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Drying concentrates the mushroom and strips its water, so it fries in five seconds instead of steaming in its own moisture. The result is closer to a nugget than a vegetable — no allium, no animal, entirely temple-legal.
ingredients
- ◆1 head broccoli
- ◆10 g ginger
- ◆50 g dried oyster mushroom
- ◆3 T rice syrup
- ◆2 T soy sauce
- ◆1 T sesame seeds
directions
- 01Prepare vegetables — cut broccoli into bite size pieces, mince ginger and set aside
- 02Blanch broccoli in heavily salted water (2 minutes), stem pieces go in 1 minute before the rest, squeeze moisture after ice bath to stop cooking
- 03fry dried oysters in medium-hot oil for 5 second per batch, fries quickly due to low moisture
- 04add ginger, soy sauce, and syrup to pan on medium heat and stir
- 05add in mushrooms and broccoli, stir fry with sauce for 2 minutes
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01 platesShot in the kitchen, as it went.
