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A bit of a fusion combing some Western technique and Japanese, and pretty much all traditional Japanese flavors.

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Make this with wild rice, or if you have other leftover grains, you can use those. The flavor of wild rice goes perfectly with other ingredients.

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This is pretty quick to make, and the flavors combine to make a dish with flavors ranging from deep umami to bright top notes from the OJ, with just about everything in between. Fire up some rice in the rice cooker and you have an easy dinner.

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From Chef Colin Moody

Yield: approx 1.5 cups

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Definitely a fusion dish drawing on India and Southeast Asia for inspiration, with some pure California thrown in as well.

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A quick sauté using a dressing originally used for a Strawberry Spinach salad.

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INGREDIENTS:

1 pound asparagus-as thick as you can find
½ pound shiitake mushrooms, stems removed and reserved for stock
½ cup white wine such as Grenache Blanc
½ teaspoon fresh minced ginger

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This is a riff on something from a restaurant. Light in body, but with plenty of flavor.

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Here is another mei quin and shiitake recipe. This version has a little more depth of flavor that comes from the Ground Bean Paste, and the shiitake flavor is less prominent.  Although based on traditional Chinese techniques and ingredients, I doubt you’ll find it in any restaurant. My family loved it, even the kids.

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Although this seems like a lot of ingredients, this recipe utilizes two components that are then combined for the end product. The second set of ingredients is used to flavor the choi and uses the stems that would usually be discarded, which bothered me. When I first did this recipe, I was tossing the stems into a small teapot that “was there” to keep them out of the way-thus the genesis of this idea.

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Although this seems like a lot of ingredients, this recipe utilizes two components that are then combined for the end product. The second set of ingredients is used to flavor the collards and uses the stems that would usually be discarded, which bothered me. When I first did this recipe, I was tossing the stems into a small teapot that “was there” to keep them out of the way-thus the genesis of this idea.

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