Stir-Fried Garlic Lettuce
"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 if the wok itself is too much to tackle, Young gives us permission to stir-fry in a skillet, as her parents did when they emigrated from China to San Francisco.... Young tells us that the Cantonese word for lettuce sounds like the words for "growing fortune," which makes this an auspicious dish to serve for th..."
INGREDIENTS
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1 tablespoon Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry
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1 tablespoon soy sauce
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3/4 teaspoon sugar
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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2 tablespoons vegetable oil
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5 medium garlic cloves, smashed and peeled
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1 pound hearts of romaine lettuce, cut crosswise into 1-inch-wide pieces
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1 teaspoon sesame oil (see note)
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