Ground Beef Lettuce Wraps

If you're craving a healthy, flavourful meal with a touch of Caribbean flair, look no further than these Caribbean ground beef lettuce wraps!

Course Lunch

Cuisine Caribbean

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 30

Total Time 1

Servings people

Calories 499kcal

Author Charla

1 lb ground beef
4 tablespoon green seasoning
2 tablespoon homemade browning sauce (use 1 teaspoon of you are using store bought)
1½ tablespoon soy(a)sauce
4 tablespoon beef seasoning
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon pink salt

Add the ground beef, green seasoning, homemade browning sauce, soy(a) sauce, black pepper and pink salt to a medium sized bowl.
Use your hands to work the wet rub into the ground beef, cover the bowl with saran (cling film) and refrigerate for several hours or overnight.
Unwrap the bowl after the given time and set aside.

Meanwhile preheat a large frying pan or skillet with olive oil on medium heat.
Saute the onion, scallion and garlic until soft and translucent.
Add the ground beef and sear the meat, it should take several minutes. During the given time the meat should extract its own juices, you will need to cook this off by increasing the heat to high, keep a watchful so the beef doesn't burn.
Add the bell peppers, cho cho and carrot, thyme and chadon beni then continue to cook for a few minutes.
Stir in the tomato sauce and pour in the hot water and add the scotch bonnet pepper.
Bring the frying pan to a rolling boil.
Reduce the heat to medim-low, with, cover with the lid and simmer for 25-30 minutes.
As the beef is cooking then prepare the lettuce by arranging the leaves on a plate(s).
After the given time, do a taste test and add additional black pepper and pink salt if needed.
Discard the thyme stems and scotch bonnet pepper before serving.
Allow the meat to cool down before serving it on a bed of lettuce.

I highly recommend using lean ground beef which has less fat, 5% is ideal of this recipe.

It is very important to cook off any excess liquid during the searing process this will help to improve the flavour by locking it into the ground beef.

Let the beef cool down completely or leave it until it is slightly warm so the lettuce won't become soggy.

If you don't plan on eating the wraps immediately or want to carry them with you place the ground beef and lettuce leaves in 2 separate containers and serve accordingly.

This is the link that you will need for my Green Seasoning, Beef Seasoning and Homemade Browning Sauce.