Recipe: Yummy Greens with Asian Oyster Sauce

Greens with Asian Oyster Sauce. Chinese greens with oyster sauce is an easy dish to prepare but not many can make it right. I have seen too many overcooked vegetable dishes served at homes and even at restaurants. Once you grasp the basic techniques and skills of making this dish, you can pretty much cook any vegetable or Chinese greens you want — choy sum , kai lan.

Greens with Asian Oyster Sauce Something I always liked. But in the "regular" grocery stores, hard to find stalky, leafy greens like Chinese Broccoli, which I am using here. Good for you, pretty easy to make, tastes great. You can have Greens with Asian Oyster Sauce using 11 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Greens with Asian Oyster Sauce

1. You need of Greens.
2. Prepare 1-2 pound of stalky greens.
3. You need 2 cloves of garlic.
4. You need 1 inch of ginger root.
5. Prepare 1 of salt for water.
6. You need of Sauce.
7. It's 3 of Tbl. Oyster sauce.
8. Prepare 3 of Tbl. Broth or water.
9. You need 1 of Tbl. Mirin, Sherry or cooking wine.
10. It's 1 of Tbl. Sugar.
11. It's 1-2 of Tbl. Hot sauce (optional).

A sauce made with just oyster sauce will just taste of that - plain oyster sauce dolloped on greens. Broccolini or rapini would work well, but I avoid very watery greens like bok choy or tatsoi, which dilute the flavor. Lots of garlic is essential, as are the two key ingredients for the sauce: oyster sauce and fish sauce. Look for brands without any unfamiliar additives; it really does make a difference in the finished stir-fry.

Greens with Asian Oyster Sauce instructions

1. In a large pot, bring about 8 cups water to a boil. Add the salt, about like pasta level of salt..
2. Clean your greens..
3. Add greens to boiling water, blanch for 2-4 minutes until bright green. Drain and set aside.
4. While water is heating bring together sauce ingredients in a bowl..
5. Add some oil to a skillet. Heat on medium..
6. Chop or grate ginger and garlic. Add to hot oil, stir for 30 seconds..
7. Add greens to skillet, stirring frequently..
8. Cook greens about 2 minutes to warm through..
9. Add sauce to skillet. When sauce thickens a bit, remove greens to serving plate, pour remaining sauce over..
10. Serve..

Add the scallions and the rest of the ingredients apart from the seasoning. Stir, then add the spinach and toss so that everything is coated in sauce. The vegetables will sizzle and stir-fry. Drain greens and set aside on a plate. Heat oil in a wok or a skillet over medium-high heat.