Steamed chinese lettuce #2
6 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | -(up to) | |
| 6 | Dried shrimp (up to) | |
| 6 | Dried black mushrooms | |
| 1 | pounds | Chinese lettuce |
| 1 | tablespoon | Smoked ham |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ½ | cup | Mushroom-soaking liquid |
Directions
1. Separately soak dried shrimp and dried mushrooms. Reserve mushroom-soaking liquid.
2. Cut Chinese lettuce in 2-inch cubes. Chop ham. Dice soaked mushrooms.
3. Arrange lettuce cubes on a shallow heatproof dish. Sprinkle with salt.
Top with mushrooms, shrimp and ham. Then pour mushroom liquid over.
4. Steam until done (about 30 minutes). See "How-to Section". VARIATION: For the dried shrimp and mushrooms, substitute fresh shrimp and mushrooms.
For the mushroom-soaking liquid, substitute stock.
From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .