China
Blanched Lettuce with Garlic Oyster Sauce
Lettuce leaves blanched for 10 seconds and covered with a hot garlic, oyster sauce and soy sauce glaze.
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Method
8 clear steps
- 1
Wash the lettuce and remove any bad leaves.
- 2
Put 1 L cold water in a pot, add 2–3 ml oil and 0.5 g salt, and wait for it to boil.
- 3
When the water boils, blanch each lettuce leaf for 10 seconds.
- 4
Lift out the lettuce, drain well, and arrange it on a plate.
- 5
Mix 10 ml light soy sauce, 6–8 ml oyster sauce, 0.5 g salt and 1 g sugar in a bowl, then stir in 10–15 ml cool water.
- 6
Heat the pan again, add 5–8 ml oil and, when hot, add the garlic.
- 7
When the garlic smells fragrant, pour in the sauce, bring it to a boil, and turn off the heat at once.
- 8
Pour the sauce evenly over the lettuce.



