Quail Eggs and Mushrooms with Vegetables

Name: Quail Eggs and Mushrooms with Vegetables (San ts’eng t’a)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 20 dry black mushrooms (1” diameter); 1 scallion; 2 slices ginger; 1-½ tablespoons soy sauce (to steam black mushrooms); 1-½ tablespoons soy sauce (to steam black mushrooms); 30 pieces green vegetables; 3 tablespoons oil; 1 star anise; 1 cup soup stock; 2 tablespoons soy sauce; 1-½ cups soup stock; 12 asparagus; 24 quail eggs; 1 teaspoon salt

San ts’eng t’a

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

20 dry black mushrooms (1” diameter)
1-½ tablespoons soy sauce (to steam black mushrooms)
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Asia
Taiwan
Vegetarian

Method

Soak the black mushrooms in warm water for 15 minutes. Remove the stems. Place in a bowl. Add the pounded scallion, ginger, star anise, soy sauce and soup stock. Steam for about 15 minutes.
Place asparagus in a bowl. Add ½ cup of soup stock. Steam for about 10 minutes until hot.
Cook the green vegetables in boiling water about 30 seconds. Remove and p