Lettuce with Oyster Sauce

Name: Lettuce with Oyster Sauce
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon baking soda; 1½ tablespoons oyster sauce; 1½ teaspoons dark soy sauce; 1½ tablespoons cornstarch; ¾ teaspoon sugar; 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; Pinch of white pepper; 1 teaspoon sesame oil; 8 cups cold water; ½ cup Chicken Broth

Ho Yau Sahng Choi

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Eileen Yin-fei Lo's New Cantonese Cooking

By Eileen Yin-Fei Lo

Published 1988

About

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
Side dish
Sauce

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