Stir Fried Lettuce With Oyster Sauce Recipe

Summary

Preparation Time15 MinCooking Time35 Min
Ready In50 MinDifficulty LevelMedium
Health IndexAverageServings4
CuisineCourse
MethodMain Ingredient
Interest Group

Ingredients

 Lettuces2
 Sunflower oil1/4 Cup (16 tbs)
 Commercially prepared Chinese oyster sauce - 1/4 cup
 Light soy sauce2 Tablespoon (For the oyster sauce:)
 Chinese rice wine - 3 tbsp or
 Dry sherry6 Tablespoon (For the oyster sauce:)
 Cold chicken stock
 Cornstarch or potato flour - 1 tsp
 Monosodium glutamate - pinch

Directions

GETTING READY
1 In a large saucepan, bring two thirds full of salted water to a boil.
2 Remove any damaged outer leaves from the lettuces.
3 Cut each whole lettuce lengthwise into quarters.
4 Wash, and drain very thoroughly.
5 Cut each quarter across, in half.

MAKING
6 Add the lettuce to the boiling water and blanch for only 3-4 seconds.
7 Removing the lettuce pieces quickly with a slotted ladle.
8 Drain well.
9 For the sauce, in a bowl, stir all the ingredients together.
10 In a wok or a large non-stick skillet, heat the oil.
11 When it is very hot, add all the lettuce at once.
12 Stir fry over high heat for a maximum of 2 minutes; the lettuce should still be fairly crunchy.
13 Transfer the lettuce to a serving dish.
14 Lower the heat and stir the sauce ingredients once more.
15 Pour into the wok, stirring and scraping the sides and bottom of the pan.
16 When the sauce has boiled and thickened, sprinkle all over the lettuce.

SERVING
17 Serve immediately.
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