Savory Turkey Lettuce Wraps

ground turkey

🥗Healthier: ground chicken

💰Cheaper: ground beef

Ground chicken is leaner, while ground beef is often less expensive.

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: coconut aminos

💰Cheaper: tamari

Coconut aminos is soy-free and lower in sodium.

sesame oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Olive oil is healthier, while canola oil is often less expensive.

chili sauce

🥗Healthier: sriracha

💰Cheaper: hot sauce

Sriracha offers a similar flavor with less sugar.

Heat a carbon steel frying pan over a butane burner and add avocado oil.

Dice bell peppers and add them to the frying pan; stir-fry for about 3-4 minutes.

Add minced garlic and 1 tablespoon of fish sauce to the pan.

Crumble in 1 pound of ground turkey and mix well; add another tablespoon of fish sauce.

Add mint, cilantro, lime juice, and a little sugar to the mixture; stir everything together.

Let the mixture simmer for a couple of minutes.

Season with salt and black pepper to taste after a taste test.

Prepare leafy greens by washing and drying them; note that butter lettuce was not available.

Spoon the savory turkey mixture into the leafy greens.

Serve with Sriracha on the side.

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