Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Oyster Mushroom Chicken



I couldn't resist myself when I see fresh oyster mushroom in the Asian market.  I loved to serve variety of mushrooms for my family.  Oyster mushroom is said to be able to lower the cholesterol levels as it naturally contains lovastatin.  All I know is mushroom is good for us so I am trying to cook it often.  However, my Evy is not a mushroom lover which makes it hard for me.  Because I am trying to give her food that is good for her but she just won't touch it.  The only mushroom that she would eat is Enoki mushroom which I will also get whenever I am in the Asian market.
This is one easy stir-frying dish with oyster sauce.  If you have a bottle of oyster sauce, you can make lots of Chinese dishes with it.  There is even a vegetarian version of oyster sauce which is made from this oyster mushroom. 




Ingredients:

Fresh oyster mushroom, washed and cut off the bottom of the mushroom stem
One skinless and boneless chicken thigh, slice and season with a little dark soy sauce, sugar and cornstarch
3 cloves of garlic, minced

Oyster sauce
a touch of sugar

Method:

1.  Heat up a wok.  When heated, add in oil.  Stir-fry the oyster mushroom until soften.  Dish out and set aside.

2.  With the same heated wok, add in oil.  Then, garlic and chicken.  Stir-fry until chicken is cooked through.  Add in oyster mushroom, oyster sauce and sugar.  Add a little water for sauce.  Stir-fry well and serve.

12 comments:

  1. I love oyster sauce and oyster mushrooms...sweet, comforting!

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  2. Love mushrooms of any kind. In contrary, we eat less of enoki at home cos they are not very digestible? I am sure you have heard that enoki mushrooms are also known as 'see you tmr' (in Mandarin). LOL!

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  3. We are all mushroom lovers! hahaha. yes, like u, i find oyster mushrooms hard to resist!! What an easy and quick cooking dish for dinner.

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  4. Ching, this looks so yummy! My girls don't like mushrooms too. I might try this dish and see if they take to it.

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  5. oh yummm!!! me too! a huge fan of shrooms, this dish could go a really longgg way (a few bowls of rice) hehehe

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  6. Simply love this oyster sauce gravy, it never disappoints :)

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  7. wow!! your chick and mushroom "or or"!! My Mishu will love it!I like mushroom but seldom buy bcos most of the time I have to trash away after sitting in fridge for weeks.always forget to cook!

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  8. I love mushroom, need not too much spices and delicious.

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  9. Oyster sauce can do a lot of magic to our dishes. We love mushroom too be it fresh or dried. Love your stir-frying dish - simple and delish!

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  10. lovely oyster dish...simple n quick dish..frst time here..lov ur space ..glad to follow u!

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