Juicy Thai Beef Lettuce Cups | Simple Home Edit

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp tamari or all-purpose soy sauce
• 1 tsp dark soy sauce
• 1 tbsp fish sauce (see note 1 for substitutions)
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce (see note 1 for substitutions)
• 1 tbsp brown sugar
• 1 tbsp cornflour (cornstarch)
• 2 tbsp water
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 small onion, finely diced
• 1 tbsp freshly minced garlic
• 1 tbsp freshly minced ginger
• 500 g minced (ground) beef (or chicken or pork)
• 100 g green beans, finely sliced into 1 cm (½ inch) lengths
• 1 carrot, julienned or grated
• 2 handfuls Thai basil leaves – reserve 1 sprig for garnish (see note 2 for substitutions)
• 12 cos (romaine) lettuce or iceberg lettuce leaves (try to choose the larger, outer leaves)
• 1 spring onion (scallion), finely sliced
• 1 bird’s eye chilli, finely sliced (optional)
• 40 g roughly chopped raw unsalted peanuts
• 1 lime, quartered