These delicious sriracha steak lettuce wraps have marinated steak that’s quickly stir-fried and nestled in crisp lettuce. Top with a fresh cucumber relish, cilantro and more Sriracha for a healthy, spicy dinner.
Spicy is my middle name. Well, actually it’s Anne, but spicy would be my middle name if I had any say when my birth certificate was being typed up. But then Laurie Spicy McNamara does sound a bit ridiculous now doesn’t it (or do you like it? It is starting to grow on me).
Mind you, I wasn’t raised liking spicy food. I know my dad likes spicy food but I don’t recall a bottle of any hot sauce being in our fridge growing up. It wasn’t until I met my husband in high school that I was I introduced to Frank’s. Then our good friends turned him on to Sriracha and I naturally fell in-love with that spicy beast and the rest is history. The color of alone should let you know this stuff isn’t for the weak. It’s bold, spicy and amazing. It’s good on pizza, squeezed into pizza rolls, on eggs… the list goes on.
Now let’s talk cube steak. Cube steak is usually the top round or sirloin cut, pounded with a meat tenderizer or ran through a fancy machine. And I’m here to tell you cube steak isn’t just for chicken frying. Nope. It’s so tender that when you run your knife through it a couple times it resembles ground beef, yet it’s steak. Steak which just so happens to be perfect in lettuce wraps.
Start by adding 3 tablespoons of honey into a large bowl…
To the honey add 1-1/2 tablespoons of low-sodium tamari {or soy sauce if that’s your thing}.
Then squeeze in the juice from one big, fat, juicy lime.
Then measure and add in two tablespoons of Sriracha. You could dial it down for less spicy or add one for some major kick. Your call.
And pour in two tablespoons of warmed coconut oil. Olive oil or grapeseed oil can be substituted… but coconut oil is the best!
Lastly, give that a whisk.
Grab your cube steak…
Slice it into thin strips…
Then turn those strips around and run your knife through them once more so it looks all crumbly.
Next add it to the bowl with the Sriracha marinade and let the steak soak it up for 30 minutes.
I also made a quick cucumber relish of sorts. Really all you need is half of an Engilsh cucumber, half a red bell pepper and half of a small red onion finely diced.
I love the coolness of cucumber with spicy food.
While you’re at it slice up some green onions, like 4 or 5 depending on their size of course. Mine were dinky, so I went the five route.
Next, scoot those onions off to the side and mince up two cloves of fresh garlic and then a tablespoon of minced ginger.
Now we’re ready to wok-it.
Next heat a large 12-inch skillet or wok over medium-high heat and add a teaspoon of coconut oil.
Once the pan is screamin’ hot, carefully add the chopped, marinated steak and all the remaining marinade to the hot wok. Be careful not to splash!
I know, I know… I put the meat in first. GAH! I bet I’m making some profeshy chefs cringe right now.
Then give it a couple of flips with a spatula and add in the green onions, ginger and garlic.
Remember, you could of course add these first and then the steak, I just started grabbing bowls and not really paying attention. Either way it’ll turn out just splendidly.
After roughly 4 minutes, the steak should be fully cooked.
Next bring the pan liquids to a boil, make the slurry of cornstarch and water and add it to the wok.
And just like that the sauce has thickened up and made the sauciest steak filling evah!
Lastly, taste and season it with a couple pinches of kosher salt. Now it’s time to start filling some lettuce leaves.
Finally, top the stuffed wraps with some fresh cucumber relish and fresh cilantro. Now get ready for these sriracha steak lettuce wraps to blow your mind!
Spicy – check.
Gingery – check-check.
Mind blown – check-check-check!
If you like steak, spice and lettuce wraps, well I’m betting that these sriracha steak lettuce wraps will be your jam.
Enjoy! And if you give this sriracha steak lettuce wraps recipe a try, let me know! Snap a photo and tag me on twitter or instagram!
Spicy Sriracha Steak Lettuce Wraps
Ingredients
FOR THE LETTUCE WRAPS:
- 1½ pounds cube steak, finely chopped
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 1 to 2 tablespoons Sriracha
- 1½ tablespoons low-sodium tamari, or low-sodium soy sauce
- 1 large lime, juiced
- 7 teaspoons coconut oil, divided
- 4 green onions, (dark parts only) sliced
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch , plus 1 tablespoon cold water to make slurry
- 18 lettuce leaves, bib, iceberg or romaine
- cilantro leaves
CUCUMBER RELISH:
- 1/2 english cucumber, finely diced {seed sections discarded}
- 1/2 red bell pepper, finely diced
- 1/2 small red onion, finely diced
Instructions
MAKE THE LETTUCE WRAPS:
- In a large bowl combine the honey, Sriracha, lime juice, coconut oil and tamari. Whisk until smooth.
- Add the diced cube steak, toss and marinate {on the counter} for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, slice up the green onions and mince the garlic and ginger, set aside.
- Heat a wok or large skillet over medium-high heat and add in a teaspoon of coconut oil.
- Once hot add in the onions, ginger and garlic. Stir-fry for 1 to 2 minutes or until fragrant. Add in the chopped steak and stir-fry for 4-5 minutes or until the steak is completely cooked through.
- Pour in the slurry and stir. Cook for a minute or two {to cook out the starchy taste}, remove from the heat and season with a couple pinches of kosher salt.
- Serve inside your favorite lettuce {butter, bib, iceberg or romaine} and top with a little cucumber relish and cilantro.
MAKE THE RELISH:
- In a small bowl combine the finely diced cucumber, red pepper and red onion.
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You know this is RIGHT up my alley. Love it!
I do! I knew you’d be all about these! 🙂
I love your step-by-step photos, they are so helpful !
Thanks Ali! Glad to hear it 🙂
I think you should totally change your middle name!! These look like they’ll brow a little sweaty, YUM!!!
I’m definitely trying these. And hopefully it will sooner rather than later! Need me some real food after all this cookie and fudge making.
I love lettuce wraps! I’m actually having some turkey lettuce wraps for dinner tonight. This look delicious! I think I might have to sub the cube steak for some ground chicken or turkey but I’m totally going to make these!
These look SO good! Could eat a million of them, no problem. Love all the sriracha too 🙂
Thanks Laura! Me too, they’re so addicting!
Oh my gaahhh. I’ve been all about steak lately, and these spicy wraps are totally calling my name! Such a scrumptious recipe!
Love lettuce wraps, and these flavours sound perfect! I’m sure lettuce wraps will be on the menu here as soon as the new year/post holiday sludgy feeling hits 🙂
Bring on the heat! Love this so much.
This looks so delicious! I am going to have to make this plus I am a fan of a little spice in my food! Wonderful post 🙂
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I made these for dinner two nights ago and they were delicious! I did cut the Sriracha in half and only use 1 TBSP because I can only handle so much heat 🙂 I could also only find cube steak at one store (I asked for it at 3 different places) and the one that had it didn’t have enough so they suggested using a thin top sirloin instead. It tasted great but was a little tougher than I would have liked. Hopefully next time I can find the cube steak. I used butter lettuce for mine and just put everything over it more like a salad instead of a wrap and also added slices of avocado. The hubby really enjoyed this and said I should definitely make it again. Thanks for sharing yet another great recipe!
This recipe is delicious! My bf and I have made it a few times and tonight we’re experimenting with chicken instead of steak. After reading through the recipe a few times I did notice it calls for lime juice but it doesn’t say when to add it – what do you use this for?
Hi Cassie! Thank you so much! The lime goes in the marinade. I’ll make sure to add that to the instructions. Thanks!
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This recipe was great! Just the right amount of sweet, tangy, and spicy, and I really loved that the flavor of the lime came through! The perfect Glad-Spring-Is-Finally-Here recipe, and now I can’t wait for summer! I made only a couple of tweaks that I blogged about here: http://gwensfishfood.com/cooking-cure-day-i-dont-know-anymore/. Thanks for the recipe!
I made these for dinner last night with Agave instead of honey and they were FANSATIC!!
I’m so glad Jessica! Thanks for coming back and leaving a review
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Made these the other night and they were absolutely delectable! Even my two year old loved them, but demanded they be on a piece of white loaf bread
Came across this recipe and gonna try them out tonight! Looks delicious!
Enjoy, Heather!
I made this for lunch today, with leftover chopped up roast beef. Wow this is my new favorite lunch, it had great flavors going on and was nice a light. Going to try with chicken next time. I didn’t have fresh cilantro so I added a tablespoon of Bolthouse Farms Cilantro Avocado yogurt dressing, http://bolthouse.com/product/cilantroavocado it really complimented the dish…..thanks for sharing this delicious recipe!
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This sounds lovely and really tasty. Thank you for sharing this.
Simon
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I made this years ago, and we all really liked it. I’m back to print out the recipe to make it again. 🙂
I’ve recently started a blog, the info you provide on this site has helped me greatly. Thanks for all of your time & work. “A physicist is an atom’s way of knowing about atoms.” by George Wald.