Healthy Made Tasty. A Cancer Council website
Healthy Made Tasty. A Cancer Council website
Home > Recipes > San choy bow

San choy bow

Five lettuce leaves containing meat mixture served on a wooden platter with a bowl of lettuce in the background
(1)
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
Share recipe:

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

Tips

  • With lentils and vegetables, this recipe is an excellent source of fibre. Eating a diet high in fibre can help reduce your risk of bowel cancer. 
  • Pork mince provides protein. Protein is important for our cells to grow and repair. 
  • Meals that use lots of different coloured vegies are rich in a wide range of vitamins. 

 

  • Enjoy the leftover carrots and capsicum cut in sticks for a pre-dinner snack. 
  • Juice the leftover lemon and freeze to use later. 
  • If you have lemon juice in the freezer, you can use it in this recipe. 

  • Pork mince is usually cheaper than beef mince.  
  • Using lentils to replace some of the meat in a recipe is a good way to stretch your shopping budget. 
  • Jarred ginger and bottled lemon juice can be used to save time and money. 

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.

 

Tips

  • With lentils and vegetables, this recipe is an excellent source of fibre. Eating a diet high in fibre can help reduce your risk of bowel cancer. 
  • Pork mince provides protein. Protein is important for our cells to grow and repair. 
  • Meals that use lots of different coloured vegies are rich in a wide range of vitamins. 

 

  • Enjoy the leftover carrots and capsicum cut in sticks for a pre-dinner snack. 
  • Juice the leftover lemon and freeze to use later. 
  • If you have lemon juice in the freezer, you can use it in this recipe. 

  • Pork mince is usually cheaper than beef mince.  
  • Using lentils to replace some of the meat in a recipe is a good way to stretch your shopping budget. 
  • Jarred ginger and bottled lemon juice can be used to save time and money. 

Rating

4
(1)

Rate this recipe

You might also like

Subscribe to our updates!

© Cancer Council NSW 2024 Head Office Address: 153 Dowling Street, Woolloomooloo NSW 2011. Cancer Council NSW is registered with the Australian Taxation Office as an Income Tax Exempt Charity: Charitable Fundraising Authority No. 18521.

Some images on this site have been supplied by Cancer Council Western Australia's Crunch & Sip website

Cancer Council NSW

Become a Healthy Made Tasty subscriber

Sign up for FREE recipes, practical tips and up-to-date cancer prevention information in your inbox each month.

Subscribe form
I am (please select best fit)
By clicking 'Submit', you acknowledge that you have read and agree to our Privacy Collection Statement.

Become a Healthy Made Tasty subscriber

Sign up for FREE recipes, practical tips and up-to-date cancer prevention information in your inbox each month.

Subscribe form
I am (please select best fit)
By clicking 'Submit', you acknowledge that you have read and agree to our Privacy Collection Statement.

We will send this recipe to your inbox. Read our privacy collection statement first.