Delicious And Easy Warm Chinese Watercress Salad

1. Place crushed garlic in a bowl that can with stand high heat. In a wok, heat the oil until just smoking. Quickly pour heated oil over the garlic and stir, releasing the fragrance and developing the flavor. Stir in the fish sauce and sugar until well blended.

2. In the same wok you heated the oil bring 5 or 6 cups of water to a boil over a high flame. Drop in the cress and stir, blanching for about 30 seconds.

3. Drain blanched cress thoroughly. Combine with oil/garlic/fish sauce/sugar mixture. I like just a squeeze of lime to really bring together the dish. Serve warm or at room temperature. (Chilling dulls the flavors.) It pairs sublimely with Japanese short grain rice- my favorite being Kokuho Rose Sushi Rice.

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Nutrient	Quantity
Total fats	0.0158 g
Protein	1.0889 g
Carbohydrates	2.1547 g
Energy	12.7662 kCal
Fatty acids, total saturated 18:3 undifferentiated	0.0006 g
Water	14.433 g
Aspartic acid	0.0137 g
Calcium, Ca	12.877 mg
Lutein + zeaxanthin	0.448 g
Fiber, total dietary	0.0588 g
Carotene, beta	0.14 g
Niacin	0.4359 mg
Vitamin A, RAE	0.72 g
Arginine	0.0178 g
Riboflavin	0.0134 mg
Glutamic acid	0.0225 g
Sodium, Na	1413.6732 mg
Fatty acids, total saturated 16:1 undifferentiated	0.0002 g
Total lipid (fat)	0.0158 g
Manganese, Mn	0.089 mg
Proline	0.0028 g
Fatty acids, total saturated 16:0	0.0026 g
Sucrose	0.5703 g
Choline, total	3.0256 mg
Sugars, total	1.2535 g
Serine	0.0053 g
Fatty acids, total saturated 10:0	0.0001 g
Fatty acids, total saturated 18:0	0.0002 g
Vitamin B-6	0.1059 mg
Selenium, Se	2.0356 g
Ash	3.6826 g
Fatty acids, total saturated 18:1 undifferentiated	0.0005 g
Pantothenic acid	0.0379 mg
Phenylalanine	0.0051 g
Copper, Cu	0.0175 mg
Thiamin	0.0078 mg
Retinol	0.72 g
Methionine	0.0021 g
Iron, Fe	0.1901 mg
Carbohydrate, by difference	2.1547 g
Phosphorus, P	5.5498 mg
Folate, total	9.264 g
Fatty acids, total saturated 20:5 n-3 (EPA)	0.0002 g
Alanine	0.0037 g
Valine	0.0081 g
Fatty acids, total saturated 18:2 undifferentiated	0.0064 g
Glycine	0.0056 g
Fatty acids, total saturated 14:0	0.0002 g
Zinc, Zn	0.0687 mg
Isoleucine	0.0061 g
Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated	0.0075 g
Leucine	0.0086 g
Vitamin A, IU	2.412 IU
Folate, DFE	9.264 g
Tryptophan	0.0018 g
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid	0.9636 mg
Tyrosine	0.0023 g
Vitamin B-12	0.0864 g
Vitamin K (phylloquinone)	0.0476 g
Fatty acids, total saturated	0.003 g
Histidine	0.0032 g
Fatty acids, total monounsaturated	0.0007 g
Threonine	0.0044 g
Folate, food	9.264 g
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol)	0.0022 mg
Fatty acids, total saturated 22:6 n-3 (DHA)	0.0004 g
Magnesium, Mg	32.2115 mg
Lysine	0.0076 g
Potassium, K	63.2347 mg
Cystine	0.0018 g

Ingredient	Quantity	Energy	Carbohydrates	Lipin
Sugar	0 teaspoon	2.2942	0.5738	0
Garlic	1 teaspoon	4.172	0.9257	0.014
Oil	3.5 tablespoons	0	0	0
lime juice	0	0	0	0
watercress	2 bunches	0	0	0
fish sauce	1 tablespoon	6.3	0.6552	0.0018