Lettuce Wraps

A friend told me about how she makes lettuce wraps, so I thought I'd give it a try.  I tweeked her recipe just a bit to use what I had on hand.

Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef (why is it almost always 1 lb?  I actually used less, so do what you like)
1 Bell pepper diced
1 small onion diced (I only used about half because my kids really don't like onions)
2 Tbsp olive oil
couple drops sesame oil
1/2 tsp ginger
2 cloves garlic minced (I used dried, it's what I had on hand)
2 Tbsp soy sauce
2 cups dry rice
4 cups water
1/4 cup white vinegar
1/4 cup sugar
Lettuce leaves

Directions:

1.  Put 4 cups salted water in a pot and bring to a boil.  Add rice, put heat on low, cover and cook about 20 minutes.

2.  While rice is cooking heat olive oil ans sesame oil in a frying pan.  Add hamburger with onion, bell pepper, ginger, and garlic.  Cook until hamburger is cooked and the onion and bell pepper are soft.  Add soy sauce.

3.  Once rice is cooked add vinegar and sugar, stir to combine.

4.  Now the fun part.  Make sure your lettuce leaves are washed and dried.  I used iceberg but any lettuce and work.  Put some rice in the middle of the leaf, top with meat mixture, fold lettuce over the filling, and eat!

Verdict:  The hamburger I used was really taco meat from the other night, but it was still really good.  I'm sure you could make this with just about any  meat, though.  I loved how the vinegar and sugar flavored the rice!  Unfortunately, this meal seemed to be everything my kids did not like.  Oh well, more for me.  I would love to make this again and again, only adding more veggies and less meat since that is what I like.