Thai Beef Pitas

This is a tasty under 30 minute meal perfect for a busy day and made with ingredients usually on hand. The recipe serves the meat mixture in pitas, but flour tortillas or lettuce wraps would be a good choice too.

Ingredients

• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 2 red bell peppers, seeded and thinly sliced
• 2 tbsp of fresh ginger, minced
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tsp of red pepper flakes
• ½ cup cilantro
• 3 tbsp of peanut butter
• 2 tbsp of soy sauce
• 1 tbsp of sesame oil
• 1 lime, juice of
• 2 green onions, sliced thin including green tops to garnish
• 4 pita pockets, whole
• Romaine lettuce leaf

Directions:

Crumble beef into large nonstick skillet and cook over medium heat

Stir occasionally until browned, about 5-6 minutes then drain well

Add peppers, ginger, garlic, and red pepper flakes to skillet

Cook until peppers are crisp tender

Whisk together in a small bowl peanut butter, cilantro, soy sauce, lime juice, and sesame oil

Stir into beef and pepper mixture

Cut pitas in half and line with lettuce leave

Fill each with about 1/2 cup of the meat mixture

Sprinkle with green onions and serve immediately