Here's W01f's mum "secret" recipe - Stew Mushroom. Let's share n hv fun cooking!!!
Ingredients:
-Mushroom (
dried)
-Dried Oyster
-Garlic (
chopped)
-Red Dates (
seed removed) and cut into tiny stripes
-Sesame Oil
-Light Soya Sauce
-Chicken broth (
boiled chicken or bones with water)
-Roast Pork
-Cornflour and water (
starch)
-Bit of Oyster sauce, salt and sugar (for richer taste)
Preparation:
1. Wash dried mushroom and soak in water until soft.
2. Remove the mushroom from water. Do not dried/drain the water contain in mushroom itself.
3. Marinate the mushroom with Sesame oil, Light Soya Sauce and Red Dates stripes. Marinate the mushroom for at least 4 hrs. Leave overnight in fridge (for better taste)
4. Prepare some Chicken broth (Boil/cook chicken or bones with water).
5. Wash and soak the dried Oyster in water. Take out the oyster and keep the oyster water. Leave aside for frying.
Cooking:
6. Heat the non stick pan/pot. Fry the chopped Garlic and add in dried oyster.
7. Add in mushroom (without the marinate sauce - mixture of sesame sauce, soya sauce, red dates stripes) and for fry a while.
8. Pour in the chicken broth (enough to cover the mushroom), then add in the mushroom marinate sauce and the dried oyster water earlier. Bring it to boil and lower the fire.
9. Shimmer the mushroom with slow fire and add in chicken broth from time to time. Make sure the mushroom do not get too dry and absorb the chicken broth slowly. Stew the mushroom for abt 1 1/2 hrs.
10. Add in roasted pork (in pieces) and stew for another 30 mins.
11. Add a bit of oyster sauce, salt and sugar to enrich the taste. Add in starch to thicken the mushroom sauce. Ready to serve.
* optional: can add in SeaCucumber or Dried Scallop (soften with water)
* can serve with boiled broccoli and carrot
Attached is the stew mushroom that I've prepared last CNY. hehe.. Enjoy :)
Regards,
Rosa
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