Stir-Fried Mushroom and Spinach

I like to cook easy and fast meals. Sometimes I do crave for a dish that takes a long time to prepare. But on weekday nights like this, easy peasy recipes are needed.

This stir-fried vegetables wont take long to cook. In 10 minutes including preparations, you can have your meal ready to eat. It is delicious even only with white rice.

Ingredients

2 king trumpet mushrooms
3 bunches Korean spinach
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1T oyster sauce
1/2t sesame oil
2T water
salt and pepper
1T oil

Directions

1. Julienned the king trumpet mushroom. Not too small though. Wash the spinach in the running water. I always soak leafy vegetables in water with a teaspoon of baking soda for about 5-10 minutes to get rid of the chemicals.

2. Heat the oil in the pan. When it is ready, put the garlic on it and stir-fry until fragrant.
3. Add the mushroom and water, and continue to stir.
3. Add the oyster sauce, salt, and pepper
4. After the mushroom is half cooked, add spinach on the pan. It doesn't take a long time because the spinach is easily cooked.
5. When it is cooked, add the sesame oil, stir, and remove from heat.

We had this mushroom stir fry with Indonesian fried chicken, white rice and sambal terasi or chilli with shrimp paste. It was sooo good.

Btw for the fried chicken, I will post the recipe too, soon.

King Trumpet Mushroom nutritional facts, taken from here and here :
* packed with antioxidants that fight harmful toxins and help your immune cells recognize potential threats to your system.
* low in calories and high in protein. Fresh mushrooms contain 3 percent to 21 percent carbohydrates and 3 percent to 35 percent dietary fiber on a dry-weight basis.
* contains a number of essential minerals such as phosphorous, potassium, calcium and iron. It is also an excellent source of thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, biotin and ascorbic acid.
* might be associated with anti-cancer activity, positive effects on the immune system, and anti-viral, antibiotic and anti-inflammatory activities.
* It produce compounds known as statins. These drugs stimulate receptors in the liver to help clear low-density lipoproteins from the body. Lovastatin is a chemical specific to the king oyster mushrooms, according to TodaysDietitian.com. Lovastatin may reduce cholesterol in the blood and promote vascular health.