Jade Button Mushrooms

Name: Jade Button Mushrooms
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 5 ml/1 tsp cornflour/cornstarch; salt, to taste; 200 g/7 oz/3 cups fresh straw mushrooms; 30 ml/2 tbsp light soy sauce; 2.5 ml/½ tsp ground white pepper; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 200 g/7 oz/3 cups fresh button/white mushrooms, thinly sliced; 30 ml/2 tbsp vegetable oil; 200 g/7 oz mustard greens (sian chai), cut into 4cm/1½in squares; 30 ml/2 tbsp Shaoxing wine or dry sherry

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

China

By Terry Tan

Published 2020

About

Within Chinese symbolism, there are endless references to acquiring wealth, wisdom and longevity — the three most desired objectives in the culture. For instance, noodles are eaten for the promise of longevity. Wisdom? Well, it can only come with longevity! Green vegetables are often likened to jade, which symbolizes wealth.

Ingredients

200 g/7 oz mustard greens (sian chai), cut into 4cm/1½in squares
30 ml/

Asia
China
Side dish
Preserve
Vegan

Method

Blanch the greens in a pan of boiling water for 20 seconds, then drain, rinse with cold running water and drain again. (This helps to preserve their green colour.)
Heat the oil in a wok and fry the garlic for 20 seconds. Add the greens and mushrooms and stir-fry over high heat for 2 minutes. Add the soy sauce, pepper and wine or sherry and stir for 1 minute.