Choy Sum with Garlic and Soy Sauce
水油焖菜心
Choy sum cooks under a lid with garlic in oil, a little water and light soy and oyster sauces.
Also known as Covered-pan choy sum · Choy Sum with Garlic in Oil.
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Ingredients
Quantities are included where specified in the original recipe.
- about 300 gchoy sum
- 2 spoonfulsminced garlic in oil
- 1/2 spoonfullight soy sauce
- 1/2 spoonfuloyster sauce
- water
Spoonfuls retain the Chinese recipe measures 勺/匙. Small and large spoonfuls retain 小勺 and 大勺; their volume is unspecified and is not converted to teaspoons or tablespoons.
Ingredient Notes
- Use only a shallow layer of water; the source warns that too much turns the covered cook into boiling.
- To make the garlic in oil, fry minced garlic gently from cold oil until pale golden and let cool.
Step-by-Step Instructions
- 01
Wash and drain the choy sum. Split thick stems if needed and lay the greens flat in the pan.
- 02
Add garlic in oil, light soy sauce and oyster sauce.
- 03
Drizzle in a shallow layer of water around the pan.
- 04
Cover and cook for 5 minutes, until the greens are cooked. Toss and serve; the source tip optionally keeps the lid closed for another minute before opening.
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Choy Sum with Garlic and Soy Sauce
Choy sum cooks under a lid with garlic in oil, a little water and light soy and oyster sauces.
Ingredients
- about 300 gchoy sum
- 2 spoonfulsminced garlic in oil
- 1/2 spoonfullight soy sauce
- 1/2 spoonfuloyster sauce
- water
Spoonfuls retain the Chinese recipe measures 勺/匙. Small and large spoonfuls retain 小勺 and 大勺; their volume is unspecified and is not converted to teaspoons or tablespoons.
Method
- 01
Wash and drain the choy sum. Split thick stems if needed and lay the greens flat in the pan.
- 02
Add garlic in oil, light soy sauce and oyster sauce.
- 03
Drizzle in a shallow layer of water around the pan.
- 04
Cover and cook for 5 minutes, until the greens are cooked. Toss and serve; the source tip optionally keeps the lid closed for another minute before opening.







