Abalone with Oyster Sauce

Name: Abalone with Oyster Sauce (Hao yu pao p’u)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 can abalone; 1 pound head lettuce; 3 tablespoons oyster sauce; ½ tablespoon soy sauce; 1 tablespoons cornstarch (make paste); 1 tablespoons cornstarch (make paste); 1 tablespoons cold water; 1 teaspoon chicken oil; 1 tablespoons wine; 1 teaspoon salt; ½ teaspoon sugar; 2 cups soup stock; 6 tablespoons oil or lard; 6 tablespoons oil or lard

Hao yu pao p’u

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

1 can abalone
1 pound head lettuce
3

Asia
Taiwan
Fukien
Kwangtung
Main course

Method

Cut each lettuce into fourths lengthwise, Boil with 1 cup of soup stock add 3 tablespoons oil, 1 teaspoon salt, cook about 10 seconds, drain and arrange on a platter. Discard soup.
Remove the abalone from can and slice into ⅛” thick round pieces. Boil in boiling water about 5 seconds.
Heat 2 tablespoons oil in frying pan, pour in wine and add 1 cup so