Quick & Easy Low Carb Korean Style Beef With Cucumber & Radish Salad (Lean & Green)

 

Korean Style Beef on Lettuce Leaves.

Beef Ingredients:

1 tablespoon sesame oil

1 pound 95% lean ground beef*

3 cloves garlic, minced

2 tablespoons Lakanto Golden Sweetener

1/4 cup low sodium soy sauce**

1/2 teaspoon minced fresh ginger***

1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

1/2 teaspoon black pepper

2 tablespoons water

16 leaves green leaf or butter leaf lettuce or 3 cups of cooked cauliflower rice

1/2 cup sliced green onions

Salad Ingredients:

1/4 cup diced raw jalapeno

1 cup chopped cucumber

3/4 cup thinly sliced radishes

3 tablespoons rice vinegar

5 drops lemon or unflavored liquid Monkfruit sweetener (optional)

Method:

Place the rice vinegar and liquid sweetener in a small container or bowl that has a lid. Stir to mix. Add the jalapeno, cucumber and radishes. Stir, or cover and shake to coat the vegetables with the vinegar. Set aside in the refrigerator.

Heat the sesame oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Brown the ground beef and when it is almost completely browned add the garlic and cook for a couple of minutes. Drain off the fat. Return the beef to the skillet. Add the golden sweetener, soy sauce, ginger, red pepper, black pepper and water. Simmer for a few minutes.  Place 4 lettuce leaves on each plate and top each leaf with 1 ounce of the Korean Beef. Or, serve 4 ounces of the beef over 3/4 cup of cauliflower rice.Sprinkle green onions over the top. 

Korean Beef on top of cauliflower rice,
with cucumber & radish salad.

Use a slotted spoon, to add a half cup of the cucumber salad to each plate. (Discard any leftover liquid from marinating the vegetables.) Makes four 1/2 cup servings.  

*Trader Joe's carries 95% lean beef, or you can substitute ground turkey or chicken.

**I use Aloha brand, because it contains fewer carbs.

***Did you know that fresh ginger can be frozen? I mince the root and then freeze 1 & 2 teaspoon portions, to be used later, when cooking or making smoothies.

Nutritional info per serving, on lettuce, approximately: 268.4 calories ~ 10 grams fat ~ 7.9 grams carbs ~ 4.7 net carbs ~ 36 grams protein

Nutritional info per serving, on top of cauliflower, approximately: 271.8 calories ~ 10 grams fat ~ 8.9 grams carbs ~ 5.6 net carbs ~ 36 grams protein

Lean & Green Calculations: 1 lean, 3 green, 3/4 fat, 2 3/4 condiments

Notes: This is a very quick and tasty meal. One of my favorites! Both serving methods, on lettuce leaves, or over cauliflower rice, were  filling and delicious.