Fujian pork and mushroom sauce
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- 300 g ground pork
- 4 whole reconstituted shiitake mushrooms
Get the wok piping hot, shut off the heat, add the oil and swirl it for a nonstick surface.
- ⅓ cup peanut oil
Over a medium flame add the ground pork, fry slowly and break it up with chopsticks until it turns colour.
Add the minced shallot and the diced reconstituted shiitakes and fry slowly for 15 to 20 minutes, until the pork begins to brown.
- 60 g minced shallot
- 1 tbsp granulated sugar
- 50 g slab sugar
Add the granulated sugar and the slab sugar and melt.
- 6 tbsp huang dou jiang
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp sweet chili sauce
- ¼ tsp dark soy sauce
- 2 tsp chicken bouillon powder
- 1 tsp five spice powder
- ¼ tsp salt
Add the yellow bean sauce, soy sauce, sweet chili sauce, dark soy sauce, chicken bouillon powder, five spice powder and salt, and mix.
- ½ cup shiitake mushroom soaking liquid
Add the shiitake soaking liquid and cook another five minutes to combine.
Serve mixed into rice or plain congee, or ladled over steamed fish with fresh chillies and aromatics.