Chinese-Style Lettuce Salad

20231228, #breakfastdiary 935, -2°C/clear I'd always thought of iceberg lettuce as a supporting player — a bit part in salads or burgers — but made this way, it becomes a proper leading role. Heat oil in a wok and fry thinly sliced garlic until crisp. Once golden, scoop out just the garlic. In the same wok (with the garlic oil still in it), mix in 2T oyster sauce, 1T soy sauce, 120ml water, and 1/2t sugar to make a dressing. In the same wok, bring water to a boil and briefly blanch a whole head of trimmed lettuce, cut into quarters. Squeeze the water out of the lettuce, press it into a bowl to shape it, then flip it out onto a plate. Pour over the dressing and top with the fried garlic. I just learned that 양상추 is called iceberg lettuce in English.