Grilled Little Gem lettuce with tosazu dressing

Name: Grilled Little Gem lettuce with tosazu dressing
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 4 as a side
Ingredients: 4 Little Gem lettuces quartered; 2 tbsp rapeseed oil; toasted sesame seeds to serve; 4 tbsp rice vinegar; 1 tbsp caster sugar; ½ tsp soy sauce; 1 ½ tsp mirin; 2g katsuobushi (optional, see cook's notes)

Published: July 13, 2020 at 11:18 AM

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Serves 4 as a side

Easy

Total time: 15 mins

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This recipe comes from Chinese chef Larkin Cen, and is served at his Bristol restaurant Woky Ko: Kaiju. Try it as a fancy BBQ side or as part of an Asian-inspired feast

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Ingredients

Nutrition

4 Little Gem lettuces

quartered
2 tbsp rapeseed oil
toasted sesame seeds

to serve

DRESSING

4 tbsp rice vinegar
1 tbsp caster sugar
½ tsp soy sauce
1 ½ tsp mirin
2g katsuobushi

(optional, see cook's notes)

Nutrition: per serving

kcal183
fat5.9g
saturates0.5g
carbs27.4g
sugars19.8g
fibre3.5g
protein3.4g
salt0.3g

Method

step 1

To make the dressing, put the vinegar, sugar, soy, mirin and a pinch of salt in a small pan and bring gently to the boil. Add the katsuobushi, if using, and allow to cool completely, then pour through a fine sieve.
step 2

Toss the lettuce quarters with the rapeseed oil and a little seasoning. Heat a BBQ or griddle pan to hot, then cook the lettuce, cut-side down, for 1-2 minutes on each side, in batches if necessary, until well charred.
step 3

Put the pieces onto a plate, pour over some of the dressing and scatter with the toasted sesame seeds.

Cook's notes

Katsuobushi are flakes of dried and smoked bonito (skipjack tuna) – buy them at japancentre.com and souschef.co.uk.

At the restaurant the dish is dressed with kimchi sesame seeds, which you can buy online. Otherwise, regular toasted sesame seeds work perfectly well.

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