Stir-Fried Kai Lan In Oyster Sauce 蚝油芥蓝

Stir-Fried Kai Lan In Oyster Sauce 蚝油芥蓝

 

Ingredients 

 

300g kai lan

2 tbsp cooking oil

1/2 tsp lye water ( kan-sui )

1 tbsp minced garlic

Sauce Ingredients

 

2 tbsp oyster sauce

1 tsp salt, or to taste

2 tsp sugar

1 rice bowl of water

Mix all the sauce ingredients together in a bowl

Cooking Instructions

 

1.  Remove the old and yellow leaves of the Kai Lan. Cut into two. Cut away the hard outer coverings of the stems and slice them thinly.

2.  Wash the Kai Lan and drain away the water

3.  Boil 1.5 litres of water and add in the 1/2 tsp of lye water

4.  Add in the kai lan and let it boil for 1 minute

5.  Drain away all the water which had turned yellow

6.  Rinse the par-boiled kai lan with water

7.  Drain away the water

8.  In a wok, heat 2 tbsp of cooking oil until hot

9.  Add in the minced garlic and stir-fry until light brown and fragrant

10. Add in the sauce ingredients and let it boil, then add in the par-boiled kai lan

11. Stir well and fry for another minute.

12. Dish up.