Spoon-Shaped Button Mushrooms
A Nanjing specialty in which shrimp paste is spread over white mushrooms and steamed until tender. The dish is visually appealing, with pleasantly chewy mushrooms bathed in a delicate white sauce.
Ingredients
small button mushrooms
6
shrimp meat (minced)
150 g
rehydrated shiitake mushrooms (cut into diamond slices)
2 slices
egg whites (beaten until fluffy)
2
Shaoxing wine
5 g
dry starch
2 g
wet cornstarch slurry
3 g
fresh broth
100 g
ham (cut into diamond slices)
as needed
leafy greens (cut into diamond slices)
as needed
lard (coated inside the spoon)
as needed
fine salt
to taste
MSG
to taste
Instructions
1
Step 1
Prep: Cut the shiitake mushrooms, ham, and leafy greens into diamond slices separately. Mince the shrimp meat and place in a bowl. Beat the egg whites until fluffy, pour into the shrimp bowl, add an appropriate amount of fine salt, MSG, Shaoxing wine, and dry starch, and mix evenly.
2
Step 2
Take 16 spoons, coat the inside of each spoon with a layer of lard. Place the shiitake mushrooms, ham, and leafy greens in each spoon to form a three-diamond pattern. Place the button mushrooms cap-side down in the center of the spoon, and coat the top fully with the shrimp paste.
