Dish you can experience with pickled lettuce
Anyone ever tried using pickled lettuce to cook your favorite meat? Few weeks back, I ate a tofu dish in one of the restaurant in OUG (sorry I don’t remember the name of the restaurant) and they served very nice plain tofu with very delicious minced meat with pickled lettuce. This dish reminds me of the very famous Braised Pickled Lettuce Duck dish from Machap Baru in my previous trip back to Melaka.
So I bought a small can of pickled lettuce and make my own recipe.
Recipe: 2 pieces water tofu, pickled lettuce (mince them), mince pork, garlic, lots of minced ginger, some cooking wine (optional), sugar and salt to taste, light soy sauce.
Method:
1. Fry the ginger and garlic till fragant
2. Add in the pickles, then mince pork.
3. Add salt, some sugar and soy sauce to the dish.
4. Simmer with a little bit of water, and once you smell the aroma, add in the cooking wine.
5. Pour them onto your tofu.
Hmmm….it tasted really good!
The last time you shared about the braised pickled duck, I somehow thought it was cooked with “mui choy”, now I realised it’s not. Embarassed lah, you went to my kampung to eat a dish that I don’t know.:-)
CN: Hehe…Leah, that’s my guessing since it is called “Cai Xin Yak” in Mandarin
that looks like a world class dish. you makes me drool….
CN: Leena, it is easy to make.
do you have to steam the tofu first?
CN: No, I din. You can buy those without having to steam one (optional).
Ho chiak !!
CN: I love the pickles even just eat with plain porridge.
hhmmm… so delicious… this weekend must try
CN: Remember to let me know how’s the outcome ya:)
Another way to eat the pickles instead of with porridge only. Excellent!
CN: Haha….i also only discovered this after so many years of eating pickles with plain porridge.
you’ve got a copycat coming your way *winks*
CN: It is really worth trying
wow..looks appetising. i heard that pickles make you wanna eat more
CN: oh oh….iziit??
I’ve never tried this before! Maybe I should try your recipe one of these days for Teochew porridge! Thanks for sharing!
CN: Haha……ya hor…..must go back and inform my granny to try this out for my grandpa…
Yeah…usually I eat these prickles with porridges…maybe, should recommend my mum to cook it as you suggest..Thanks!!
CN: Hmm….now it makes me wonder if pickled lettuce can be eaten during confinement ah….since there are ginger and wine to “heat” the dish.
hmm, i have exactly a can of this pickle stashed in my cabinet somewhere. bought it to eat with my porridge. didnt know it can be turned into such beautiful dish… my mom use to fry eggs with this… yumm too…
CN: Oscar mum, fried egg with pickles…wow another new idea! Thanks!
finally cooked this dish last nite… hhmmm hubby commented very nice asked me where i learned from…. kekekeke
CN: Really! Glad u like the recipe