Cooked Lettuce with Oyster Sauce & Garlic by: Judy 0 Comments Jump to Recipe Posted:7/20/2021Updated:7/20/2021 When it comes to this cooked lettuce with garlic oyster sauce, simplicity is the name of the game.Once you prepare this easy recipe, it’ll become clear that you don’t need to over-work for a tasty dish.Cooked Lettuce?  Yes, cooked lettuce! In Chinese cuisine, cooking lettuce is not unusual.

Actually, it’s more often cooked than served raw.In fact, stir-fried lettuce is a cherished “good luck” recipe served around Chinese New Year.In Chinese, the word for lettuce is shēngcài (生菜) in Mandarin or saung choy in Cantonese.

It’s actually a homonym for shēngcái (生财), which means “to make money.”  So, eating lettuce symbolizes wealth and prosperity!  We’ve also found that cooking lettuce is a great way to add variety to our summer diet, particularly when we buy those 3-packs of romaine lettuce hearts.We can enjoy some of it in salads, and some of it cooked as a side dish.  If you’re getting tired of the same old romaine lettuce salads, try this cooked romaine lettuce recipe, and see what you think!  An Easy, Low-Impact Recipe In the summertime, I love blanching vegetables.The easier the better.

Also, I get to spend less time over the hot stove when it’s humid and hot outside.  This recipe requires just 6 ingredients (one of which is water).All you have to do is blanch the lettuce in bo

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