Minced Squab with Lettuce Cups
2 Squabs, 1 lb each 2 tb Peanut oil 2 Garlic cloves; minced 10 Fresh water chestnuts - peeled and minced 1/2 c Minced bamboo shoots 6 Chinese black mushrooms - soaked, squeezed dry...
Ingredients
- 2squabs, 1 lb each
- 2tbsp peanut oil
- 2garlic cloves; minced
- 10fresh water chestnuts
- 6chinese black mushrooms
- 6dried oysters (optional)
- 1/2tsp minced fresh ginger root
- 1/2cup chicken broth
Directions
- 1
2 Squabs, 1 lb each 2 tb Peanut oil 2 Garlic cloves
- 2
minced 10 Fresh water chestnuts - peeled and minced 1/2 c Minced bamboo shoots 6 Chinese black mushrooms - soaked, squeezed dry - and minced
- 3
minced 6 Dried oysters (optional) -soaked, squeezed dry - and minced OR 4 -duck liver sausages, minced 1/2 ts Minced fresh ginger root 1/2 c
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dissolved in 1 tb Chicken broth
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cold) 2 Heads bibb lettuce -(or iceberg lettuce) -leaves carefully separated -into lettuce cups This is frequently served at special occasio
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Presented as an appetizer, it will serve 6
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USING A THIN CLEAVER, cut away the wings and thigh joints and pull off the skin, cutting it where necessary
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Set the skin aside