Stir-Fried Garlic Lettuce - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
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Recipe by Fran McCullough and Molly Stevens
One of the most beautiful and inspired cookbooks of the year was The Breath of a Wok. Grace Young's stories and recipes make us want to set off in pursuit of wok hay, the special taste of wok-cooked food. But i
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 3/4 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 5 medium garlic cloves, smashed and peeled
- 1 pound hearts of romaine lettuce, cut crosswise into 1-inch-wide pieces
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil (see note)
Instructions
- Combine the rice wine or sherry, soy sauce, sugar, and salt in a small bowl.
- Heat a 14-inch flat-bottomed wok over high heat until a bead of water vaporizes within 1 to 2 seconds of contact. Swirl in the vegetable oil, add the garlic, and stir-fry for 5 seconds. Add the lettuce and stir-fry for 1 to 2 minutes, or until it is just limp. Stir the sauce, swirl it into the wok, and stir-fry for 30 seconds to 1 minute more, or until the lettuce is just tender and still bright green. Remove from the heat, drizzle on the sesame oil, and serve.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Romaine Lettuce.
Romaine lettuce contains chromium, which helps maintain normal blood glucose levels by making insulin more efficient. The chromium in romaine lettuce also promotes weight loss due to its ability to help control cravings, reduce hunger, and control fat in the blood.
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