The Best Cambodian Beef Lettuce Wraps
 
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A healthy exotic treat for your taste buds. The Thai-esque flavors in these lettuce wraps are sure to be a family favorite in no time.
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Recipe type: Dinner
Cuisine: Cambodian
Serves: 12 people
Ingredients
  • 2-3 lbs top round roast, sliced thinly, and in strips as pictured
  • 2-3 onions, wedged and then sliced ¼ inch thick
  • 10-15 large pieces of garlic, crushed or finely chopped
  • 3 tbsp canola oil
  • 3 tsp chicken bullion
  • 3 tsp granulated sugar
  • 2 limes
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 2 heads romaine, green leaf or red leaf lettuce, washed and separated into leaves
  • 6-8 Roma tomatoes, thinly sliced
  • water
Instructions
  1. Heat canola oil in a large deep skillet, when hot add garlic and saute until garlic is light brown, remove ⅔'s and put it in a 2-3 cup bowl and set aside.
  2. Add beef to skillet sprinkle with chicken bullion and sugar. If using three pounds of meat add ½ tsp more of each.
  3. Cook meat until half way cooked, add sliced onions and continue cooking until meat is done and onions are tender.
  4. While meat is cooking arrange lettuce on serving trays. Read post to see how this is to be done. I usually have someone else do this while I am cooking or prepare them before I start the cooking process. If you prefer you can serve everything in separate dishes instead of building serving trays.
  5. When meat and onions are done, transfer them onto the serving trays as pictures or put them in a serving bowl. Use tongs or a slotted spoon being careful to leave the juices in the skillet.
  6. Quickly work to make the sauce. Depending on how much juices are left in the pan you need to add ½ cup to 1¼ cup of water to the juices. I usually taste it and see how strong it is. If using three pounds of meat you will most likely need to add a full 1¼ cup, or even a little more.
  7. Taste the juices and add water, heat till bubbling. Pour into the bowl that has the reserved browned garlic. Squeeze lime juice and add salt and pepper to taste. I usually add about ¼ tsp pepper, ¼ tsp salt and a tbsp or so of lime juice. Start with a tsp or so and keep adding until it meets your lime preference.
  8. You can also serve lime wedges for people to add more lime if they would like.
  9. These are meant to be eaten with Jasmine Rice, but regular rice will work well too. The sauce taste amazing drizzled on the lettuce wraps as well as plain rice on the side.
  10. This is a special meal that people will rave about when you cook it for them!
Recipe by Real Life Dinner at https://reallifedinner.com/best-cambodian-beef-lettuce-wraps/