Cambodian Lok Lak

INGREDIENTS

These ingredients serve 1, so multiply up as you wish.
  1. 150g chicken breast, beef, even shrimp - sliced (shrimp would not be sliced)
  2. 1/2 teaspoon sugar
  3. 1/2 teaspoon salt
  4. 1/2 teaspoon crushed black pepper
  5. 1/3 teaspoon chilli sauce (optional, preferably vietnamese or chinese chili sauce)
  6. 1 teaspoon oil + extra for cooking
  7. 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  8. 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
  9. 1 tablespoon tomato ketchup
  10. 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
  11. 1/2 an onion, chopped
A few lettuce leaves

Rice

For the pepper sauce:
  1. 1/2 teaspoon sugar
  2. 1/2 teaspoon salt
  3. 1/2 teaspoon crushed back pepper
  4. 1/2 teaspoon crushed garlic
  5. 1/4 of a lime


PREPARATION

- Mix sugar, salt, pepper, oil, soy sauce, oyster sauce, ketchup and garlic in a mixing bowl, add meat and coat thouroughly. Marinate 30 to 60 minutes. - Mix salt, sugar, pepper and garlic in small bowls (pepper sauce for each person)

- Add oil to a wok, sautee onions until brown and add chicken, stir fry 5 to 10 minutes, until done. - Mix in chili sauce as desired.

- Prepare serving plates with rice and a bed of lettuce

- Just before serving, squeeze the juice of 1/2 lime into the pepper sauce and stir lightly.

- Serve chicken over lettuce with pepper sauce on side. The chicken is eaten wrapped in a lettuce leaf and dipped into the pepper sauce. For a little more punch, add chili sauce to marinade rather than while cooking and marinate an extra 30 aminutes.