Asian Beef Lettuce Wraps

I found this recipe via Canadian Living, modified it a bit.  It was very tasty and something different to do with ground beef.

1 medium cucumber
1 red pepper
1 carrot
3 green onions
1 head of Boston lettuce (or leaf lettuce)
1 lime, cut into wedges
1 lb lean ground beef
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp minced gingerroot
1 tsp Chinese five spice powder
1/4 cup hoisin sauce (or barbeque sauce)
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp Asian chili sauce (Siracha, aka Red Rooster sauce)

Prepare the veggies: Slice the cucumber green onions, and red pepper thinly and grate the carrot.  Arrange on a platter with the lettuce (washed and separated into leaves) and lime.

In large pan, fry beef until no longer pink.  Drain off fat, then add garlic, ginger and five-spice powder.  Cook about 2 minutes, then add the rest of the ingredients and cook until hot, about 4-5 minutes.  Transfer to bowl.

To eat, each person takes a lettuce leaf, and adds a spoonful of meat and tops it with the rest of the veggies and squeeze some lime juice over it all. Then you try to wrap the lettuce around the filling and eat it with out spilling.  If you wanted to be neater, you could just make a salad and eat it with a fork, but that's not as much fun!