Chinese•quick
Super easy side dish, oyster lettuce
Chinese blanched lettuce in garlic oyster sauce
- Prep time
- 14 min
- Cook time
- 31 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
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- 1 lettuce (, cut into 5 portions)
- 1/4 tsp. vegetable cooking oil
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tbsp. vegetable cooking oil
- 2 cloves garlic (, chopped)
- 1 tbsp. light soy sauce
- 1 tbsp. oyster sauce
- 1/4 tsp. sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1 tsp. cornstarch + 1 tbsp. water (, mixed well)
Instructions
- 1
Cut lettuce into small portions. In a large pot of water, add pinch of salt and 1/4 teaspoon of vegetable cooking oil. Then blanch the lettuce for 10 seconds. Transfer out and placing in serving plate.
- 2
Mix 1 teaspoon of cornstarch with 1 tablespoon of water. Set aside.
- 3
Add 1 tablespoon of vegetable cooking oil in wok, and fry garlic until aromatic. Then add oyster sauce, sugar, light soy sauce. Then add around 1 cup of water in. Simmer for 1 minute and then pour in the cornstarch water. Mix well.
- 4
Pour the sauce over blanched lettuce and serve hot.