Chinese Dim Sum Recipes - Pork and Lettuce Rolls Recipe

Ingredients

• 4 dried Chinese mushrooms

• 15 ml/1 tbsp groundnut (peanut) oil

• 225 g/8oz lean pork, chopped

• 100 g/4 oz bamboo shoots, chopped

• 100 g/4 oz water chestnuts, chopped

• 4 spring onions (scallions), chopped

• 175 g/6 oz crab meat, flaked

• 30 ml/2 tbsp rice wine or dry sherry

• 15 ml/1 tbsp soy sauce

• 10 ml/2 tsp oyster sauce

• 10 ml/2 tsp sesame oil

• 9 Chinese leaves

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Method:

1. Soak the mushrooms in warm water for 30 minutes then drain. Discard the stalks and chop the caps. Heat the oil and stir-fry the pork for 5 minutes.

2. Add the mushrooms, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, spring onions and crab meat and stir-fry for 2 minutes. Mix the wine or sherry, soy sauce, oyster sauce and sesame oil and stir it into the pan. Remove from the heat.

3. Meanwhile, blanch the Chinese leaves in boiling water for 1 minute then drain. Place spoonfuls of the pork mixture on the centre of each leaf, fold over the sides then roll up to serve.