21. Iceberg lettuce With Oyster Sauce
Ingredients
- 500g / 18oz iceberg lettuce (see note 1)
- 1.5 tablespoon oyster sauce (see note 2)
- 1/2 teaspoon dark soy sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
- 3 tablespoons water
- 1/2 tablespoon cooking oil
- 4 cloves garlic, sliced
Instructions
- Wash lettuce then tear it into big pieces by hand.Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Turn off the heat and add the lettuce. Cover with a lid. After 1 minute drain and place on a plate.
- Mix oyster sauce, dark soy sauce, sugar, cornstarch and water. In a pan, fry garlic in oil over a medium heat. Turn off the heat when the garlic turns slightly brown. Add the mixture. Stir until well combined.
- Pour the sauce onto the lettuce. Serve warm.
Recipe Notes
- Romaine lettuce is a great substitute. Just make sure to discard the outer leaves if they appear to be too tough. Other vegetables, such as broccoli, asparagus, snow peas, pak choi, are also nice to be prepared the same way.
- To make this dish totally vegetarian, you may replace oyster sauce with vegetarian oyster flavoured sauce which is made from the essence of shiitake mushrooms.