Ingredients
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22 white button mushrooms, cleaned
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1 tablespoon peanut oil
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3 garlic cloves, minced
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1/2 teaspoon white pepper
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1 1/2 cups panko breadcrumbs
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1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil, plus extra for greasing the pan and garnish
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8 tablespoons water
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3 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds
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3 tablespoons rice wine vinegar or 3 tablespoons mirin
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1/2 cup scallion, finely chopped, plus extra for garnish
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1 cup water chestnut, finely diced
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Remove the stems from the mushrooms.
- Chop up the stems and two(2) of the whole mushrooms and set them aside.
- Preheat a large skillet over medium heat. Pour in the peanut oil and sauté the chopped mushroom for about 3 minutes, until some moisture has released.
- Add the diced water chestnuts or daikon and cook for 5 more minutes, stirring often. Add the garlic and cook for a minute longer.
- At this point, lots of moisture should be released from the mushrooms.
- Add the rice wine vinegar or mirin, salt, and white pepper, and cook for about 2 minutes.
- Turn off the heat and add the panko in 1/2-cup batches and stir, alternately adding the sesame oil until all the bread crumbs are moist.
- If needed, add a coiple tbsp of water if panko seems overly dry.
- The mixture should be crumbly but, when you press some between your fingers, it should hold together.
- Mix in the scallions and adjust the salt to taste.
- Grease a baking sheet with a little sesame oil.
- Stuff each mushroom with the filling and place on the baking sheet.
- To stuff them, place a little of the filling into the mushroom crevice and then add another tablespoon on top of that, pressing firmly to form a mound.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
- To serve, sprinkle the toasted sesame seeds over the mushrooms and drizzle with a little sesame oil, if desired.
- Garnish with extra chopped scallions.