Quick Gochujang Lettuce Wraps at home
- Yield 8
- Prep 10 minutes
- Cook 10 minutes
- Total 20 minutes
Quick Gochujang Lettuce Wraps at home is a dinner recipe on Avoteb. The yield on the card is 8. Plan on 20 minutes from start to plate. The amounts and the method are both on this page.
Ingredients
Yield: 8 servings
- 1 pound steak (or chicken, pork, shrimp or tofu*), sliced into bite-sized pieces
- sea salt and freshly-cracked black pepper
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 4 cloves garlic, thinly sliced or minced
- 8-10 butter lettuce leaves
- 1 cup thinly sliced English cucumber
- 1 cup shredded carrots
- optional garnishes: thinly-sliced green onions and toasted sesame seeds
- 3 tablespoons gochujang paste
- 2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
Method
Make the sauce. Beat together all sauce ingredients in a small bowl until combined. Taste and add any extra maple syrup (to sweeten) or gochujang (for spice) if would like.
Leave the protein. Salt the steak (or your preferred protein) with a few generous pinches of salt and pepper. Warm oil in a large sauté pan or wok over a hot burner. Tip in the steak and garlic and sauté for 4-5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the steak is browned and tender. Lift pan from heat and mix in half of the gochujang sauce until it has evenly coated the steak.
Assemble the lettuce wraps. Portion a spoonful of the saucy steak into each lettuce cup, topped with a few cucumbers and carrots, an extra small drizzle of the remaining sauce, and your desired garnishes.
Plate warm. And enjoy!
Kitchen notes
- Beef: Either steak (such as a flank steak or sirloin) or ground beef
- Chicken: Either boneless skinless chicken breasts or ground chicken
- Pork: Either boneless pork chops or ground pork
