Stout Beef Bundles


1 pound ground beef
½ cup sliced green onions
1 clove garlic, minced
2/3 cup chopped water chestnuts
½ cup chopped red bell pepper
¼ cup stout, such as Guinness
2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
1 or 2 heads leaf lettuce, separated into leaves (discard outer leaves)

Ingredients!

Brown ground beef in medium skillet; drain fat. Add onions and garlic. Cook until tender. Stir in water chestnuts, bell pepper, stout, hoisin and soy sauce. Cook, stirring occasionally, until bell pepper is crisp-tender and most of liquid has evaporated. Remove from heat.

There's such a nice smell in the air while these are cooking.

Stir in cilantro. Spoon ground beef mixture onto lettuce leaves; sprinkle with additional hoisin sauce, if desired. Wrap lettuce leaf around ground beef mixture to make bundles.

They were my first lettuce wraps, so I didn't get them as fancy as I could have. Still attractive, though!


Tip: Slice additional green onions into long strips and use to tie leaves in place around bundles.

My Rating: 4/5 "Great flavor here - and it cooks nicely throughout the meat, which is unusual. The lettuce adds nice crunch. The best part is that it's quite filling and pretty low-calorie!"

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