Lettuce with Oyster Sauce
Cuisine: Chinese
Lettuce with Oyster Sauce is a Chinese vegetable dish, built around Oyster sauce.
Difficulty
2 / 5
★★☆☆☆
Estimated Calories
125 kcal
Ingredients
- Lettuce
- Oyster sauce
- Garlic
- Light soy sauce
- Salt
- White sugar
- Cooking oil
Steps
- Wash the lettuce and remove any wilted leaves.
- Heat the pot, add 1 L of (cold) water, then add 2-3 ml of cooking oil and 0.5 g of salt and wait for the water to boil.
- Once boiling, add the lettuce and blanch every leaf for 10 s.
- Remove the lettuce, drain well and arrange on a plate.
- Make the sauce: mix 10 ml light soy sauce, 6-8 ml oyster sauce, 0.5 g salt and 1 g white sugar in a bowl, then add 10-15 ml of (cold) water and stir well.
- Turn the heat back on, heat the pan, add 5-8 ml of cooking oil, and when hot add the mashed garlic.
- When the garlic is fragrant, pour in the sauce, bring to a boil and immediately turn off the heat.
- Pour the sauce evenly over the lettuce.
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Notes
Lettuce with oyster sauce is a refreshing home-style dish: crisp, tender lettuce drizzled with garlicky oyster sauce, savory with a hint of sweetness, a quick vegetable dish common in both Cantonese and Sichuan restaurants. It is rich in vitamins and dietary fiber, which help digestion. It is very beginner-friendly; from washing to serving takes only about 15 minutes.
Estimated difficulty: ★★
Estimated calories: 125 kcal
Calculation:
This portion is the same as a standard order at a Sichuan restaurant
- Lettuce 1 head (200 g ± 50)
- Oyster sauce 6-8 ml
- Garlic 4-5 cloves (mashed or minced)
- Light soy sauce 6 ml
- Salt 0.5 g
- White sugar 1 g
- Cooking oil 5-8 ml
This dish is rich in vitamins, simple to make, refreshing and won't make you feel "heaty".