Healthy Asian Lettuce Wraps - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 1/4 lbs 96% lean ground beef (or any ground meat you prefer)
    1 tablespoon olive oil
    1 cup onion, roughly chopped
    4 garlic cloves, diced
    1 inch piece ginger, diced
    3/4 cup water chestnut, roughly chopped
    5 tablespoons hoisin sauce
    1 tablespoon soy sauce
    bibb lettuce
    Optional toppings
    shredded carrot
    roughly chopped peanuts
    toasted sesame seeds
    chopped green onion
Preparation
    Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a large pan. Add in the ground beef and break it apart with a cooking spoon into smaller pieces. Season with salt and pepper to taste and cook till no longer pink. Set aside on a separate plate.
    In the same pan, cook the onion, garlic, and ginger for 3-4 minutes. Add the meat and water chestnuts into the pan.
    Stir in the hoisin sauce and soy sauce and cook everything together for a few minutes.
    To serve, place the meat mixture in the lettuce cups and top with shredded carrots, peanuts, sesame seeds, green onion, and extra hoisin sauce.

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