RecipeCantonese

Chicken Patties with Vegetable Leaf Shreds

Tough outer leaves are often thrown out, but mince them fine and fold into chicken mince, and you have "vegetable-leaf chicken patties" — demonstrated by Michelin two-star chef Cheng Kam-fu, who turns unwanted leaves into golden, crisp-edged patties, tender and fragrant enough to win children over.

Prep
25m
Cook
10m
Timings
35m
Serves
Serves 4
Course
Main

Method

05

  1. Bone the chicken thighs and cut the meat into pieces.

  2. Mince the chicken into a fine paste.

  3. Add salt and potato starch and work the mixture until it turns sticky.

  4. Chop the choy sum leaves finely, squeeze out the water, and fold into the chicken paste.

  5. Pan-fry until cooked through. Serve.

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