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San choy bow

Five lettuce leaves containing meat mixture served on a wooden platter with a bowl of lettuce in the background
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Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Serves: 4
Five lettuce leaves containing meat mixture served on a wooden platter with a bowl of lettuce in the background
  • 2.5 serves of vegetables per 
  • serving
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Ingredients

1 tbsp canola oil
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 cm ginger, crushed
½ carrot, finely grated
1 zucchini, finely grated
½ red capsicum, finely sliced
½ cup frozen corn kernels
400g pork mince
1 can salt-reduced lentils, drained
2 tbsp oyster sauce*
½ lemon, juiced
2 spring onions, finely chopped
16 lettuce leaves

* Gluten free if using a gluten-free oyster sauce

Savvy swaps

You can swap:

Pork mince
Chicken mince
Fresh capsicum
Jarred capsicum
Frozen corn kernels
Fresh or canned corn kernels

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Method

Step 1
Heat the oil in a large frypan or wok over medium-high heat until hot. Add the garlic and ginger and cook for 1 minute.

Step 2
Add the carrot, zucchini, capsicum and corn and stir fry for 1-2 minutes until soft. Remove from the pan.

Step 3
Add the mince and cook until brown, breaking up the mince with a wooden spoon.

Step 4
Add the lentils and vegetables back to the pan and stir through.

Step 5
Reduce heat to low, add the spring onions, oyster sauce and lemon juice and stir to combine.   Serve spooned into lettuce leaf cups.

 

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