🥬 🍄 Dad’s FANCY Braised Mushrooms & Bok Choy! (白菜燜冬菇)

By Made With Lau · 45 min

Ingredients

Instructions

1. Wash the dried shiitake twice, scrub off dirt, then soak in warm water (40-50°C) for 30 minutes, weighted down so they stay submerged. Cut off and discard the stems, squeeze out excess water and keep the soaking liquid.
2. Trim the hard, dirty ends of the bok choy, split large bunches if needed and wash thoroughly, paying attention to the base of the stems. Rinse again.
3. Peel the garlic, trim the ends and slice each clove into 3-4 pieces. Cut the ginger into thin slices and halve each slice.
4. Mix the oyster sauce, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, sugar, salt and Shaoxing wine for the sauce.
5. Heat a wok on medium, add oil, then stir-fry half the garlic and half the ginger for about 90 seconds until fragrant. Add boiling water and salt, and raise the heat to bring to a rolling boil.
6. Add the bok choy and cook for about 2 minutes until the leaves are bright green and the stems just soften. Transfer to a bowl of ice water to stop cooking, then drain well.
7. Wipe the wok dry, heat on low, add oil and the remaining garlic and ginger, and fry for 40-50 seconds until fragrant.
8. Add the mushrooms and stir-fry for 50-60 seconds. Add the Shaoxing wine, then 2 cups of the mushroom soaking liquid.
9. Add the sauce and bring to a boil on high. Then reduce to low and braise for 10-15 minutes, meanwhile arranging the bok choy in a circular dish with stems facing outward and leaves toward the centre.
10. Test the mushrooms with a chopstick; they are ready when it pierces easily. Taste the sauce and adjust, then add the chicken bouillon (or a pinch of MSG for a vegetarian version).
11. Mix cornstarch with mushroom soaking liquid in roughly a 1:3 ratio. On low heat, slowly stir the slurry into the mushrooms. Raise the heat to bring back to a boil, then stir in the sesame oil.
12. Place the mushrooms cap-side up over the bok choy in the centre of the dish and pour the remaining sauce over them.

Summarized from Made With Lau's video. Watch it for the details.

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