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Black Fungus (Wood Ear)

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Wood Ear

 

Wood Ear showing in picture is the ready-to-cook look. It’s one kind of dry ingredient, you have to soak it in water for at least an hour before you cook it.

Wood ear has different names in English. This name should be translated directly from its Chinese name. A lot of times, it’s called ‘black fungus’.

Below are the links from wiki:Wood Ear

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auricularia_auricula-judae

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_ear_fungus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_ear

 

Some dishes cooked with black fungus:

Stir Fried Luffa with Eggs

 

Stir Fried Napa with Shrimp and Black Fungus

 

Stir Fried Asparagus with Preserved PorkStir Fried Asparagus with Preserved Pork

Rice Wine Flavored Drum Stick

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Rice Wine Flavored Drum Stick

 

I fell in love with this dish right away after I tasted it for the first time. It tastes really different.

Ingredients:Rice Wine Flavored Drum StickRice Wine

Drum Sticks, Rice Wine*.

Method:

1. Pull bones off the drum sticks.

You can leave bones in. I just like to pull bones out.

Pull Bone of Drum Stick     Pull Bone of Drum Stick     Pull Bone of Drum Stick     Pull Bone of Drum Stick

2. Steam drum sticks for about 30 minutes.

3. Soak drum sticks in ice-cold-water for about 1 hour right after taken out of steamer.

Rice Wine Flavored Drum Stick          Rice Wine Flavored Drum Stick         Rice Wine Flavored Drum Stick

4. Pour rice wine into a container, add some cold to keep it cold, transfer drum sticks into the container right after taking them out of water.

5. Cover container with lid, keep it refrigerated overnight, slice and serve cold.

You can use any part of chicken even whole chicken to cook this dish, don’t have to use drum sticks only.

 

* I can’t find any explanation in English for the rice wine I use. It’s not regular rice wine, it’s rice wine with seasoning. You can buy it from the Asian (Chinese) groceries.