Grace Young's Stir-Fried Iceberg Lettuce Recipe on Food52

Name: Grace Young's Stir-Fried Iceberg Lettuce Recipe on Food52
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon soy sauce; 1 teaspoon sesame oil; 1 teaspoon rice wine or dry sherry; 3/4 teaspoon sugar; 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground white or black pepper; 1 1/2 tablespoons peanut oil or other neutral oil; 4 scallions, cut on the diagonal into 1-inch pieces; 3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced or smashed; 1/2 medium head iceberg lettuce, cored, outermost leaves discarded, inner leaves torn into 4-inch wide pieces (or substitute 12 ounces of other greens -- see headnote); Kosher salt, to taste

"A near-instant springy green vegetable before the springy greens. (And, yes, you can cook lettuce -- here's why you should.) Note: You can use this technique on many other vegetables in season, including romaine lettuce, spinach, watercress, baby bok choy, asparagus (fat spears sliced 1/4-inch thick on the bias; pencil spears in 2-inch lengths), snow peas and snap peas. Adapted slightly from The Wisdom of the Chin..."

INGREDIENTS
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1 teaspoon soy sauce
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1 teaspoon sesame oil
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1 teaspoon rice wine or dry sherry
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3/4 teaspoon sugar
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1/2 teaspoon freshly ground white or black pepper
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1 1/2 tablespoons peanut oil or other neutral oil
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4 scallions, cut on the diagonal into 1-inch pieces
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3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced or smashed
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1/2 medium head iceberg lettuce, cored, outermost leaves discarded, inner leaves torn into 4-inch wide pieces (or substitute 12 ounces of other greens -- see headnote)
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Kosher salt, to taste

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