Vegetable and Beef San Choy Bao
All-time favourite san choy bao gets packed full of incognito veggies for a quick and nutritious midweek meal ferried to the mouth in a crisp lettuce cup.
Recipe
1
Prepare Ingredients
Trim spring onions and thinly slice, keeping green and white parts separate. Peel and crush garlic. Peel and finely grate ginger. Finely chop celery and mushrooms.
2
Prepare Vegetables
Peel and grate carrot. Drain and chop water chestnuts.
3
Cook Aromatics
Heat vegetable oil in a wok or frypan over high heat. Add white part of spring onion, celery and mushroom and cook for 2–3 minutes or until softened. Add garlic and ginger and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds or until fragrant.
4
Add Beef
Add beef mince and cook, breaking up with a wooden spoon, for a further 6–8 minutes or until browned.
5
Add Carrot and Sauce
Add carrot, water chestnuts, sesame oil, hoisin sauce and soy sauce and cook for a further 1–2 minutes or until carrot is just cooked.
6
Plate Up
Carefully separate lettuce leaves. Spoon beef mixture into lettuce cups and top with green spring onion to serve.