Sung Choi Bao

​I love meals we can eat together as a family and all enjoy. This is another of my favourites to hide veggies in.  We love chicken, but try it with different meats (pork, beef, chicken) – or a mix of meats if you like.
My kids like to not see the veggies in their mince – so I chop them finely.  If your kids aren’t as fussy as mine, julienne the carrots and slice the mushrooms and add them in when you add the tamari etc .  Beansprouts are also great added in at the end for extra crunch.  
This is a great way to get lettuce into kids by making it fun - you can also serve on brown rice.
Any leftovers are great for lunch the next day, for lunchboxes I roll them up into rice paper rolls to make them easy to eat.

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Ingredients

• 1-2 carrots (roughly chopped)
• handful of coriander leaves
• 1 stick of celery (I've also used bok choy, beans or snow peas if I'm out of celery!)
• 5-6 shitake mushroom (fresh – sliced) or dried – about 1/3 cup and soak for 10 mins
• 1 brown onion (halved)
• 2 cloves of garlic (peeled)
• 3 cm piece of ginger, peeled
• 1 tbsp sesame oil
• 500g chicken mince, beef or pork mince  (mince yourself in Thermomix –  Partially frozen - 300g at a time speed 6 for 6-7 seconds, check consistency & repeat for a 2-3 more seconds if needed)
• 1 tin (230g) water chestnuts (not essential but add a good crunch – if you need to hide – add them in when you add celery etc)
• 2 tablespoons of oyster sauce
• 2 tablespoons of tamari or shoyu
• 2 baby cos hearts – break apart to form “boats”, or a cos lettuce broken into "cups" for the meat filling.
• 1-2 tablespoons of sesame seeds for sprinkling
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Method - Thermomix

• Add carrot, celery, mushrooms, water chestnuts and coriander to Thermomix bowl and chop 3 sec/sp 7 (check consistency depending on how fine you like your veggies).   Set aside.

• Place onion, garlic and ginger into TM bowl and chop for  5 sec/sp 7.
• Add sesame oil and saute for 3 mins/Varoma/sp 1.
• Add the mince and cook for 10 min/ Varoma reverse sp 1
• Return carrot, mushrooms etc to bowl
• Add oyster sauce and tamari and cook for 3 minutes / Varoma reverse sp 1
• Pour into Thermoserver until you are ready to eat. 
• Spoon into baby cos leaves, sprinkle with sesame seeds and enjoy.

Method - Non Thermomix

• Finely chop carrot, celery, mushrooms, water chestnuts and coriander - or you could chop in food processor until fine (check consistency depending on how fine you like your veggies).   Set aside.

• Finely chop onion, crush garlic and ginger 
• Heat sesame oil in pan and lightly saute onion, garlic and ginger for a couple of minutes. 
• Add the mince and cook for approximately 10 minutes, stirring frequently
• Add carrot, mushrooms etc pan and cook for approximately 3 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Spoon into baby cos leaves, sprinkle with sesame seeds and enjoy.