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- 2 Tbsp canola oil (30 mL)
- 1 lb ground lean beef or ground sirloin (500 g)
- 1 Tbsp fresh minced ginger (15 mL)
- 3 Tbsp chile-garlic sauce (45 mL)
- 1 jicama, peeled and cut into matchsticks, about 2 cups (500 mL)
- 2 large peeled carrots, coarsely grated
- 1 cup of julienned snow peas (250 mL)
- 12 Bibb or Butter lettuce leaves
- ½ cup toasted and chopped salted peanuts, for garnish (125 mL)
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- In a nonstick skillet set over medium high heat, heat canola oil.
- Add beef and ginger and cook until beef is no longer pink.
- Add chile-garlic sauce to beef and mix to incorporate.
- To Assemble: Place a spoonful of warm beef mixture into 1 lettuce leaf and top with jicama, carrots, snow peas and peanuts. Serve immediately.
Spicy Beef and Jicama Lettuce Wraps
While it may look like a turnip, jicama is actually a low calorie root vegetable with a mild sweet flavour and the crunch of a carrot. Mixed with ginger, peanuts and beef, jicama takes these wraps to another level.
- Servings
- 6 people
Nutritional Analysis
- Serving Size
- 1 1/2 cup
- Servings
- 6
- Calories
- 297
- Total Fat
- 15 g
- Saturated Fat
- 2 g
- Cholesterol
- 40 mg
- Sodium
- 159 mg
- Carbohydrates
- 24 g
- Fiber
- 12 g
- Sugars
- 6 g
- Protein
- 21 g
- Potassium
- 440 mg