San Choy Bau
San choy bau is fresh, delicious and makes a quick and easy mid-week meal the whole family will love.
Serves
3Preparation time
5 minsCooking time
5 minsIngredients
- 500g pork mince
- 1 brown onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, grated
- 2 Chinese style lup chong sausages* (optional), very finely diced
- 1 pinch of five spice powder
- ½ cup bean sprouts, washed and finely chopped (optional)
- ½ cup grated carrot, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons of soy sauce
- 2 tablespoon of oyster sauce
- 2 tablespoons sesame oil or peanut oil
- to serve
- Iceberg lettuce (cut into 6 cups – make sure you use the crisp inner leaves as they hold the mixture better than the softer, outer leaves)
- 3 spring onions diagonally sliced
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Method
- Using a high heat, add 2 tablespoons of oil to a wok or large frying pan.
- Add the pork mince and lup chong sausage, fry until just starting to brown.
- Add the brown onion, garlic and ginger, fry stirring often for about 2 minutes. Then the carrot, bean sprouts, five spice, soy and oyster sauce stir and cook for 1-2 minutes until all the flavours have combined.
- Serve straight away in the lettuce cups ( sprinkled with chopped spring onion.
Note: *Lup chong sausage is a small dried Chinese style sausage with a sweet flavour, its widely available at supermarkets.
Tip: You can be inventive with your ingredients in this dish, just chop them finely and add what you like: beans, snow peas, mushrooms or water chestnuts all work well. Makes 6.
