Recipe: Pok Choy with mushroom

Serving for 10 pax

Ingredients

• Fresh pok choy (Chinese cabbage) 350g

• Shiitake mushroom 70-80g

• Sauce: soya sauce, oyster sauce, half tablespoon of sugar

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Procedure

Preparation

1.      Soak shiitake mushroom in water for more than six hours until soft.

2.      Wash completely and slice.

3.      Clean the bok choy and cut into two-inch pieces.

Frying the pok choy

1.      Add four tablespoons of oil in your pan

2.      Put in all of the pok choy, medium heat fry for three mins

3.    Add a pinch of salt (5g) & sugar (2g), continue frying for one minute. The pok choy should be soft and tasteful.

4.      The pok choy is ready to be laid in a dish in your desired way now.

Cooking shiitake mushroom

1.      Add one tablespoon of oil in your pan.

2.      Add the sliced mushroom.

3.   Add 1/3 tablespoon of oyster sauce, 1/2 tablespoon of soya sauce, and a pinch of sugar.

4.      Fry the sauce and mushroom evenly.

5.      Add a bit of water, just enough to cover the mushroom and cook in medium to low heat for about five minutes. Sauce should be just right, not too soupy or to dry.

6.      Lay the mushroom on top of your pok choy.

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Tip: Spray a little amount of oil (1/5 tablespoon) on top of the mushroom. That will give your mushrooms a shiny and glossy appearance.

Chef Cui Guo You is a certified Senior chef and current head chef at Enjoy Yuanzhiyuan Restaurant located on Mandera Rd., Lavington, Nairobi.