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Recipe of the Week: Thai Basil Beef Lettuce Wraps
September 18th, 2012

Recipe of the Week: Thai Basil Beef Lettuce Wraps

Ingredients 2 pounds ground beef
1 large red bell pepper, thinly sliced
1 medium yellow onion, thinly sliced
2 bunches Thai basil leaves or sweet basil leaves (reserve half a bunch for garnish)
3 garlic cloves, minced
2-3 tablespoons coconut aminos
2 teaspoons fish sauce
1-2 teaspoon hot chili sauce
Juice from 1 a lime
2 teaspoons sesame oil
1 tablespoon coconut oil
Several butter lettuce or other large green leaf lettuce leaves for the wraps
More Thai basil leaves and chopped cilantro leaves for garnish
Instructions:
  1. In a large skillet, heat the coconut oil over medium heat. Add the bell peppers and onions and saute until tender.
  2. Remove the bell peppers and onions from the pan and set aside.
  3. In the same pan, brown the ground beef.
  4. While the ground beef is cooking, whisk together the coconut aminos, fish sauce, lime juice, hot chili sauce, sesame oil and garlic.
  5. Add the bell peppers and onions back to the pan with the ground beef, pour in the sauce, add the Thai basil leaves, and stir just until the basil leaves are wilted. Turn off the heat.
  6. Fill lettuce leaves with big scoops of the meat mixture topped with chopped cilantro and more basil leaves for garnish. Top with more hot chili sauce if you want it spicier.

    7. Recipe from Everyday Paleo.

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