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Vegetables are healthy and great, but they are boring and hard to cook. Unlike protein (such as meat or fish), vegetables don’t have much flavor. In Chinese cooking, the key to cooking vegetable dishes lies in the creative use of side ingredients and sauces to bring out the taste and texture of vegetables.
Chinese love leafy greens: choy sum, kai lan, bok choy, gai choy, etc. In everyday Chinese meal, there is always a vegetable dish to complement other main dishes.
In Chinese or Cantonese restaurants, Chinese vegetables are often served two ways: brown sauce (flavored with oyster sauce) or white sauce–a cooking style I am sharing with you today.
I used choy sum (菜心/油菜心) for this recipe–a very typical Chinese vegetable that you can get in any Asian stores. Choy sum is great with oyster sauce, but an occasional white sauce is awesome, too.
If you love Chinese recipes and wish to learn more about cooking vegetables, do master this Chinese vegetable recipe as it’s very versatile and goes well with most Chinese leafy greens.
Here is my recipe for choy sum with white sauce. Bon appetit!
How Many Calories per Serving?
This recipe is only 96 calories per serving.
What to Serve with This Recipe?
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Chinese Vegetables (Choy Sum)
In Chinese or Cantonese restaurants, Chinese vegetables (choy sum) are often served two ways: brown sauce or white sauce--a recipe I am sharing with you today.
Ingredients
- 6-8 oz. choy sum or Chinese leafy greens
- button mushrooms sliced
- sliced carrots
- 6 medium-sized shrimp peeled and deveined
- 1 inch ginger, peeled and sliced thinly
- 2 tablespoons cooking oil
White Sauce:
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon fish sauce to taste
- 1/2 tablespoon sugar
- 1/2 tablespoon corn starch
- 6 tablespoons water
- 1 teaspoon shaoxing wine
- 1/4 teaspoon sesame oil
Directions
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Rinse the vegetables with water and drain the water dry. Mix the white sauce ingredients and set aside.
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Heat up a wok and add the cooking oil until it's smoking hot. Add ginger, stir-fry until light brown or aromatic. Add mushrooms and shrimp and do a few quick stirs until the shrimps become half-cooked.
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3
Add vegetables into the wok and stir quickly. Transfer the white sauce mixture into the wok and continue to stir-fry until the sauce thickens. By then, the vegetables should be perfectly cooked, but not overcooked.
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4
Dish out and serve immediately.
Siân
Hi, I’m not sure if I’ll get a reply as I normally use fresh mushrooms, but I know you prefer the canned variety, I’m just wondering if I should drain the liquid or add it to the recipe for extra flavour. Thanks
Rasa Malaysia
Drain the liquid and you can use fresh mushrooms.
Tamara
can we substitute the shaoxing wine with a non alcoholic liquid?
Rasa Malaysia
You can just skip.
Layla
Wow! I love this recipe. Amazing flavour and so simple. Thank you so much for sharing. I finally figured out that vegetable dish I used to have when I was a child. :)
Admin
Thanks!
mavee125
This Chinese Vegetable recipe is really good and very flavorful! Even the whole fam loved it, too! Glad I got to get all my needed authentic Asian ingredients in Karman Foods. It’s way too flavorful than I expected it to be. Thanks for sharing the recipe!