San Choy Bow

By June 29, 2017June 29th, 2020Beef, Lamb

This was one of my childhood favourites when eating out

Ingredients

  • 1 mushroom chopped
  • 2 teaspoons of oil
  • 1 tablespoon chopped onion
  • ½ clove garlic, grated
  • 1 teaspoon grated ginger
  • 200g mince (pork/veal/chicken)
  • 2 iceberg lettuce leaves
  • ¼ cup bean sprouts
  • ¼ cup fried noodles
  • ¼ cup water chestnuts, chopped
  • 2 green shallots, sliced
  • 2 teaspoon soy sauce
  • 1½ tablespoon oyster sauce
  • 1 tablespoon sherry
  • ½ teaspoon cornflour

Method

  • Trim lettuce leaves to form a bowl, wash and place in ice water, refrigerator to crisp.
  • Mix soy sauce, oyster sauce, sherry and cornflour together and set aside
  • Heat oil in a frypan over high heat
  • Add onions, garlic, ginger and mushroom, cook for 1-2 minutes, till onion and mushroom softens.
  • Add mince, stir and seperate meat to brown. Cook for 6-8 minutes
  • Add water chestnuts, noodles, shallots and sauce mixture, stir to thicken
  • Remove the lettuce from refrigerator and drain well.
  • Spoon the filling into the lettuce leaves, roll up to eat

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