Mushroom Stir Fry with Peas and Green Onions

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup chicken or vegetable stock
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• 1/2 cup chicken or vegetable stock
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
• 1 tablespoon shaoxing cooking wine or cooking sherry
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 4 garlic cloves, sliced thinly
• 1 tablespoon grated ginger
• 2-5 dried red chilies, roughly chopped OR 1/4-1/2 teaspoon dried chili flakes
• 3 tablespoons sesame, grapeseed, or other high smoke-point oil
• 2 lbs. of mixed mushrooms, roughly chopped or quartered
• 1 1/2 cups of snow peas or snap peas, de-stringed
• 8 green onions, chopped
• Toasted sesame seeds, optional

Directions

1. For the glaze, whisk the stock, honey, and soy sauce together in a bowl, then put it to the side. In a separate bowl, whisk the stock, soy sauce, honey, rice vinegar, cooking wine or sherry, and cornstarch until smooth, and set that aside too. Add 1 tablespoon of oil to a large skillet or wok set over high heat. Once the oil shines and a drop of water vanishes in under a second, add the mushrooms and toss them in the pan.
2. Cook the mushrooms for a few minutes, until they begin to squeak a little and release liquid into the skillet. At that point, pour in the glaze. Let it bubble away, stirring now and then, for about 5-6 minutes.
3. When almost all the liquid has cooked off, move the mushrooms off the heat and transfer them to a bowl. If a little caramelized sugar sticks to the sides of the pan, do not worry about it.
4. Turn the heat down to medium and pour in the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil. Stir in the garlic, ginger, and chilies, and cook just until they smell fragrant, about 30 seconds.
5. Add the snow peas and green onions, then toss everything together for about 30 more seconds.
6. Raise the heat to high. Pour in the sauce and let the mixture boil; it will thicken quite a bit. Return the mushrooms to the pan and cook for about 20 more seconds, then remove the pan from the heat.
7. Serve over rice, with sesame seeds on top if you are using them.