San Choy Bau - Chinese - A Tasty Kitchen

How to make san choy bau

Prepped ingredients for san choy bau.
  • Prep all the ingredients - as this is a quick dish to cook we recommend having all the ingredients prepped ready to cook.
Sauce for san choy bau.
  • Make the sauce - mix the soy sauce, oyster sauce, rice wine vinegar and sugar until the sugar has dissolved. Then add the cornflour and mix well to make a slurry.
  • Chef's tip - to create the lettuce cups, remove the core from the iceberg lettuce using a sharp knife or by banging the base of the lettuce on the bench. Then twist out and remove the core. Carefully peel away the leaves keeping them whole. Wash the leaves in cold water then tip them upside down and allow to drain.
Pork mince and aromatics cooking in wok.
  • Cook the pork mince & aromatics - place your wok on a high heat. Add the oils and pork mince, cook the mince until evenly browned. Remove the mince from the wok and sit to one side, leaving the leftover oil and juices in the wok. Add your garlic, ginger and spring onion and wok fry for around a minute then add the pork mince back in.
Pork filling with water chestnuts and and mung beans.
  • Add the sauce - add the sauce to the wok. Stir and allow the sauce to thicken a little, you may need to add a few tablespoons of water here, but add slowly and stir well as you go. Then add the water chestnuts and mung beans, chopped coriander, and mix well. Take your pork mince filling off the heat.

To assemble:

Serve the pork filling alongside the lettuce cups and topping ingredients. To build your San Choy Bau, simply take a lettuce leave fill it with some pork mince filling and top with some fresh coriander and sriracha, or your toppings of choice.

Then simply wrap and enjoy!

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