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Fried rice with mushrooms and cashews

Karen Martini
Karen Martini

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Fried brown rice with wood ear fungus and cashews.
Fried brown rice with wood ear fungus and cashews.William Meppem

This is fried rice as a delicious and sustaining stand-alone meal. You can use white rice, but brown rice has a hearty, nuttier texture that I find irresistible. Serve with chopped chilli or fermented hot sauce on the side.

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Ingredients

  • 1 bunch of choy sum or gai lan, trimmed

  • 80ml light soy sauce

  • 2 tbsp oyster sauce or vegetarian oyster sauce

  • 1 tsp sesame oil

  • 2 tsp sugar

  • ½ tsp ground white pepper

  • 2 tbsp grapeseed oil

  • 1 large onion, finely sliced

  • 5 garlic cloves, sliced

  • 100g fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped

  • 200g salted roasted cashews

  • 2 tbsp sesame seeds

  • 120g fresh wood-ear fungus, or shiitake or abalone mushrooms, finely shredded

  • 500g long-grain brown rice, or white rice, cooked and cooled

  • 100g beansprouts

  • 5 spring onions, white and green parts, finely sliced

  • 1 handful coriander leaves

Method

  1. Step 1

    Blanch the choy sum or gai lan in boiling salted water for 1 minute, then drain. Cut into 3cm pieces and set aside.

  2. Step 2

    Combine the soy and oyster sauces, sesame oil, sugar and pepper in a small bowl. Stir to dissolve the sugar.

  3. Step 3

    Heat a wok over high until very hot. Add the grapeseed oil and heat until shimmering. Add the onion, garlic, ginger, cashews and sesame seeds and stir-fry until the onion has softened (about 3 minutes).

  4. Step 4

    Add the blanched choy sum or gai lan and cook for 1 minute, then add the fungus and rice and stir briskly until hot. Add the soy sauce mixture, beansprouts, shallots and coriander. Stir to combine, then serve.

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Karen MartiniKaren Martini is a Melbourne-based chef, restaurateur, author and television presenter. She has a regular column in Good Weekend.

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