BBQ Black Bean & Mozz Lettuce Wraps
with Pineapple Salsa & Crispy Onions
- Milk
- Wheat
Sweet and savory is a combination we can always get behind! The sweet and savory lettuce wraps in this 15-minute meal are fully loaded in the best possible way: BBQ black beans tossed with caramelized onion and green pepper, topped with melty mozzarella, finished with juicy pineapple salsa, and showered with crispy fried onions for crunchy contrast. Have you ever heard of luckier lettuce leaves? (We’ll wait…)
Ingredients
4 tablespoon
BBQ Sauce
1 unit
Baby Lettuce
1 unit
Red Onion
1 unit
Long Green Pepper
½ cup
Mozzarella Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
5 teaspoon
Red Wine Vinegar
1 unit
Black Beans
1 unit
Crispy Fried Onions
(Contains: Wheat)
4 ounce
Pineapple
Not included in your delivery
1 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Wash and dry produce. • Drain pineapple. Halve, peel, and thinly slice onion; mince a few slices until you have 1 TBSP (2 TBSP for 4 servings). Core, deseed, and thinly slice green pepper into strips. Trim root end from lettuce; separate leaves.
• In a small bowl, combine drained pineapple, minced onion, and half the vinegar (all for 4 servings). Season with salt and pepper.
• Heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add sliced onion and green pepper; cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly softened, 3-5 minutes. • Meanwhile, drain beans. Once veggies are slightly softened, push to one side of pan; add beans and BBQ sauce to empty side. Mash half the beans using a potato masher or fork until creamy. • Stir beans and veggies to combine. Add a splash of water and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring, until sauce has thickened and veggies are tender, 2-3 minutes more.
• Divide lettuce leaves between plates. Fill with bean filling, mozzarella, and pineapple salsa. Top with crispy fried onions; serve.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the sweet-and-savory BBQ bean combo, though some found the BBQ sauce too strong or smoky 🍲.
- Ease of prep: Quick and easy to prepare, with simple assembly that didn't take long to put together.
- Suggestions: Consider swapping mozzarella for a cheese that better fits the flavor profile; try adding hot sauce for extra kick.
- Portions: Some found it filling, while others felt it wasn't enough food, especially for larger appetites.
- Texture: A few noted texture contrasts, with crispy onions adding crunch to the soft beans and veggies.
Reviews from our home cooks
Haven't had any lettuce wraps and they were excellent but a bit messy to eat. Difficult to pick up and eat with grace and eating with a knife and fork is just as hard. Definitely a meal to eat at home with friends and family. Loved the flavor and I will try other lettuce wraps.
I wasn't sure about the BBQ sauce, it was such a different sauce from what I'm used to that it was really good and totally worked with the pineapple. The sauce has a little bit of a smoky flavor and not very tangy like the sauce you'd have on a pulled pork sandwich, so it blended nicely with the other ingredients.
This was absolutely delicious and filling! I didn't even want to eat dessert after (I usually do after healthy meals). More recipes like this please! I like that it didn't include rice or pasta. More salad-based, and lettuce wrap type of recipes please. Delicious.
Overall a good dish, very easy to prepare and didn't take a long time to put everything together. The flavor of the barbecue sauce was a bit too smoky however, especially when paired with other strong flavors like the red onion and vinegar.. something more mild would blend in and complement the other ingredients better.
The BBQ sauce is too strong and too smoky. Maybe back off a bit on the very strong flavors. The instructions around cooking the beans is confusing. Why do we need to push the vegetables to one side, then add the beans on the other side and mash up just half of them, and then combine everything in the pan? Much easier would be to drain the pans; mash up half of them OUTSIDE the pan; then throw in all the beans (mashed and unmashed) at once into the vegetables and mix it all together. If there's a culinary reason why this is a bad idea, please explain it on the recipe.
We don't get many vegetarian meals, but this one was delicious. Loved the bbq flavor in the beans.
I like that it was low in fat, calories and cholesterol. Beans with bbq is really good
It is super messy. I ended up just making it a topping on top of salad with leftovers. Also, if I were going to make it again, I'd be looking for ways to reduce the calories. Probably by making my own bbq sauce.
Very very tasty and easy to prepare. A little on the sweeter side, but still enjoyable
This was amazing. Love the flavor packed in such a healthy and low calorie meal. THANK YOU
