San Choy Bao (sans the pork)

Ingredients

• 1 brown onion, finely chopped
• 1 bunch spring onions, washed and chopped
• 2 carrots, finely chopped
• 1 can Volcom sliced water chestnuts, chopped into small pieces
• 1 x 450g pack firm tofu, crumbled
• 5 TBS soy sauce
• 3 TBS sesame oil
• Salt and ground white pepper
• Iceberg lettuce

Method

1. Crumble the tofu into a bowl, add 3 TBS soy sauce, 1 TBS sesame oil, S&P to taste. Set aside for now.(Crumbling the tofu by hand will resemble pork mince.)
2. Finely chop onion, spring onion and carrot.
3. Heat sesame oil in the pan. Once hot add brown onion and the white part of the spring onion, cook for a few minutes
4. Add the carrot, cook for a few minutes
5. Add crumbled tofu, soy sauce, sesame oil and S&P. Cook for about 10 minutes
6. After 5-10 minutes add the remaining spring onions and the water chestnuts
7. Cook the mixture till brown, stirring occasionally.While the tofu is frying, gently separate some leaves from the ice burg lettuce
8. Serve with warm white rice in fresh green lettuce leaf snd enjoy

Product used in recipe

• Valcom - Valcom Water Chestnut Sliced
• Lee Kum Kee - Ready Sauce For San Choy Bao