Keto Low Carb Cheeseburger Lettuce Wraps

This easy lettuce wrap burger recipe is the perfect way to enjoy a flavorful burger without needing low-carb rolls or making hamburger patties! If you're on a keto diet or just want a low carb meal, these can fit nicely into your meal plans.

Keto Cheeseburger Lettuce Wraps

These Low Carb Cheeseburger Lettuce wraps are a fun take on the humble classic with a twist. Your favorite cheeseburger… but it's a bunless burger, less heavy and in one handy lettuce cup.

If you don’t have time to make keto hamburger buns, these are a great way to enjoy a lighter keto lunch or snack and curb that burger craving.

The best part is you can avoid even making a burger patty!

Served with a great sugar-free special burger sauce and lots of dill pickles! Yum!

Ingredients for Keto Burgers

This is a ground beef filling for our lettuce cups but but could easily be made into beef patties for low-carb burgers if you prefer. For exact measurements, please view the entire written recipe at the bottom of this blog post.

Ground beef 

Small onion, finely diced

Garlic, minced

Salt 

Black pepper 

Cheddar cheese, sliced or sharp cheddar, or provolone cheese

Special Sauce Ingredients

For exact measurements, please view the entire written recipe at the bottom of this blog post.

Mayonnaise

Sugar-free ketchup

Dijon mustard 

Coconut aminos

Red pepper flakes

Garlic powder

Black pepper 

How to Make Keto Lettuce Wrap Burgers

Step 1

Add the ground beef to a non-stick large skillet over medium-high heat and fry for 2 minutes, breaking up the beef with a spatula. Add the onion and garlic and cook for a further 4 - 6 minutes or until cooked through.

Meanwhile, prepare the burger sauce by adding all the ingredients to a small bowl and stirring to combine.

Add the cheddar cheese slices to the top of the beef. Cover with a lid and allow the cheese to melt for 2 - 3 minutes. If the beef is dry looking, add a touch of water.

Step 2

Slice the hard white stalks off the butterhead lettuce leaves.

Step 3

Lay 3 very large lettuce leaves on a sheet of parchment paper (2 on the bottom and 1 on top).

Leaving enough space to roll up.

Top the middle of the leaves with a little cheeseburger beef, tomatoes, dill pickles, burger sauce and optional sesame seeds.

More optional items; avocado slices, red onions, sugar-free ketchup and dijon mustard.

Step 4

Cut the woodier part out of the stalk from your swiss chard or cavolo nero leaf. About ⅓ of the way from the bottom. This will help it roll.

Step 5

Place rolled up lettuce leaf inside larger swiss chard and rollup. Slice in half.

Serve with extra burger sauce. Serving size is 2 large rolls or 4 halves per serving.

Best Tips for Cheeseburger Lettuce Wraps

Type of Lettuce to use:

Iceberg lettuce and Romaine lettuce aren't ideal as they don't fold as well as other kinds of lettuce. Use the largest fresh lettuce leaves you can find.

Butterhead is the best, but Boston lettuce and Bibb lettuce also works well.

Just make sure the leaves are big. I chose lettuce because it’s always what’s in a burger and then I used a slice of cavolo nero, or you can use swiss chard if you prefer, to secure the lettuce in place.

Alternatively, you can use all swiss chard or any greens with large leaves. The larger the leaves the less fiddly and easier to roll.

When using cavolo nervo or swiss chard, cut out the stem along the middle - not all the way though (see step photo above) so it’s easy to roll up.

How to Store Lettuce Burger Wraps

Best if served fresh. You can make the filling and refrigerate that in an airtight container for up to 2 days until ready to serve with lettuce wraps.

Serve with Low Carb Zucchini French Fries

Keto Low Carb Cheeseburger Lettuce Wraps