【Chinese mushrooms and potatoes in savory soy sauce】
by MaomaoMom
You should try this all vegetable dish, amazingly good.
Prepare time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
Level: Low
Serves: 3 servings
Ingredients:
1) 3 medium potatoes (400g);
2) 25 small dried Chinese mushrooms;
3) 1.5 tbsp olive oil, 2 tbsp freshly chopped green onion, 2-3 slices of ginger, 1 anise star, 2 cloves;
4) 1/4 tsp salt, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tbsp light soy sauce, 1 tbsp premium soy sauce, 1 tbsp dark soy sauce, 1/2 cup water;
5) 1 tsp sesame oil.
Directions:
1: Ahead of time, soak dried mushrooms in cold water for a couple of hours, rinse with water and drain. Peel off potato skin (Picture 1), rinse and pat dry with a paper towel. (You can leave the skin on if you prefer). Cut each potato in 2 equal portions lengthwise then cut into 3 equal-size cubes.
2: Heat 1.5 tbsp olive oil in a non-stick sauté pan over medium-high heat, add potato cubes (Picture 2) and cook on high heat for about 3-4 minutes until the side turns golden brown. Turn over cook for 2-3 minutes again for each side (Picture 3). Remove from the pan and set aside.
3: Sauté chopped green onion, sliced ginger, anise star and cloves for 30 seconds (Picture 4). Then add mushrooms, stir and cook for 1 minute. Add all ingredients of Ingredient 4) and bring to a boil (Picture 5).
4: Add potatoe cubes, stir, cover with the lid and cook at medium-low heat for a few minutes, stir occasionally (Picture 6).
5: Remove the lid and continue cook on medium-high heat until the sauce is reduced down to about 2 tablespoons. Add 1 tsp sesame oil, stir to mix. Transfer to a serving plate and serve immediately.
Thank you for the sensible critique. Me and my neighbor were just preparing to do a little research about this. We got a grab a book from our area library but I think I learned more from this post. I’m very glad to see such excellent info being shared freely out there.
Hello my friend! I wish to say that this article is amazing, nice written and include almost all vital infos. I’d like to see more posts like this.
I would like to express some appreciation to you for bailing me out of such a incident. Just after surfing throughout the internet and obtaining things which are not powerful, I believed my life was done. Being alive without the presence of answers to the difficulties you’ve solved through your guideline is a serious case, as well as the kind which may have in a wrong way damaged my entire career if I had not encountered your blog post. Your own personal competence and kindness in playing with all things was helpful. I am not sure what I would’ve done if I had not encountered such a thing like this. It’s possible to at this point look ahead to my future. Thanks very much for this impressive and sensible guide. I won’t be reluctant to suggest your blog to any person who would need tips on this situation.
I do agree with all the ideas you’ve presented in your post. They are very convincing and will definitely work. Still, the posts are very short for novices. Could you please extend them a bit from next time? Thanks for the post.