Lettuce Tacos with Grilled Sesame Beef
In this high-impact marinade, each of the six ingredients plays an important role. Based on a Korean-style recipe, it embodies the Asian technique of layering flavors. Here, nutty sesame seeds and sesame oil combine with a host of salty, sweet and spicy ingredients to create a dish that’s complex in taste, but still simple in execution.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 8 of 9 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Beef | 100g cooked | 250 |
| Sesame | 1 tbsp (14g) | 120 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Soy Sauce | 1 tbsp (15ml) | 9 |
| Chili | 1 tsp (2.7g) | 8 |
| Lettuce | 1 cup shredded (36g) | 5 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Leaf | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 4 large green onions, white and pale green parts minced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 2 tsp. mirin
- 1 tsp. Asian sesame oil
- 1/2 to 1 tsp. red pepper flakes
- 1 lb. sirloin steak
- 1 Tbs. sesame seeds
- 12 small cup-shaped leaves butter or red leaf lettuce