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August 22, 2014

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Pork San Choy Bau delivers on flavour and texture. Serve it up with some beautiful crispy lettuce leaves and allyou will hear at the table is YUM!

I’ve always enjoyed San Choy Bau - even though it can be a little messy! :) This is a combination of about 3 different recipes that I’ve been tweaking for awhile! This is really tasty and yummy with lovely large crisp lettuce leaves.

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ThermoFun – Pork San Choy Bau Recipe

Serving Size

Serves 4

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Ingredients

2 garlic cloves, peeled
2cm fresh ginger
4 spring onions, quartered
1 red chilli, deseeded
20g olive oil
1 carrot, quartered
190g can water chestnuts, drained
30g soy sauce
30g oyster sauce
10g lime juice
15g Chinese cooking wine (or white wine)
1 teaspoon coriander, ground
500g pork mince
large iceberg lettuce leaves

Instructions

Place garlic, ginger, spring onions, chilli and oil into TM bowl and chop
3 sec / speed 8.
Scrape down and sauté 5 mins / Varoma / speed 1 / MC off.
Add carrot and chop 3 sec / speed 6.
Add water chestnuts and chop 2 sec / speed 4. Scrape down.
Add soy sauce, oyster sauce, lime juice, wine and coriander.
Place mince in simmering basket and insert into TM bowl.
Cook 12 mins / 100°C / speed 2 / Reverse.
Break up mince with aid of spatula and pour carefully into TM bowl. Combine well with other ingredients.
Cook for a further 5 mins / 100°C / speed 2 / Reverse / MC off.
To serve, spoon into large crispy lettuce leaves.

Notes

* This tastes great with chicken.
* This meal is suitable for freezing.
* Can be served with rice or noodles

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Tracey says
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September 29, 2019 at 8:18 am

Cooked tonight.. I picked up some cheap pork mince and googled recipes and up came this one... So glad I found it will definitely do again... 😁
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- thermofun says
  September 30, 2019 at 4:03 pm
  
  Great to hear Tracey! Thank you!
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Katie says
December 03, 2018 at 9:35 pm

Delicious, easy and cheap to make. A winning trifecta.
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- thermofun says
  December 04, 2018 at 11:40 am
  
  Thanks Katie and great to hear! :)
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Marla says
June 06, 2018 at 3:34 am

Tasty and fun to eat.
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- thermofun says
  June 07, 2018 at 4:52 pm
  
  Yes a great recipe for kids as it's fun for them too! :)
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Lisa says
April 23, 2018 at 11:16 pm

So delicious!!! Made this tonight & the family loved it. The flavours were perfect. I didn’t have ginger so I added in some cinnamon for flavour and it was great. So quick, easy & healthy! Will be a regular meal for us. Thank you.
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- thermofun says
  April 30, 2018 at 6:36 pm
  
  Thanks Lisa - great to hear the cinnamon worked well with it too. :)
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Louise says
March 16, 2018 at 11:57 am

YUM YUM YUM is all I can say, this was delicious the kids scoffed it down although they weren't big fans of the lettuce next time I'll give them rice and make a double batch it didn't go far !!
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- thermofun says
  March 17, 2018 at 11:29 am
  
  Fabulous to hear Louise and yes a double batch is a good idea too! :)
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Anne-marie says
January 05, 2018 at 12:14 am

I needed a quick dinner with minimal fuss. This is it. It’s such a great, healthy, delicious and versatile option. And, I was able to help the guy at Woolworths offload the large outer lettuce leaves he was about to throw away.
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- thermofun says
  January 07, 2018 at 2:42 pm
  
  Thank you Anne-marie! Pleased you enjoy it! lol and good on you for helping Mr Woolworths out too! ;)
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Shelley says
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October 26, 2017 at 8:57 pm

Finally a thermo SCB recipe that we really enjoyed!! I think the trick is using the steamer basket for the mince so its not mushy.
Served it with bean vermicelli to bulk it up a bit 😀
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- thermofun says
  October 30, 2017 at 6:54 pm
  
  So pleased you enjoyed it Shelley and that you have found a winner! :)
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Malia says
July 24, 2017 at 8:55 pm

Cooked it tonight. I was concerned my 5 and 3 year old might complain. It was a hit. 5yo requested we have it every night for dinner from now on. Well done!
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- thermofun says
  August 01, 2017 at 9:08 am
  
  Malia your children have great taste :D
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Toni says
February 21, 2017 at 9:21 pm

San Choy WOW ????
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- thermofun says
  February 22, 2017 at 8:05 am
  
  Glad you enjoyed it Toni :D
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Anna says
February 17, 2017 at 10:49 pm

Great all rounder recipe - delicious with lettuce or rice or noodle (or on rice and lettuce!). Also good for fussy eaters who don't like to eat big chunks of veggies. I'll be sure to make this again!
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- thermofun says
  February 18, 2017 at 12:53 pm
  
  Yes I agree to all of it Anna :D Glad your family enjoyed it!
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Elizabeth says
December 13, 2016 at 9:05 pm

Still loving this one! It is one of hubby's favourite meals. He even tells me when the freezer stash has been depleted lol.
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- thermofun says
  December 13, 2016 at 9:42 pm
  
  That's great to hear Elizabeth! That's funny re hubby!!
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Liz H says
August 15, 2016 at 9:25 pm

This is a regular on our dinner rotation but I use chicken mince instead of pork. Absolutely love how fresh it tastes and the recipe makes enough to put another serve in the freezer (which defrosts really well!) Thanks Leonie ♥
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- thermofun says
  August 16, 2016 at 2:15 pm
  
  Thank you Liz :)
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Marion says
August 07, 2016 at 8:35 pm

Pork San Choy Bau. Made slightly different. No carrot so used capsicum and celery - slightly wetter mix so needed to thicken with cornflour and cook a bit longer. Added fresh turmeric as we have lots just out of the garden. No lettuce so served over Asian noodles. Served with fresh coriander, chopped spring onion and lime squeezed over top. Very tasty dish.
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- thermofun says
  August 08, 2016 at 4:55 pm
  
  Thanks Marion. I love the idea of serving it over Asian noodles for a change. :)
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  - Marion says
    September 27, 2016 at 1:51 pm
    
    I served it over rice the next time. Good too.
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    - thermofun says
      September 29, 2016 at 12:13 pm
      
      Thanks Marion - works perfectly over rice - great for the times we don't have lovely large crisp lettuce leave on hand!
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Gillian says
January 13, 2016 at 11:18 pm

I made this tonight. Made a bigger size so doubled the ingredients and used the Chinese Cooking Wine instead of white and it was delicious. We had not had it before so were a bit unsure of how we were going to eat it with the Lettuce leaves so I made Hokkien Noodles on the side. They were great to eat after catching all the mince that fell from our lettuce while eating.
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- thermofun says
  January 14, 2016 at 2:15 am
  
  That's so great to hear Gillian. It is a really lovely meal :)
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Carly says
February 27, 2015 at 7:52 pm

Hi, after point 2, do you set asude the mince mixture? Thanks
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- thermofun says
  February 28, 2015 at 2:31 pm
  
  No Carly no setting aside required for this recipe! :)
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Jenny says
September 03, 2014 at 9:48 pm

Tried this tonight. Smells yummy really quick love that. No water chestnuts or lime so i added a zucchini n a bit extra white wine kids loved it. Empty plates. Thanks Leonie.
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- thermofun says
  September 04, 2014 at 12:21 pm
  
  Pleased to hear you all liked it Jenny! :)
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- Dee says
  August 13, 2022 at 6:24 pm
  
  I absolutely love this recipe and its always been a hit in our home. I also add zucchini and mushrooms and it tastes incredible!
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  - thermofun says
    August 15, 2022 at 8:39 pm
    
    Thanks Dee and great idea to make it go that little bit further too! :)
    Reply

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