ready made)
6 bibb or iceberg lettuce leaves

Chop up the veggies. Grown the meat and drain excess grease. Add veggies and saute in leftover fat until soft. Add sauces, garlic and ginger, mixing well. Simmer for 15 minutes. Divide onto lettuce leaves and wrap them up to eat.

Makes 6 servings. With my hoisin sauce each serving was 5g of carbs. I chose to add an additional 2T of hoisin sauce bringing each serving up to 6g. In the future I would opt for larger servings and less hoisin.

I made this Sunday night and then took a portion to work each day along with a lettuce leaf. Warmed in the microwave. By day three I skipped the lettuce wrap and just ate it from the bowl (it is really really good) and then had the lettuce on the side as a small salad.

Adapted from http://peaceloveandlowcarb.blogspot.com/2012/07/asian-lettuce-wraps.html