Ginger Beef Lettuce Wraps

Recipe Ingredients

1/4 cup	59ml	Soy sauce - plus
1 tablespoon	15ml	Soy sauce
2 tablespoons	30ml	Mirin
3 tablespoons	45ml	Dry Sherry
2 tablespoons	30ml	Minced garlic
1 tablespoon	15ml	Cornstarch
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Sirloin or tenderloin - sliced very thin
2 teaspoons	10ml	Sesame oil
1 tablespoon	15ml	Sugar
1 tablespoon	15ml	Peanut oil
1/2 cup	118ml	Thinly-sliced ginger root
6 oz	170g	Sliced mushrooms
1 1/2 cups	355ml	Snow peas, each cut in thirds
2 tablespoons	30ml	Chopped peanuts
1		Butter lettuce head - leaves separated

Recipe Instructions

Combine 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 tablespoon mirin, 1 tablespoon Sherry, 1 tablespoon garlic and cornstarch in medium bowl. Add beef and stir well. Set aside.

Combine remaining soy sauce, mirin, Sherry and sesame oil and sugar in small bowl. Set aside.

Heat peanut oil in a large wok or skillet over high heat. Add ginger and remaining garlic and cook until very fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add mushrooms and cook 2 minutes more. Add reserved beef and snow peas and cook, stirring, until beef is no longer pink, about 3 minutes. Add sauce mixture and cook, stirring, until sauce thickens slightly, about 1 minute.

Serve ginger beef in bowl, topped with peanuts, with lettuce on side. Wrap some of beef in leaf and eat with fingers.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Each serving: 320 calories; 1,379 mg sodium; 53 mg cholesterol; 14 grams fat; 22 grams carbohydrates; 24 grams protein; 2.14 grams fiber.

Source:
The Los Angeles Times, 06-21-2000

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