Steamed termite mushroom with pork and egg pie

Termite mushroom is very famous among Asian cuisine, but to Western – it seems like a strange wild name. Some Western people wonder if it’s poisonous. No, this mushrooms can’t kill you. It’s edible. Besides that, it contains amino acids necessary for human body, protein, fat, as well as a variety of vitamins and calcium, phosphorus,… The mushroom is chewy and soft, and meaty like chicken.

You should enjoy this tasty mushroom recipe with your family. It will bring you all together.

Ingredients: serves 5 people

-          400 g fresh termite mushroom

-          200 g pork butt roast

-          4 duck eggs

-          3 cloves of red shallot, peeled and finely chopped.

-         3 stalks of scallion, washed and cut off the roots and the white ends, finely chopped

-          2 cloves of garlic, peeled and finely chopped

-          1 tablespoon of fish sauce

-          2 teaspoons of sugar

-          ½ teaspoon of salt

-          ½ teaspoon of ground pepper

-          2 tablespoons of cooking oil

Method:

1.   Soak mushrooms into cold water with a little salt about 15 minutes. Trim off any damaged spots, dirty stems. Transfer mushrooms in a colander, rinse under running water, and let them drain. Chop into small pieces.

2.    Finely chop the pork. Transfer to a mixing bowl and combine with the red shallot, scallion, garlic, salt, sugar, fish sauce, ground pepper.

3.      Put 2 eggs and 2 egg whites into. Combine well.

4.     Spare about 10 mushrooms, place the rest  into the mixing bowl. Toss to combine together.

5.  Prepare a crystal or china bowl for containing. Pour 2 tablespoons of cooking oil into it.

6.      Then put the mixture into the bowl.

7.      Top the mixture with 2 egg yolks and the remaining mushrooms.

8.      Put the bowl into a steamer. Cook for 10 minutes.

Serving:

Eating hot with warm rice and soy sauce.

Bon appetit !

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