San Choy Bow (Chinese Lettuce Wraps)

Method

1. Chop the garlic, ginger, onion, carrot and mushrooms.
2. Mix the cornflour with a tablespoon of the water until lump-free, then stir in the soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, sesame oil, white sugar and the remaining water.
3. Heat the vegetable oil in a large pan over high heat, add the garlic and ginger, give them a quick stir, then add the onion.
4. Cook for 1 min, add the pork mince, then cook until it turns white.
5. Add the carrot and mushrooms, then cook for 2 min until the carrot softens and the pork is cooked through.
6. Add the sauce, then cook for 1½ min until it thickens and glossily coats the filling.
7. Transfer the filling to a serving bowl, then lay out the lettuce leaves, peanuts and spring onion.
8. To serve, spoon filling into a lettuce leaf, top with peanuts and spring onion, then bundle it up.