San Choy Bau
Serves 3
Directions
- 1Finely dice mushrooms, water chestnuts, onions, and garlic.
- 2Sauté the onions and garlic in a wok, then add the mushrooms and cook until browned.
- 3Stir in the water chestnuts.
- 4Fry off the beef mince in batches in the wok using peanut oil.
- 5Combine the beef with the veggie mixture in the wok.
- 6Season with oyster sauce, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, black pepper, and MSG.
- 7Thicken the sauce slightly with cornflour dissolved in water.
Ingredients
- 500 g beef mince
- button mushroom, diced
- water chestnut, finely diced
- red onion, finely diced
- garlic, finely diced
- tbsp peanut oil
- oyster sauce (optional)
- light soy sauce
- dark soy sauce
- 2 tbsp black pepper
- msg (optional)
- cornflour, dissolved in water
- iceberg lettuce, cut into cups
- salt
Equipment
wok
Tips
- Swap button mushrooms for shiitake if preferred.
- Red onion can be used if spring onions are too expensive.
- If you don't have oyster sauce, you can use straight soy sauce.
