Chinese home cooking

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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Neatly arranged green choy sum stems topped with minced garlic.
Choy Sum with Garlic and Soy Sauce
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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

  1. 01

    Wash and drain the choy sum. Split thick stems if needed and lay the greens flat in the pan.

  2. 02

    Add garlic in oil, light soy sauce and oyster sauce.

  3. 03

    Drizzle in a shallow layer of water around the pan.

  4. 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

  1. 01

    Wash and drain the choy sum. Split thick stems if needed and lay the greens flat in the pan.

  2. 02

    Add garlic in oil, light soy sauce and oyster sauce.

  3. 03

    Drizzle in a shallow layer of water around the pan.

  4. 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.