Hi Meg,

I have a recipe from an old Super Food Ideas magazine...

San Choy Bau

Serves 4

1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon ginger, finely grated
1 teaspoon garlic, fresh or jar
3 spring onions, finely chopped
500g Pork Mince
230g can sliced water chestnuts, drained
1 tablespoon sweet soy sauce
2 tablespoons oyster sauce
1/2 iceberg lettuce, torn into 8 cups
1/2 cup beansprouts
1 small carrot

1. Heat oil in a wok or frying pan. Cook ginger, garlic and spring onions over medium heat for 1 minute. Add mince and water chestnuts. Cook, stirring over medium heat for 6 to 7 minutes or until cooked.

2. Add sweet soy and oyster sauces and stir to combine. Cook for a further 2 minutes.

3. Serve mixture in lettuce cups, topped with bean sprouts and carrot.


I'm not keen on pork, so we used to make this same recipe with chicken mince. (I didn't add the water chestnuts either). One extra thing we used to do is sprinkle some crushed cashew nuts over the top as well. ( I saw this done in a chinese restaurant once and liked it).

I don't know how this would compare to the one on Fresh. I think they actually have a catalogue of all their recipes on their website if you wanted to check that out. The one above is quite nice though.

ETA: I just had a look at the Fresh website out of interest and the recipe wasn't on there. Must have been a Lyndey segment, was it?