Cooking Recipe Chinese Stuffed Mushrooms

Recipe Ingredients

24 Fresh mushrooms (about 1 lb)

6 oz Uncooked, boneless lean pork

1/4 c Drained whole water

Chestnuts

3 Green onions

1/2 Small red or green pepper, seeded

1 sm Stalk celery

1 ts Cornstarch

1 ts Grated, pared fresh ginger root

2 ts Rice wine or dry sherry

1 ts Soy sauce

1/2 ts Hoi sin sauce

1 Egg white

3 c Vegetable oil

1/2 c All-purpose flour

BATTER

1/2 c Cornstarch

1/2 c All-purpose flour

1 1/2 ts Baking powder

3/4 ts Salt

1/2 c Milk

1/3 c Water

Directions

FOR MUSHROOMS: 1. Clean mushrooms by wiping with a damp cloth. Remove
stems, chop stems finely and transfer to large bowl. 2. Finely chop
pork, water chestnuts, onions, pepper and celery with sharp knife or
in food processor. Add to chopped mushroom stems. Add cornstarch,
ginger, wine, soy and hoi sin sauces and egg white. Mix well. 3.
Spoon pork mixture into cavities of mushroom caps, mounding mixture
in center. 4. Heat oil in wok over high heat until it reaches 375
degrees F. 5. Prepare batter. Carefully dip mushrooms in flour then
in batter, coating completely. Fry 6 or 8 mushrooms at a time in hot
oil until golden, about 5 minutes. Drain on absorbent paper. FOR
BATTER: 6. Combine cornstarch flour, baking powder and salt in bowl.

Categories matching this recipe

Chinese ,Appetizers