Thai Lettuce Wraps

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef (or sub ground turkey or chicken)
• 1 head butter lettuce (or bibb lettuce or romaine hearts)
• 2 cups cooked rice (or cauliflower rice)
• 1 avocado
• 1/4 cup unsalted cashews
• 1 lime
• 1/2 cup sliced green onion
• 2 cloves garlic (minced, or 2 tsp prepared minced garlic)
• 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger (or ginger paste)
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• 1/3 cup coconut aminos (or low sodium soy sauce)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons Thai chili sauce (or other hot sauce, optional)
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt (or more/less, to taste)
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper (or more/less, to taste)

Instructions

1. 1

   Prepare the sauce: Mince the garlic and grate the ginger. In a small bowl, whisk the garlic and ginger together with sesame oil, coconut aminos, chili sauce, salt, and pepper. Set the sauce aside.

2. 2

   In a large skillet over medium heat, brown the ground beef until it's no longer pink, breaking it apart as it cooks. Drain any excess grease (optional). Slice the green onions and stir them into the beef.

3. 3

   While the beef is cooking, cook rice or cauliflower rice according to package instructions.

4. 4

   Pour the prepared sauce into the skillet with the beef mixture and stir well to combine. Simmer over medium heat for 2-3 minutes.

5. 5

   Wash and dry the lettuce, slice the lime and avocado, and finely chop the cashews.

6. 6

   Divide beef and cooked rice between 8 lettuce leaves. Serve Thai beef wraps with avocado slices, lime slices, and chopped cashews.