Cooking Chinese Vegetables (Prawn And Lettuce Stem Stir Fry 炒莴苣) Chinese Wok Stir Fry With Wok Hei

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explained step by step. Today's recipe is Prawn With Lettuce Stem Stir Fry. You may have seen lettuce stem in Chinese and Asian Supermarkets. It's about 2 to 3 feet long and about 1 1/2 to 2 inches wide. The formal name of stem lettuce is called celtuce. Also called celery lettuce, asparagus lettuce, or Chinese lettuce. This stalk has a delicious nutty flavor. It can be eaten raw or cooked. Recipe is below:
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PRAWN AND LETTUCE STEM STIR FRY 炒莴苣
1 celtuce lettuce stem sliced (1 1/2 to 2 cups)
1 tablespoon ginger sliced
1/2 cup celery sliced
1/2 cup onion sliced
3 to 4 tablespoons peanut oil (or other cookoing oil)
6 to 8 jumbo tiger prawns (or 12 to 15 smaller tiger prawns)
1 to 2 tablespoons regular soy sauce (light soy sauce)
1 teaspoon Maggi (optional)
1 to 2 tablespoons Chinese oyster sauce (or other sauces ie. hoisin sauce)
1 to 2 teasoon sesame oil
Cooking Method:
Preheat a wok or pan at medium to high heat. Add 3 tablespoons cooking. Then add ginger and stir fry briefly. Add tiger prawns and let sear 15 to 20 seconds each side. Add celery and onions and stir fry 1 minute or longer. Add sliced lettuce stem. (For more tender lettuce stem, boil up to 5 minutes before stir frying.
When desired tenderness is reach, add soy sauce, maggi sauce and Chinese oyster sauce. Do a final stir fry to mix in the sauces. Just before serving a few dashes of sesame oil to bring out the fragrance. If you like add 1 to 2 teaspoons of cooking oil to up the vegetables and the prawns. Serve on a nice plate. Enjoy!

[@Elephant2024-wi2li]

Outstanding dish. The combination of the prawns with the veggies is delicious.

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[@blazingtorchic3178]

That looks amazing Nothing better than a good stir fry

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[@greenQT]

Hi Dan from hot hot California! This looks like a wonderful stirfry dish. I have never seen the lettuce stem before but maybe cabbage or broccoli stem can be subed. Wok hei is key. Thanks for sharing. Always like being in your kitchen. Karla in Cali.

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Greetings to you California Karla. I hope it doesn't get too hot for you there. Yes, you can use cabbage or broccoli for this recipe, as well as other veggies. The outer layer of the broccoli stem is cut the same way and it can be sliced the same way. Thanks for checking out my video. Happy Chinese Cooking and stay safe.