Pork Yuk Sung (Chinese Lettuce Wraps)
Pork Yuk Sung (Chinese Lettuce Wraps) is a Chinese appetizer or side dish that features ground pork and diced vegetables stir-fried in a sweet soy sauce mixture, then wrapped in crisp lettuce leaves.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 4-5 dried shiitake mushrooms
- 1 pound ground pork
- 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 dash ground white pepper
- 1 carrot (diced)
- 1/2 yellow onion (diced)
- 1/3 cup water chestnuts (chopped)
- 2 stalks scallions (chopped)
- 3 cloves garlic (minced)
- 2 tablespoons cooking oil
- 1 head lettuce
- 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon dark soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
Instructions
- 1
Soak the dried shiitake mushrooms in warm water for about 30 minute or until they turn soft.
- 2
While waiting for the mushrooms to soak, add cornstarch, salt, and white pepper to ground pork. Mix well, then allow to marinate for 20 minutes.
- 3
Prepare the sauce by combining oyster sauce, water, soy sauce, rice vinegar, dark soy sauce, and brown sugar.
- 4
Squeeze as much water as possible out of the shiitake mushrooms, then finely dice them.
- 5
Heat cooking oil in a wok over medium-high heat. Stir-fry the ground pork until mostly cooked, then remove the ground pork from the wok. Set aside.
- 6
Stir-fry the shiitake mushrooms, carrots and water chestnuts for 1 - 2 minutes.
- 7
Add the onion and garlic to the wok, then stir-fry for another minute.
- 8
Return the ground pork to the wok, then stir-fry to combine all the ingredients.
- 9
Give the sauce a quick stir, then pour the sauce over the pork mixture. Stir-fry till most of the liquid from the sauce has evaporated.
- 10
Turn off the heat, then add the chopped scallions to the wok. Stir again to combine the ingredients, then transfer to a serving bowl.
- 11
Serve immediately with lettuce leaves.