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

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/

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.

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