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Ingredients

• 1 lb Dakota Grass Fed Ground Beef
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 bunch green onions (white and green parts separated, both sliced thin)
• 1 1/2 tbsp ginger root (fresh grated)
• 1 clove garlic (minced)
• 1/2 cup carrot (shredded)
• 1/4 cup red bell pepper (finely diced)
• 2 tsp sesame oil
• 4 tsp sesame seeds
• 8 lettuce leaves - red leaf or Boston Bibb (washed and dried)
• 1/4 cup ketchup

Preparation

1. Mix ketchup, soy sauce and vinegar together and set aside.
2. Heat vegetable oil over medium-high heat in large non-stick skillet. Add sliced white part of green onion, reserving green part for garnish. Add ginger. Sauté 1 minute.
3. Add garlic. Sauté 1 minute.
4. Add ground beef, carrot, and red pepper. Stir to combine with onion/ginger/garlic in skillet, breaking beef up as it cooks. Cook until all pink is gone, 5 to 7 minutes.
5. When beef is cooked through, add ketchup/soy mixture. Stir well and heat through.
6. Remove from heat. Drizzle sesame oil over all. Stir.
7. To serve place heaping 1/3 cup of beef mixture onto lettuce leaf and garnish with sprinkling of sesame seeds and reserved sliced green onion tops. Encourage diners to roll lettuce leaves around filling to create beef-filled lettuce wraps.