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Char Siu Lions mane mushroom
Meaty lions mane mushroom cooked in a Chinese barbeque sauce glaze.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 2

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Large lions mane mushroom
  • For the sauce-
  • 3 tbsp Hoisin sauce
  • 1 tbsp Golden syrup
  • 1 tbsp Rice wine vinegar
  • 1 tbsp Light soy sauce
  • 1 tsp Chinese 5 spice
  • ½ tsp Red food coloring
  • ½ tsp White pepper

Instructions
 

  • Heat up a pan and add your mushroom.
  • Place another pan on top with a heavy object on top to squeeze the mushroom or use a spatula to squash it down.
  • Keep pressing until the mushroom is a thick steak width and then flip and sear the other side.
  • Once the mushroom is the right thickness and browned on each side turn off the heat and prepare the sauce.
  • Mix the sauce ingredients together and brush half onto both sides of the mushroom.
  • Add the mushroom to a lined baking dish and bake at 170C for 40 minutes.
  • Every 10 minutes take out, flip and brush with more sauce.
  • Slice up and enjoy.