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Braised Mushrooms |
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Serves: 8
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20 to 24 dried black mushrooms
1 slice fresh ginger root
3 to 4 tablespoons oil
1 cup Stock, Chicken or favorite stock
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
Few drops sesame oil
1. Soak dried mushrooms. Then squeeze dry and cut off stem ends. Mince ginger root.
2. Heat oil in a heavy pan. Stir-fry ginger a few times. Add mushrooms and stir-fry gently to coat with oil.
3. Add stock, soy sauce and sugar. Bring to a boil, stirring, then simmer, covered, until mushrooms absorb most of the liquid (about 1 hour).
4. Sprinkle with salt and sesame oil. Serve hot or cold (whole, sliced, or in bite-size pieces).
VARIATIONS:
* For the soy sauce, substitute sherry.
* In step 2, brown a crushed garlic clove and remove before adding the ginger and mushrooms.
* In step 3, add 1 clove star anise.
The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.
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