Happy St.Patrick's Day!! Are you wearing green today? I got pinched this morning while making breakfast, so I put on green shoes before I left the house. I swore I had a shamrock shirt, but with the move...I can't really find anything. :)
Let me start by saying I know this recipe is the opposite of Irish and everything today represents. Tonight we going total Irish and making corned beef and cabbage, with red potatoes, and Irish soda bread! Should be yummy!
Also, this is a "later-post" as I made these lettuce wraps last week.
I want to say these were PF Chang's inspired, but I have a confession to make. I've never been to PF Changs. There was a time when I REALLY wanted to go, just because I had never been. We were in Miami a couple years ago and PF Changs was very close to our hotel. We were meeting some Miami locals for dinner and I suggested it. They were almost horrified that I wanted to go there and that's the end of that story. One day I'll make it there. Until then, I'll be making these lettuce wraps. And let's be honest...these are probably better. Homemade is the best-made!
Let me start by saying I know this recipe is the opposite of Irish and everything today represents. Tonight we going total Irish and making corned beef and cabbage, with red potatoes, and Irish soda bread! Should be yummy!
Also, this is a "later-post" as I made these lettuce wraps last week.
I want to say these were PF Chang's inspired, but I have a confession to make. I've never been to PF Changs. There was a time when I REALLY wanted to go, just because I had never been. We were in Miami a couple years ago and PF Changs was very close to our hotel. We were meeting some Miami locals for dinner and I suggested it. They were almost horrified that I wanted to go there and that's the end of that story. One day I'll make it there. Until then, I'll be making these lettuce wraps. And let's be honest...these are probably better. Homemade is the best-made!
What you’ll need:
1 tbsp. EVOO
1 lb. organic, grass-fed ground beef
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 onion, diced
1 lb. organic, grass-fed ground beef
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 onion, diced
3 tbsp. honey
2 tbsp. soy sauce
1 tbsp. rice wine vinegar
1 tbsp. grated ginger
1 tsp sriracha
1 (8 oz.) can diced water chestnuts, drained
2 green onions, sliced
2 tbsp. soy sauce
1 tbsp. rice wine vinegar
1 tbsp. grated ginger
1 tsp sriracha
1 (8 oz.) can diced water chestnuts, drained
2 green onions, sliced
1-2 carrots, grated
handful of cilantro
1 head butter Lettuce
What you do:
handful of cilantro
1 head butter Lettuce
What you do:
Heat EVOO in a large saucepan over
medium high heat. Add ground beef and cook until browned. Make sure to crumble
the meat as it cooks. Drain excess fat.
Stir in garlic, onion, honey, soy sauce, vinegar, ginger, and sriracha sauce. Cook and constantly stir until onions are clear.
Stir in chestnuts and green onions. Let cook for 2 minutes. Turn off heat.
In a separate bowl, mix together grated carrots and cilantro.
To serve, spoon beef mixture into the center of a lettuce leaf (taco style) and top with carrot and cilantro mix.
Enjoy!
**I add some extra sriracha sauce on ours, because we
like them spicy! You can top with plain Greek yogurt.
**For the girls lettuce wraps, I took out a small bowl of the ground beef before adding the sriracha in while cooking.
**For the girls lettuce wraps, I took out a small bowl of the ground beef before adding the sriracha in while cooking.
Are you making an Irish themed lunch or dinner today?
XOXO
XOXO
