Stir-fried wood ear mushrooms with beef and chicken is delicious, making your family meal more nutritious today. TasteVN has prepared the recipe for this stir-fried dish right below for you. Now, let’s go to the kitchen and make this dish right away!
1. Stir-fried wood ear mushrooms with beef
Preparation
20 minutes
Cooking
10 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Stir-fried wood ear mushrooms with beef Serves 2
Wood ear mushrooms 100 gr Beef 150 gr Green onions/ cilantro 100 gr Chili 1 piece Garlic 3 cloves Shallots 3 bulbs Cooking oil 4 tablespoons Fish sauce 1/2 tablespoon Common seasoning a little (Salt/ monosodium glutamate/ seasoning powder/ ground pepper)
How to choose fresh, good beef
- Fresh beef will have a dark red color, uniform color, and shiny surface on the cut. When smelling the meat, it should have a characteristic fresh meat smell, with no strange odor.
- Choose meat that feels dry to the touch, with no sticky sensation. Press the meat, if it is fresh, it should be elastic and not leave an indentation when pressed.
- Do not buy meat that feels wet to the touch as it indicates that the beef has been soaked in water. For stir-frying, you should choose fillet beef as it will be softer and sweeter when cooked.
See details: How to choose fresh, good beef
How to make Stir-fried Straw Mushrooms with Beef
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Prepare and Marinate the Beef
After buying the beef, wash it thoroughly, let it drain, then cut it into thin slices to prepare for marinating.
Marinate the beef with 1 teaspoon of minced garlic, 1/2 teaspoon of seasoning, 1/2 tablespoon of fish sauce, 1/2 teaspoon of pepper, 1/2 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, 1 tablespoon of cooking oil, mix well and marinate for 10 minutes.
How to Clean Beef Without a Strong Smell:
- Roast 1 piece of ginger until cooked, then scrape off the burnt outer layer, mash the ginger and rub it on the beef, leave it for about 3 minutes and then wash it with clean water.
- Since beef does not have a strong odor, you can also rinse the meat briefly with clean water.
- Avoid washing too thoroughly as it will lose the nutrients in the meat, making it less tasty.
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Prepare other ingredients
Clean the mud and dirt sticking to the mushroom with a knife, then wash it thoroughly. Soak the mushrooms in diluted salt water for about 15 minutes, then rinse with water, and cut the mushrooms in half or into quarters depending on their size.
Peel the shallots and chop them finely, slice the chili after removing the stem. Clean the damaged leaves of the green onions and cilantro, remove the roots, and cut into segments.
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Stir-fry the mushrooms
Add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil to the pan, heat the oil, then add shallots and chili, sauté the ingredients until fragrant, and then add the prepared mushrooms. Stir-fry quickly over high heat for about 5 minutes until the mushrooms are just cooked, then turn off the heat and transfer to a large bowl.
Add the marinated beef to mix with the mushrooms along with a little chopped green onion, and let it marinate for 3 – 5 minutes.
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Stir-frying the dish
Add 1 tablespoon of cooking oil to the pan, heat it up, and add minced shallots to sauté until fragrant.
Then add the mushrooms and beef to stir-fry quickly over high heat for about 5 minutes until the beef is just cooked, adjust the seasoning to taste, then turn off the heat and add a little coriander to complete the dish.
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Final product
With extremely simple steps, you have a delicious and attractive dish of stir-fried straw mushrooms with beef for today’s meal.
Straw mushrooms are fragrant and crunchy while retaining their natural sweetness, and the beef is tender, just cooked with rich seasoning that you definitely cannot miss this dish.
2. Stir-fried Termite Mushrooms with Chicken
Preparation
15 minutes
Cooking
20 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Stir-fried Termite Mushrooms with Chicken Serves 2 people
Termite mushrooms 200 gr Chicken 200 gr (chicken breast) Betel leaves A little (about a handful) Cooking oil 2 tablespoons Fish sauce 1 tablespoon Common spices A little (Seasoning salt/ salt/ monosodium glutamate)
How to Choose Fresh and Delicious Chicken
- For this stir-fried termite mushroom with chicken dish, you should buy chicken breast for the best taste.
- Choose pieces of chicken that have a dry surface; when pressed, the meat should still retain its elasticity.
- Good chicken breast will have a light yellow color, bright color, and no strange smell.
- Avoid buying pieces of chicken that are pale white or slightly bluish as they may have been chemically treated.
- Do not buy pieces of chicken that are soft and mushy or have a strange smell.
See details: How to Choose Fresh and Delicious Chicken
How to prepare Stir-fried Chicken with Termite Mushrooms
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Prepare the ingredients
After buying or picking termite mushrooms, wash them thoroughly to remove dirt. If there is too much dirt stuck to the mushrooms, you can gently scrape it off with a knife, then wash them and let them drain.
Take the lean part of the chicken (chicken breast), wash it clean, and slice it thinly for eating. Remove any damaged or old leaves from the betel leaves, wash them, and chop them finely.
How to clean chicken meat without a smell:
- You should thoroughly clean off the feathers, remove the fat gland from the tail, and use a mixture of salt and vinegar to wash the chicken.
- After cleaning the feathers, you can soak the chicken in water for about 20 minutes.
- You can also clean it by using salt, pepper, smashed ginger, and a bit of white wine for about 30 minutes, then rinse with cold water.
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Stir-fried dish
Add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil to the pan, heat the oil, and add the prepared chicken, stir-frying quickly over medium heat until the chicken is firm.
To enhance the dish’s flavor, add 1 tablespoon of fish sauce and 1 teaspoon of seasoning, stir well until the chicken is cooked through, then add the prepared straw mushrooms.
After adding the mushrooms, stir-fry quickly over high heat for about 5 minutes, then add 1 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate along with finely chopped betel leaves, stirring well until the betel leaves are cooked. You can adjust the seasoning to taste, then turn off the heat to complete the dish.
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Final product
Now you have a delicious and attractive dish of stir-fried straw mushrooms with chicken and betel leaves, perfect for a nutritious family meal. The sweetness from the chicken and straw mushrooms gives the dish a light, natural sweetness, with the mushrooms being crunchy and chewy, while the chicken is tender and juicy, and the seasoning is just right, making it a perfect accompaniment to rice.
How to choose fresh and delicious straw mushrooms
- You should choose to buy natural straw mushrooms when cooking, as they will taste better and smell more fragrant than organic cultivated mushrooms.
- Choose long and large mushrooms like fingers, and mushrooms that are still in bud will retain their crispness better than those that have fully bloomed.
- Straw mushrooms are typically only available during the rainy season, so buy them during the rainy months to get the best quality mushrooms.
- For organic straw mushrooms, you should pay attention to buying those with a moderate size, the mushroom caps should be dark brown, and when touched, they feel firm.
- Avoid buying straw mushrooms that are bruised, have an unusual smell, or lack the characteristic fragrance of mushrooms.
How to quickly clean straw mushrooms
- Straw mushrooms are characterized by being very dirty with mud, so you must wash them thoroughly before cooking, or you can use a knife to scrape off the dirt sticking to the mushroom stems.
- You can soak the mushrooms in diluted salt water for about 15 minutes, then rinse them with clean water and gently scrape around the mushroom stems to clean them.
- For organic mushrooms, you must blanch them in boiling water after cleaning to remove impurities before cooking.
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