Name: Lettuce cups
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4 as a starter
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons light soy sauce; 1 x 227 g tin whole water chestnuts, drained and diced; 1 tablespoon lime juice; 1 head of butter lettuce; 2 spring onions (scallions), sliced; 1 teaspoon sesame oil; sliced red chilli, spring onion (scallion) and crushed roasted peanuts, to serve; pinch of white pepper; 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; 1 cup (80 g) soy mince, prepared; 2 tablespoons vegetarian oyster sauce; 1 cm ginger, finely chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4
as a starter

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

Jackfruit and Blue Ginger

By Sasha Gill

Published 2019

About

Another popular starter at Chinese restaurants, san choy bao is a joy to assemble and devour! The intense, savoury filling piled inside the lettuce cups is studded with little chunks of water chestnut, which give a lovely crunch and a burst of freshness.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 cup (80 g) soy mince

Method

Heat the oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the drained soy mince and cook until it starts to look dry and fluffy, about 3–5 minutes.

Stir in the garlic, ginger, oyster sauce, soy sauce, lime juice, water chestnuts, spring onions, sesame oil and pepper. Continue to fry for 4–5 minutes until the garlic and ginger have softened. Remove from the heat.

To serve, spoon several t