Steam sliced chicken breast meat with dried lily buds,mushrooms & black fungus

It has been a long time since Mum made this dish. This dish call for dried lily buds. Another name is golden needles. Dried lily buds are the unopened flowers of day lilies. The the scientic name is Hemerocallis. Dried lily buds have been used in China as both a food and medicine for over 2,000 years. Dried lily buds are yellow-gold in color, with a musky or earthy.

When purchasing lily buds, look for those with pale color. Before using, you may need to cut off about a quarter inch at the bottom to get rid of the woody stem. They must be soaked in warm water for about thirty minutes before use. For better flavor, try tying them in a knot.

Ingredients:
300 gms chicken breast meat
75 gms dried lily buds
3 big piece of dried shitake mushroom
10 gms black fungus
½ cup chicken stock or ½ cup water with ½ chicken bullion

(A)
1 ts chopped garlic
1 tb chopped young ginger
2 tb white wine or Chinese
2 tb sesame oil
1 tb oysters sauce
½ ground white pepper
1 ts sugar
2 ts corn starch

Method:
Wash dried lily bulbs and soaked in warm water for 30 mins. Drain and squeeze out excess water and tie a note for each bud set aside. Wash and soak dried shitake mushroom, drain and squeeze out excess water and slice thinly and set aside. Wash black fungus, soaked in warm water for 30 mins , take off the core and tear it up into smaller florets and set aside. Wash chicken breast meat and slice meat strip into about ¼ in thick ½ in wide and about 2 ins long and set aside. Get ready the chopped young ginger, chopped onion. Marinate chicken with (A) for ½ hour. Just before putting chicken in the steamer add chicken stock, black fungus, sliced mushroom and dried lily buds in to plate. Mix well and when the water in the steamer is boiling, steam for about 30 mins or till chicken turns white and cooked.

Stir fry mushrooms in butter, garlic and white wine - Featured in Group Recipes

I remember I had this dish in an Italian Restaurant and love it.  I did not know the recipe but from the taste, I think I know what they are.  This dish can be either served as a side dish to main meal o as an antipasto. You can even put some on a small toasted piece of bread or crackers and serve cold as an appetzer.  This goes very well with white wine.

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

200 gm fresh shitaki mushrooms, sliced

100gm fresh white mushroom, sliced

1 head garlic, sliced

3 tbs butter

1 tbs white wine

1 tbs teriyaki sauce

1 tbs balsamic vinegar

½ ts ground black pepper

½ ts salt

¼ ts chilly oil

¼ cup chopped parsley

¼ cup diced spring onions

Method:

Melt butter in frying pan, add garlic and stir fry till fragrant.  Add mushrooms and stir fry for 1/2 min.  Add white wine and let it evaporate.  Fry for another 1 min, add salt, black pepper, balsamic vinegar, teriyaki sauce and chilly oil. Fry for another minute. Turn heat to low and add parsley and spring onions and mix well and transfer to serving plate.