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Pork San Choy Bow (Lettuce Cups)

Savoury stir-fried pork mince with crunchy vegetables, spooned into fresh lettuce cups.

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Prep
15 min
Cook
10 min
Total
25 min
Serves
4
Est. cost
$13.94

About $3.49 per serve. Costs are estimates in AUD, not live supermarket prices.

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Pork mince served in lettuce cups

Photo by Daniel on Unsplash

Ingredients

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About this recipe

San choy bow is a fresh, light and fun dinner. Pork mince is stir-fried with garlic, ginger, carrot and spring onion in a hoisin and oyster sauce, then served in crisp lettuce leaves to eat with your hands. Kids love building their own.

Method

  1. Step 1

    Heat the oil in a wok over high heat. Add the mince and stir-fry for 5 minutes, breaking it up, until browned.

    5 min

  2. Step 2

    Add the garlic, ginger and carrot and stir-fry for 2 minutes.

    2 min

  3. Step 3

    Stir in the hoisin, oyster and soy sauces and the sesame oil. Toss for 1 minute.

    1 min

  4. Step 4

    Remove from the heat and stir through most of the spring onion.

  5. Step 5

    Spoon the mixture into lettuce cups, top with bean sprouts and the remaining spring onion, and eat with your hands.

Cooking tips

Soak the whole lettuce in iced water for 10 minutes for extra-crisp cups.

Storage

Refrigerate the filling for up to 3 days. Keep the lettuce separate.

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