Delicious 30 Minute Venison Lettuce Wraps
Venison Lettuce Wraps are a quick and flavor packed meal you can make in under thirty minutes that everyone will love! They are loaded with protein, and turn out amazing every time.
I absolutely love a quick and healthy dinner that tastes great too. We are all busy and want to put nourishing food on the table, so these Venison Lettuce Wraps are perfect! They make great leftovers for lunch or dinner too.
To make these lettuce wraps, you start by browning up some ground venison, with onion, garlic and vegetables. Then you add in a few flavor enhancers like soy sauce, fresh ginger and water chestnuts. Spoon that filling into crisp iceberg lettuce, then serve it all topped with a hoisin sauce, salty peanuts and green onions. They could not be any easier to make!
While they are absolutely delicious as they are, you can customize them in different ways to you or your families liking. If you want to make them more filling? Add some cooked white rice to the filling. If you want to keep them nut free? Use some crunchy chow mean noodles on top instead of peanuts. Additionally, these lettuce wraps can be made with any ground red meat you have, so grab whatever is in your freezer and get cooking!
Tips for Making Perfect Venison Lettuce Wraps
- Like I always recommend with ground game meat, to get the best flavor and texture, add anywhere from 10-20% pork of beef fat when you grind it. This keeps it nice and juicy as it cooks and can gut back some of the gamey flavor if you don’t love it!
- Once you have cooked the meat and vegetables and have added the spices and sauces, taste the mixture. If you want it a bit more salty, add more soy sauce. Like some extra ginger? Add more.
- When serving the lettuce wraps I recommend doubling up the layers of lettuce to prevent them from falling apart. This makes them much easier and cleanup to eat and adds a nice fresh crunch.
Venison Lettuce Wrap Ingredients
Ground Venison– As mentioned above, you can use ground venison, moose, elk or even beef.
Onion– White or yellow onion is great.
Garlic– Use fresh garlic for the most flavor.
Carrot– Chop these nice and small to mimic the size of the ground meat pieces.
Bell Pepper– Any color bell pepper works. I like red for the sweetness and the color.
Ginger- Fresh minced ginger adds a nice extra bit of flavor. I freeze my ginger so it is really easy to grate into recipes.
Soy Sauce– If you are gluten free, use a tamari.
Sesame Oil– I like to use this in place of olive oil or tallow for this recipe to add an extra little bit of asian flavor.
Hoisin Sauce– This adds a nice tough of sweetness to the filling and also acts as a sauce for on top. Use whichever brand is your cavort.
Water Chestnuts– You can find these at most grocery stores in the ethnic aisles. They come in a can, and add such delicious flavor and crunch!
Peanuts– I like to use salted peanuts. If you don’t like peanuts, you can use crispy chow main noodles instead or as well.
Green Onion– A fresh addition in the filling as well as for garnish.
The Steps
- Start by heating a large skillet over medium heat with a tbsp of sesame oil.
- Then, add in the yellow onion and garlic and saute until tender about 3-4 minutes.
- Next, add in the ground meat and brown until it is almost fully cooked through.
- Then add in the bell pepper and carrots. Stir everything together, then add in the soy sauce, ginger and 2 tbsp hoisin sauce.
- Allow everything to cook together over medium low heat for a couple minutes. Taste the mixture and add any more ginger or soy sauce if you like.
- Remove the pan from the heat, then stir in the 4 sliced green onions and the chopped water chestnuts.
- Finally, before serving, stir together 1/4 cup of hoisin sauce with a couple tbsp of water until it gets a nice runny consistency to drizzle.
- To serve, break off some lettuce cups, add a big spoonful of the meat mixture, then drizzle over some of the sauce and sprinkle on some peanuts and green onions. This is where you can add any of the extra toppings if you like too!
- Serve immediately and enjoy!
If you give this recipe a try, leave a comment or a recipe review below!
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Fresh and easy lettuce wraps fill with a flavorful ground venison and vegetable filling topped with hoisin, peanuts and green onion. Quick, nourishing and delicious! * These lettuce wraps will turn out best (juicy and flavorful) if you are using ground game meat that has a bit of fat in it! * If you don't want to have these as lettuce wraps, the meat filling is also delicious served over rice as bowls. *The meat mixture will store in the fridge for up to 5 days amd makes for great leftover lunches. 
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