Ingredients
Quantities for 4 portions
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Method
- Mix cornstarch with water, then soy sauce, oyster sauce, sesame oil, dry sherry and sugar.
- Heat vegetable oil over high heat. Fry garlic, ginger and onion 1 minute. Add the chicken mince and cook until white.
- Add carrot, mushrooms and water chestnuts. Cook 2 minutes, then pour in the sauce until glossy.
- Spoon into lettuce leaves. Scatter spring onion and serve.
Shopping tip
Frango picado, alface iceberg or gema, cogumelos. Castanhas de água em lata are in world-food; celery stands in if the tin is gone. Molho de ostra at Continente.
Where it fits in your week
Quick enough for a weeknight.
At the portions as written, there is enough for a second meal.
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Times, portions and protein per portion are the recipe author's estimates, not laboratory measurements.