Easy pork shiitake mushroom stir fry is a delicious one wok dish with velvety tender shiitake mushrooms, caramelized thin pork slices quickly tossed with ginger, garlic and chilis and a simple oyster sauce.
All I am craving is Chinese food. Well not really Chinese food but simple, quick, easy and healthy food that I can get on my table in less than 30 minutes. How about you?
Quick stir fry dishes like this delicious easy pork shiitake mushroom stir fry is one way for me to clean out the refrigerator inventory and make sure my family eats their required vegetables every day. If you like mushrooms, be sure to try our Wood Ear Mushroom Vegan Stir Fry.
You are going love how fast this recipe comes together. One very important thing to remember is that the prep for the stir fry is all the work but the cooking time is less than 5 little minutes. When your wok or your frying pan is hot and ready, it cannot wait for your ingredients to get chopped and ready. Your chopped and ready ingredients need to be ready for your hot wok.
Actually, you could do much of your prep work (chopping, dicing and slicing) for this easy pork shiitake mushroom stir fry on your days off work. You can put your prepared ingredients in tupperware or storage bags and then in minutes you could have dinner on your table. You could even make your rice in advance on the weekend and then just stir fry with a few aromatics on the day and you are good to go.
I used fresh shiitake mushrooms for this easy pork shiitake mushroom stir fry recipe but you could also use dried Chinese shiitake mushrooms. If you used dried Chinese Shiitake Mushrooms, you will need to soak them for about 20-30 minutes covered in hot water to hydrate and soften them. I find the stalks of the mushroom whether using them fresh or dried are a little too tough for a stir fry so I reserve them for soup instead and use the caps only. You can use any fresh or dried mushrooms of choice as these quick and easy stir fried meals are all about using your personal kitchen inventory up.
You do not need really any special supplies or ingredients to make Easy Pork and Shiitake Mushroom Stir Fry but if you can purchase a bottle of oyster sauce then you will have so many quick and easy meals on your table with this delicious sauce. Oyster sauce is made out of oyster extract and is thick, rich and delicious.. There are oyster sauce brands without MSG and gluten-free and you may be able to find this ingredient in your Asian food stores, health food stores or even just your regular grocery stores near you because it has become quite popular. I use Choy Sun is made by Lee Kum Kee and do not have ave any gluten issues but if you are celiac you had better contact the company directly to determine if all is okay for you.
Living here in Asia, I have the luxury of purchasing my pork slices already sliced super thin for hot-pot but you can also use pork tenderloin and then cut very thin slices so it cooks quickly in the wok. You can use any vegetables you have in your crisper but I just happen to have broccoli and mung beans in mine, so in the wok they went.
Well let's get chopping and woking!
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Easy Pork Shiitake Mushroom Stir Fry
Ingredients
- ¼ cup oyster sauce use gluten free if celiac
- 2 tablespoon water
- 1 teaspoon sugar or sugar alternative
- 1 tablespoon olive oil light flavored
- 1 tablespoon ginger fresh grated or can use ½ teaspoon dried
- ¼ cup onion chopped into half moon slices
- 2 cloves garlic peeled and minced
- ½ chili pepper minced (or a dash of red pepper flakes)- optional
- ¼ pound pork thinly sliced (tenderloin or pre-sliced for stir fry)
- salt to taste
- ¼ teaspoon white pepper
- 6 shiitake mushrooms fresh, cleaned, stems removed and sliced or dried and soaked in hot water to soften and sliced.
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 cup broccoli fresh chopped
- ½ cup bean sprouts
also know as mung bean sprouts - cooked rice as desired (optional)
Instructions
- Oyster sauce Mixture: In a small dish add your oyster sauce, sugar or sugar alternative and water still until well incorporated. set aside.
- Very Important: Wash, prepare and chop all of our ingredients and place them near your wok or frying pan. (Cook rice per package instructions-optional).
- In your wok/frying pan add your canola oil and turn your wok to a medium high heat and add your ginger, onion, garlic and chili (if desired). Keep that wok moving and once you can start to smell the aromatic...about 1 minute quickly add pork and mushrooms and season with salt and pepper and sesame oil. Keep your wok moving and cook for about 2 minutes just until the mushrooms are velvety tender. Remove your pork and mushroom mixture from your wok into a dish and keep warm.
- Add your broccoli. Season with salt and white pepper and add 1 tablespoon of water and cover to steam for about 1 minutes. Take the lid off the wok. Add mung beans to the broccoli mixture and then add your pork and mushroom mixture back into the wok. Add your oyster sauce mixture and just toss until all of the pork. mushrooms and vegetables are coated.
- Serve Easy Pork and Shiitake Mushroom Stir Fry with rice or all on its own if going low carb and enjoy.
Scott Ballegeer says
This was terrific!
HWC Magazine says
Thanks so much Scott! Delighted you enjoyed our easy shiitake mushroom stir fry with pork. Wishing you a super week ahead.
Toya McNeil says
Delicious! Will double or triple the broccoli and mushrooms next time.
HWC Magazine says
Thank you Toya! Delighted you enjoyed our pork shiitake mushroom stir fry. We have many quick and easy stir fry recipes just like this one on Healthy World Cuisine, follow along as more coming your way. Take Care
Eha says
Have to laugh seeing I had already commented on this over six years ago ! Still love, still prepare . . . Thought of one point rereading your recipe - with the price of meat these days and the continuous exhortation to eat less of the stuff both for health and the welfare of the planet - is this not an ideal dish - giving us the taste but using so little of the product !!!
HWC Magazine says
Hi there Eha, Pork shiitake stir fry is an oldie but a recipe that always stands the test of time, especially when food is so expensive. Just a tiny bit of pork but lots of veggies and mushrooms.
John / Kitchen Riffs says
I love mushrooms! And they combine so well with almost any meat. The pork looks wonderful -- neat pairing, excellent dish. Thanks!
HWC Magazine says
Thank you John. Shiitake mushrooms have that extra umami flavor that we love so well. Hope you enjoy this quick and easy stir fry soon.
Christine says
This pork and mushroom recipe is so quick and easy. After cooking every day in and day out due to this pandemic, all we want is something easy and to keep the mess down in the kitchen. It checked all the boxes. Will be making it again.
HWC Magazine says
Hi there and thank you Christine! We totally hear you about needing something quick, easy and low maintenance for dinners. This pandemic has been overwhelming, be good to yourself and take care.
bitsandbreadcrumbs says
I love this pork and shiitake stir fry, Bam. I've been feeling the call of healthy stir fries as we move into this new year and you've inspired me with all of these...thank you!
Helen @ Scrummy Lane says
I'm a bit stuck in a rut with my stir fries, Bam ... I always make the same two or three. Love the idea of branching out and trying a combo I never cook with - pork and mushrooms. Sounds REALLY delicious!
ChgoJohn says
Buongiorno, BAM! Today's stir fry looks so fresh and inviting. Then again, your stir fries always do. Loved the advice to do the prep work ahead of time, like on the weekends. I did that with stews and casseroles when I worked but it never occurred to me to do some prep work. That would have allowed a big improvement in the meals I served myself during the week. Where was ya when I needed ya, BAM? 😀
hotlyspiced says
This is a very yummy dinner. I do love Chinese food and I'm trying to learn to cook it myself. A few nights ago I made fried rice and I white cooked a chicken in a stock - I even made my husband chop up the chicken Chinese style! I do love shiitake mushrooms and there's a lot of great texture and flavour in this dish xx
Anna @ shenANNAgans says
I am starving right now, so reading your post has me craving chinese food. Lol! Gotta go to the supermarket, this may just be included on my ever growing list. Brill that it only takes 5 minutes to cook up, great recipe love, sharing fo shiz. 🙂
nancyc says
This looks like a very yummy meal! Those mushrooms look so good!
Healthy World Cuisine says
Thank you Nancy this is one of these soul nourishing kind of meals. Great textures and savory earthy mushrooms makes this one of our families favorite stir fry dishes.
Karen says
Your dish looks way better than many you see at a Chinese restaurant.
Liz Berg says
Such a scrumptious stir fry! I tend to use chicken---but this pork with broccoli and mushrooms looks amazing!