One-Pan Curried Beef Lettuce Wraps
with Chickpeas, Pickled Cabbage & Creamy Lemon Drizzle
- Milk
In the old days, you needed a heavy meat-and-potatoes kind of meal to fill you up. Today, we give you the future of satisfying dinners: lettuce wraps! This colorful dish features crunchy romaine leaves filled with curry-spiced beef and chickpeas for double the protein. Zingy pickled red cabbage is nestled over top, along with a creamy lemon drizzle. Both hearty and light at the same time, these cutting-edge wraps are pioneers for the modern meal!
Ingredients
3 tablespoon
Sour Cream
(Contains: Milk)
1 unit
Baby Lettuce
1 unit
Chickpeas
10 ounce
Ground Beef
1 unit
Lemon
1 tablespoon
Curry Powder
1 unit
Beef Stock Concentrate
4 ounce
Shredded Red Cabbage
1 teaspoon
Garlic Powder
Not included in your delivery
1 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
1 teaspoon (tsp)
Sugar
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Wash and dry produce. • Quarter lemon. Trim and discard root end from lettuce; separate leaves.
• In a medium microwave-safe bowl, combine cabbage, juice from three lemon wedges, 1 tsp sugar, and 2 TBSP water (for 4 servings, use the juice from six lemon wedges, 2 tsp sugar, and 4 TBSP water). Season with salt and pepper and toss to combine. Microwave for 1 minute. Set aside, tossing occasionally, until ready to serve.
• Heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add beef*, garlic powder, half the curry powder (you’ll use the rest later), salt, and pepper. Cook, breaking meat up into pieces, until lightly browned and partially cooked through, 2-3 minutes. • Stir in chickpeas and their liquid and stock concentrate. Cook until liquid is absorbed and beef is cooked through, 3-4 minutes more. Season with salt and pepper. TIP: Raise heat to high to cook off liquid more quickly.
• Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine sour cream, remaining curry powder, and juice from remaining lemon. Season with salt and pepper. Add water 1 tsp at a time until mixture reaches a drizzling consistency. • Divide lettuce leaves between plates; fill with filling. Top with pickled cabbage (draining first) and sauce and serve.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many enjoyed the curry-spiced beef and chickpeas, though some found it bland and wanted more seasoning.
- Ease of prep: Quick, simple, and easy to make, with most praising the 30-minute prep time 🎉.
- Suggestions: Consider reducing chickpeas, adding more curry flavor, and serving over rice or as a bowl for easier eating.
- Portions: Generous servings, with several mentioning enough for leftovers or a third portion.
- Texture: Some loved the chickpea addition, while others found the beef-chickpea combo too dry or grainy.
Reviews from our home cooks
Truly delicious with multiple flavors. Easy to cook but watch out too much heat and the chickpeas pop. A lot of lettuce may be worth doubling up on the leaves when you wrap them.
The chickpeas and meat was an unexpected combo and there was so much extra lettuce we found it satisfying to put less filling in each wrap and get more of that crunch from the lettuce!
We loved the curry. The lettuce wraps were the perfect way to serve this. Quick and easy to clean up.
In general lettuce wraps (as we discovered) are messy tacos so we solved that by wrapping the lettuce wraps in tortillas haha! My boyfriend and I have remade this meal many times and it's good and quick and simple. The seasoning on the meat and chick peas is ok (not bad), but I feel like it needs a better seasoning.
This is delicious! The 4 serving recipe takes a very long time to cook down all the juices from the chickpeas. Next time, I would drain one of the boxes first.
I only used half of the chickpeas, they were good but there were too many for me and my husband. The sauce and the pickled cabbage really set it off well.
Outstanding flavor, the cabbage was on point. It looked delicious and since it is summer in Texas it is not a meal that takes long to prepare. We don't normally eat this kind of food. We will get this again and look for other meals like it.
I don't like chickpeas, but I know that they are nutritious. This was a great way to mask the taste of the chickpeas so that my palate was entertained while my body enjoyed the health benefits.
Absolutely delicious, just a little too heavy/too filling for a light lettuce wrap. We actually couldn't finish them. But the flavors were great!
I had difficulties with the lettuce being too small or the leaves being too tightly folded. I feel as though a broader leafed lettuce such as butter lettuce may lend itself better to the functionality of this dish.
