Cap Cai Recipe

Recipesfull introduces to you: Popular Recipes. (Cap Cai Recipe). This is a yummy Chinese-Indonesian vegetable dish that you'll find in restaurants all over Jakarta. It's a great pescetarian dish, too. We usually serve it with brown rice and a fried tofu. You can leave out the prawns and the taste is still great, or even substitute for chicken.

Brief

Prep 20 mins

Cook: 25 mins

Total: 45 mins

Servings: 4

Yield: 4 servings

Cap Cai Recipe

Ingredients

3 tablespoons vegetable oil

4 cloves garlic

minced

1 onion

thinly sliced

10 ounces peeled and deveined medium shrimp (30-40 per pound)

1 head bok choy

chopped

1 ½ cups chopped broccoli

1 ½ cups chopped cauliflower

1 large carrot

thinly sliced at an angle

3 green onions

chopped

⅔ cup water

2 tablespoons cornstarch

2 tablespoons fish sauce

2 tablespoons oyster sauce

1 teaspoon white sugar

½ teaspoon ground black pepper

salt to taste

World Cuisine

Directions

Step 1

Heat the vegetable oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the garlic and onion; cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent about 5 minutes. Add the shrimp bok choy broccoli cauliflower carrot and green onion. Pour in the water cover and cook until the shrimp is no longer translucent in the center and the vegetables are tender about 15 minutes.

Step 2

Dissolve the cornstarch into the fish sauce in a small bowl. Stir into the cap cai along with the oyster sauce sugar and pepper; stir until thickened. Season with salt before serving.

Nutritional Information

Cap Cai Recipe

Servings Per Recipe:4

Calories: 249.8

% Daily Value *

Protein: 18.9g 38%

Carbohydrates: 18.7g 6%

Dietary Fiber: 4.4g 18%

Sugars: 6.4g

Fat: 11.9g 18%

Saturated Fat: 1.9g 10%

Cholesterol: 106.4mg 36%

Vitamin A Iu: 8529.3IU 171%

Niacin Equivalents: 4mg 31%

Vitamin B6: 0.6mg 35%

Vitamin C: 105.6mg 176%

Folate: 139.1mcg 35%

Calcium: 211.2mg 21%

Iron: 3.5mg 19%

Magnesium: 81.4mg 29%

Potassium: 799.6mg 22%

Sodium: 818.8mg 33%

Thiamin: 0.2mg 15%

Calories From Fat: 107.5

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.