San Choy Bow

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

  • 1 Tablespoon regular soy sauce

  • 1 Tablespoon ketchap manis (sweet soy sauce)

  • 2 Tablespoons oyster sauce

  • 1 Tablespoon sesame oil

  • 500g chicken mince

  • 1 onion

  • ¼ green cabbage - diced

  • 100g rice vermicelli noodles

  • 1/3 cup canned water chestnuts (diced)

  • ½ cup crushed peanuts (unsalted)

  • 1 iceberg Lettuce

Method

  1. Mix both soy sauces, cooking wine and the sesame oil together in a small cup.

  2. Add rice vermicelli noodles to saucepan of hot water and simmer on low for 2 minutes, then strain

  3. Sautee onion in olive oil for a few minutes, then add the chicken mince.

  4. Cook chicken mince for 1 minute – separating out the pieces as they cook, then add the soy sauce mix and cook chicken.

  5. Add finely chopped cabbage and cook for 10 mins on moderate heat, stirring every few minutes

  6. Strain water chestnuts and finely dice, then add to the pan and stir through the dish

  7. Add rice vermicelli noodles and mix well through the dish

  8. Pull apart lettuce leaves to make little cups (rinse if needed)

  9. Serve with crushed peanuts

Note

Marion’s Kitchen San choy bow box kit is a quick and easy “cheats version”. You can use this sauce mix instead of making your own soy sauce mix. The box kit also contains the water chestnuts and a small amount of peanuts and noodles (but I use more!)

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