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Stir Fried Pak Choi with Chinese Mushroom Sauce

Ingredients
1 Bag Pak Choi
6 Dried Shitake mushrooms (soaked in hot water overnight)
3-5 slices ginger
Corn flour paste (optional)
2 tablespoons oyster sauce
2 capfuls rice wine
Sesame oil
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
Coriander garnish

Preparation

  1. Soak the mushrooms overnight and keep the soaking water to use as stock.
  2. Wash the Pak Choi thoroughly and cut lengthways into quarters.
  3. Finely slice the ginger.
  4. Mix the oyster sauce and rice wine together.

Cooking

The Mushroom Sauce

  1. Place the mushrooms in a clay pot / medium sized sauce pan.
  2. Add the sauce/wine mixture and ½ the bowl of mushroom stock from the overnight soaking.
  3. Bring to boil on low heat.
  4. Cook for 30 minutes. If the sauce begins to dry up, add a little more mushroom stock to keep moist.
  5. 5 minutes before serving, stir in the corn flour paste to thicken.

The Stir Fry

  1. Heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in a wok until smoking hot.
  2. Add the ginger and change heat to medium heat.
  3. Immediately add the pak choi and stir fry.
  4. Cover with a lid for 4-5 minutes.
  5. Season well with salt and pepper.
  6. Add a drop of sesame oil before serving.

Serving

  1. Arrange the Pak Choi in layers on a large plate.
  2. Carefully place the mushrooms head side up on top and pour the sauce all over.
  3. Garnish with coriander.

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