Asian Ground Beef Lettuce Wraps

INGREDIENTS

Boston Bibb or butter lettuce leaves

1 lb

lean ground beef

1 tbsp

cooking oil

large onion, chopped

2 cloves

fresh garlic, minced

1 tbsp

soy sauce

1/4 cup

hoisin sauce

2 tsp

minced pickled ginger (I just used fresh ginger and I bet you could even use a teaspoon of ground ginger)

1 tbsp

rice wine vinegar

Asian chile pepper sauce (optional - I didn't use it)

1 8 ounce can

water chestnuts, drained and finely chopped

bunch green onions, chopped

2 tsp

Asian sesame oil