Beef and Chili Bamboo Shoots in Butterhead Lettuce

Name: Beef and Chili Bamboo Shoots in Butterhead Lettuce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 12–16 small mandarin orange segments, white membrane removed; 1 tablespoon peanut oil; 2 oz roasted peanuts, finely chopped or ground; 7 oz ground beef (fine not coarse), seasoned with a pinch of cornstarch, salt and ground white pepper; 5 oz canned stripped bamboo shoots, drained and finely diced; 1 large spring onion, finely chopped; 1 small handful cilantro, finely chopped; 1 medium red chili, seeded and finely chopped; 6 fresh shiitake mushrooms, sliced and finely diced; 2 Butterhead lettuces, leaves separated and washed; dash of toasted sesame oil; 2 tablespoons light soy sauce; 2 garlic cloves, crushed and finely chopped; 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger; 1 small shallot, finely chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
25 min

Appears in

China Modern

By Ching-He Huang

Published 2006

About

I first sampled this delicious dish when I was 11 years old at a local Chinese restaurant in north London when my family was invited by my parents’ new-found friends to celebrate our move to England from South Africa. My mother also fell in love with the dish and recreated it at home, serving it on iceberg lettuce. I remember her complaining about not being able to get fresh bamboo shoots (something she took for granted as my grandparents were farmers and had a bamboo farm), so she had to g