Eight-Treasure Stuffed Winter Mushrooms
Hakka dish: shiitake mushrooms stuffed with a mixture of minced pork, dried squid, dried shrimp, and other "eight-treasure" fillings, steamed twice and finished with chicken broth.
Ingredients
dried winter mushrooms (soaked, cleaned, and squeezed dry)
75 g
lean pork (minced)
600 g
dried squid (soaked and diced)
50 g
dried shrimp (diced)
25 g
bamboo shoots (diced)
50 g
flavor powder (MSG)
5 g
water chestnut starch
100 g
fine salt
to taste
chicken stock
to taste
lard (for braising the mushrooms)
to taste
Instructions
1
Prepare the ingredients
Soak the dried mushrooms until clean, squeeze out the excess water, then braise them with lard and flavor powder. Soak the dried squid, then dice it together with the dried shrimp and bamboo shoots. Mince the lean pork.
2
Stuff and steam
Combine all of the above ingredients with the fine salt, flavor powder, and water chestnut starch, mixing well. Stuff the mixture into the braised mushrooms, then place them in a steamer and steam for 15 minutes. Transfer the mushrooms to a bowl and steam for another 10 minutes.
3
To serve
Pour the hot chicken stock over the mushrooms just before serving.