San Choy Bow (Chinese Lettuce Wraps)
One of the ultimate "just happens to be healthy" Chinese starters — savoury pork and hidden crunchy vegetables in a glossy brown sauce, bundled up in fresh, crisp lettuce cups. It all comes down to the sauce, and once you've nailed that you can put almost anything in the filling. Quick, easy and genuinely great even made entirely vegetarian.
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The Chinese name for Lettuce Wraps is San Choy Bow, as written on Chinese restaurant menus. Chinese restaurants serve it with crisp iceberg lettuce, but soft leaves like butter or bibb lettuce are more practical as they don't crack when rolled. Serve with crushed peanuts and sliced scallions, spooning filling into a leaf and bundling up to eat. A reader-favourite included by popular demand in Nagi's debut cookbook "Dinner".