Steamed Black Mushrooms

Name: Steamed Black Mushrooms (Gai Yau Dong Gu)
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon sugar; 1 ounce raw chicken fat: cut into 2 pieces; 24 silver-dollar-sized dried Chinese black mushrooms; ½ teaspoon dark soy sauce; 2 scallions: discard ends, wash, dry, cut into 2-inch slices; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 slice of fresh ginger: smash with cleaver blade

Gai Yau Dong Gu

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Chinese Banquet Cookbook

By Eileen Yin-Fei Lo

Published 1985

About

Ingredients

24 silver-dollar-sized dried Chinese black mushrooms
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon

Asia
China
Starter

Method

Soak the mushrooms in hot water for 1 hour. Wash thoroughly and squeeze out the excess water. Remove the stems and place the mushrooms in a heatproof dish.
Add the salt, sugar, and soy sauce to the dish and toss with mushrooms.
On top of the mushrooms, place the scallions, chicken fat, and ginger. In a steamer steam them for 30 minutes.
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