Hou See Soong Recipe | Asian Recipes
How to prepare "hou see soong"
hou see soong
4 ounces dried oysters
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/2 inch piece ginger, peeled and minced
1/2 pound ground pork
2 large dried shiitake mushrooms, soaked, finely diced
1/4 cup minced bamboo shoots, finely diced
1/4 cup water chestnuts, finely diced
1/4 cup celery, finely diced
1/4 cup green onion, minced
cilantro leaves, for garnish
1/8 to 1/4 cup of crushed roasted peanuts (optional)
lettuce leaves
hoisin sauce, for dipping (optional)
sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 tablespoons sherry
2 tablespoons soaking water from oysters
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
soak oysters in water at least 6 hours, or overnight. drain well, reserving 2 tablespoons of soaking water. remove any stringy parts, then dice.
combine sauce ingredients; set aside.
heat oil in a large skillet or wok. add ginger and stir-fry until fragrant. add pork and stir-fry until no longer pink. stir in diced oysters, then bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, celery and green onion. add sauce; stir-fry 2 minutes. taste and adjust seasonings.
serve on a platter, garnished with cilantro and peanuts, with lettuce on the side. spoon mixture onto a lettuce leaf, roll up and dip in hoisin.
serves 4.
approximate nutritional analysis, per serving, without hoisin or peanuts: 270 calories, 17 g total fat, 5 g saturated fat, 75 mg cholesterol, 120 mg sodium, 10 g carbohydrate, 18 g protein
