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Chinese Braised Mushrooms
As I mentioned above, any meaty mushroom works here. Serve these as a vegetarian main course or a side dish. It's especially good as a side if you are doing a big Chinese spread.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 128 kcal
Course:
Side Dish , Main Course , Appetizer
Cuisine:
Chinese
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons lard or vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
- 2 to 6 small, hot dried chiles, broken into pieces
- 3 cloves garlic, sliced thin
- 1 pound mushrooms, cleaned
- 1/2 cup stock, any kind
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1/4 cup Shaoxing wine or sherry
- 2 tablespoons Chinese black vinegar, or malt vinegar
- 1 teaspoon sugar (optional)
- 2 teaspoons tapioca, corn or potato starch
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
Instructions
- In a wok or large pan, heat the lard or vegetable oil over high heat. When it just barely begins to smoke, add the ginger, garlic and chiles and stir fry for about 30 seconds. Take the pan off the heat and remove the ginger, garlic and chiles with a slotted spoon. Reserve.
- Return the pan to the heat and add the mushrooms. Stir fry them to coat in the oil, and when they just begin to release their water, add in the stock, soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, vinegar and sugar, if using. Return the ginger, garlic and chiles to the pot. Mix well and simmer gently for about 20 to 30 minutes. You want the sauce to cook down.
- If, when you are ready to eat, the sauce is still thin, mix 2 teaspoons of tapioca, corn or potato starch into about 2 tablespoons of hot water and stir that into the mushrooms. Bring it to a boil and your sauce should thicken and get a pretty sheen on it. Mix in the cilantro and serve at once.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
128kcal
(6%)
Carbohydrates
10g
(3%)
Protein
5g
(10%)
Fat
8g
(12%)
Saturated Fat
6g
(30%)
Sodium
642mg
(27%)
Potassium
515mg
(15%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
3g
(6%)
Vitamin A
183IU
(4%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
7mg
(1%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 128
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 128kcal | 6% |
| Carbohydrates | 10g | 3% |
| Protein | 5g | 10% |
| Fat | 8g | 12% |
| Saturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Sodium | 642mg | 27% |
| Potassium | 515mg | 11% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 183IU | 4% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 7mg | 1% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.