Sang Choi Bao 生菜包 Lettuce Wrap With Minced Chicken

Day 19 of our carbless diet - I think quite a few of us are thinking of starting some kind of diet after the long holidays and I think it is quite appropriate for me to continue posting our diet menu. I made this very refreshing dish on a relatively warm evening prior to the holidays. Squab is traditionally used in this dish but I have used chicken with great success. If you are able to obtain squab breast, use 2/3 squab mince and 1/3 pork mince instead. 

P.S 10 more days to go before we move and I better get back to my packing :(

serve 4 as an entree or 2 as a one dish meal

you'll need;

250 g of chicken breast

250 g of chicken thigh 

3 garlic cloves, finely chopped

3 spring onions (white part) finely chopped

3 spring onions (green part) chopped

3 cm knob of ginger, finely chopped

1/2 cup of dried mushrooms, soaked in hot water for 20 minutes, reserve soaking water

1/3 cup of wood fungus, soaked in hot water for 10 minutes

1 can of water chestnuts, finely diced

1 tbs of light soy

1 tbs of dark soy

2 tbs of oyster sauce

1 tsp of sesame oil

dash of Chinese cooking oil

1/2 cup of stock 

corn flour solution

iceberg lettuce to serve

chopped chillies in soy to serve

for the marinade;

1 tbs of light soy

1 tsp of sesame oil

1 tbs of Chinese cooking wine

white pepper to taste

1/2 tbs of corn flour

Roughly mince the chicken pieces or you may do it in a food processor.

Marinate chicken for at least 30 minutes.

Dice mushrooms, wood fungus and water chestnuts. Prepare ginger and spring onions.

Saute chicken with a little cooking oil until the meat is no longer pink, remove from the pan and set aside.

Add a little more oil into the same pan and add in the chopped spring onions (white part) and ginger, cook for 2 to 3 minutes before adding the rest of the chopped ingredients. Continue to cook for another minute.

Return chicken to the pan, add seasonings and stock and bring it to a simmer. Thicken mixture with a little corn flour solution and mix in the chopped spring onions (green part).

Place a little chicken mixture on lettuce, wrap it all up and enjoy!