Fried Yau Mak with Fu Yue

I like eating vegetables, especially the leafy ones. Lettuce is one of my favorites. There are many varieties of lettuce around and most of them can be eaten raw or cooked.

Romaine or cos lettuce or yau mak is a type of lettuce which grows in a long head of sturdy leaves with a firm rib down the center. Unlike most lettuces, it is tolerant of heat.

The Chinese restaurants usually fry the yau mak with fu yue. This is one of the simplest dish to cook, plain vegetables, yummy and crispy.


Fried Yau Mak with Fu Yue



400 gm yau mak
2 cubes fu yue, fermented bean curd
6 cloves garlic, sliced
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1 teaspoon ginger, shredded
2 shallots, sliced
oil, sugar

1. Heat oil in wok.
2. Fry the sliced garlic till golden brown and dish out.
3. Next, saute the ginger, shallots and garlic till fragrant.
4. Add in the fu yue, mashing it and fry until aromatic.
5. Sprinkle some sugar on the fu yue.
6. Add in the yau mak and toss fry for a minute.
7. Dish out and garnish with the fried sliced garlic.
8. Serve hot with rice.