Braised Cold Mushrooms

Name: Braised Cold Mushrooms
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Ingredients: 1000 g Fresh cold mushrooms (remove stems, soak for 15 minutes then wash 3-4 times, rinse off sand, drain); 250 g Fat and lean pork (sliced); 50 g Green garlic (cut into 2-cm segments); 100 g Cooked lard; 5 g Refined salt; 1.5 g MSG; 1.5 g White pepper; 15 g Scallion (smashed); 15 g Ginger (smashed); 25 g Wet starch; 500 g Standard broth; 15 g Sesame oil

A famous local dish of winter mushrooms braised with pork.

1h 5m

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Ingredients

Fresh cold mushrooms (remove stems, soak for 15 minutes then wash 3-4 times, rinse off sand, drain) 1000 g

Fat and lean pork (sliced) 250 g

Green garlic (cut into 2-cm segments) 50 g

Cooked lard 100 g

Refined salt 5 g

MSG 1.5 g

White pepper 1.5 g

Scallion (smashed) 15 g

Ginger (smashed) 15 g

Wet starch 25 g

Standard broth 500 g

Sesame oil 15 g

Instructions

Prepare mushrooms

Remove the stems from the cold mushrooms, soak in water for 15 minutes, then wash 3-4 times consecutively with clean water, rinse off all sand, and drain.

Prepare ingredients

Slice the pork. Smash the scallion and ginger. Cut the green garlic into 2-cm segments.

Simmer

Heat the lard in a wok until hot, add the scallion and ginger to flavor the oil, then add the pork slices and mushrooms and stir-fry. Add the refined salt and standard broth, bring to a boil, then pour into a clay pot and simmer on low heat for 30 minutes. Remove and discard the pork, scallion, and ginger.

Reduce sauce and finish

When serving, return them to the wok, reduce the sauce until concentrated, add the garlic segments, MSG, and white pepper, thicken with a slurry of wet starch, drizzle with sesame oil, plate, and serve.