Oyster Lettuce
Oyster Lettuce is a home-style vegetable dish at difficulty 2/5 (Easy), about 125 kcal. Oyster Lettuce is a refreshing and fragrant home-cooked dish. Ingredients and step-by-step instructions are below, with notes for home cooking.
2 / 5
★★☆☆☆
125 kcal
Ingredients
- Lettuce
- Oyster sauce
- Garlic
- Light soy sauce (生抽)
- Salt
- Sugar
- Cooking oil
Steps
- Wash the lettuce and remove any spoiled leaves.
- Heat a wok, pour in 1 L of water (cold first), then add 2-3 ml of cooking oil and 0.5 g of salt, and wait for the water to boil.
- After the water boils, add the lettuce and blanch **each** lettuce leaf for 10 s.
- Remove the lettuce, drain the water thoroughly, and arrange on a plate.
- Make the sauce: In a bowl, mix 10 ml of light soy sauce, 6-8 ml oyster sauce, 0.5 g salt, 1 g white sugar, and stir evenly. Add 10-15 ml of water (cold) and stir again.
- Turn on the heat again and heat the wok, adding 5-8 ml of cooking oil. Once the oil is hot, add the minced garlic.
- Wait for the aroma of garlic to float, pour in the prepared sauce, bring to a boil, and turn off the heat immediately.
- Pour the sauce evenly over the lettuce.
Notes
Oyster Lettuce is a refreshing and fragrant home-cooked dish. Crisp lettuce drizzled with garlic oyster sauce is savory yet sweet. It is a very common fast vegetable in both Cantonese and Sichuan restaurants. Rich in vitamins and dietary fiber, it helps promote digestion. It is very beginner-friendly, taking about 15 minutes from washing to finishing.
Estimated cooking difficulty: ★★
Estimated calories: 125 kcal
Calculations:
The portion size is standard for a Sichuan restaurant.
- Lettuce: 1 head (200g ± 50)
- Oyster sauce: 6-8 ml
- Garlic: 4-5 cloves (minced or chopped)
- Light soy sauce: 6 ml
- Salt: 0.5 g
- Sugar: 1 g
- Cooking oil: 5-8 ml
This dish is rich in vitamins, simple to make, and tastes refreshing without causing internal heat.
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