Name: Lettuce with Oyster Sauce
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 1½ tablespoons oyster sauce; 1 pound iceberg lettuce leaves. (Only the light green leaves of the lettuce are used for this dish. Discard the outer dark green leaves, as they are usually old and will be tough. Separate the light green leaves individually until you reach the white ones. Do not use white leaves or any of the heart of the lettuce. A 2-pound head should yield enough leaves to weigh a pound.); 1 teaspoon minced ginger; 2 tablespoons peanut oil; 1½ tablespoons cornstarch; ½ cup Chicken Broth; Pinch of white pepper; 8 cups cold water; ½ teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon sesame oil; ¾ teaspoon sugar; 1½ teaspoons dark soy sauce

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

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Eileen Yin-fei Lo's New Cantonese Cooking

By Eileen Yin-Fei Lo

Published 1988

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This is a quick, easy, delicious example of Cantonese cooking, using one vegetable that is a Canton staple: lettuce.

Ingredients

1 pound iceberg lettuce leaves. (Only the light green leaves of the lettuce are used for this dish. Discard the outer dark green leaves, as they are usually old and will be tough. Separate the light green leaves individually until yo

Asia
China
Guangdong Province
Cantonese
Dinner
Sauce
Side dish

Method

Wash lettuce leaves several times; break each into 3 pieces with your hands. Drain and reserve. Make the sauce and reserve.
Place the water in a large pot with the baking soda, and bring to a boil. Drop the lettuce leaves into the water, turning them to make certain

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