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.
Tandy | Lavender and Lime says
This looks so delicious! Something I would make for sure. In fact, it looked so good my gym shared the post with the members 🙂
mjskit says
I need to get me a wok! These quick and easy, nutritious meals are exactly the type of dishes that I love to make, Fabulous stir fry!
Pamela @ Brooklyn Farm Girl says
I'm seeing stars in my eyes, this is totally my type of meal! Also thanks for the reminder to start growing mung beans again! I always forget to do it in the Winter! Pinning recipe now! 🙂
Tonette Joyce says
I've been trying my hand at more and more Asian foods, Bobbi.This looks beautiful!
Monica says
I make some kind of stir-fry for dinner a few times each week...and I love using pork tenderloin. I realized a while back that instead of roasting a whole one, I could slice it up and use it for stir-fry. I just did a pork with tofu last night to mix things up from the usual beef. Next time, it has to be this pork shiitake mushroom stir-fry. My mouth is watering!
Culinary Flavors says
I love everything about this dish plus I am a big Asian fan. My son eats even with chop sticks, i am not as articulate haha! Anyway, he would be thrilled to eat it! Pinned and shared!
Cecilia says
This is definitely a recipe I will try. It sounds so delicious, and your awesome pictures just help with my decision. Thanks for sharing.
Healthy World Cuisine says
Thank you very much Cecillia.
Dawn says
I love your stir fry dishes - one of these days I will get myself a wok to get the real experience!
Healthy World Cuisine says
Thank you Dawn. You should get yourself a wok, it really expands your cooking service to get the fast sear and stir fry of ingredients. Heck you can even find me cooking with long cooking chopsticks...who would have ever thought 7 years ago that would have been even remotely possible. (smiling...)
Norma Chang says
Great combo with all my favorite ingredients. Yep, stir-fry is the way to go for quick, easy and tasty meals.
Healthy World Cuisine says
Thank you Norma. This stir fry would even be better with some of your beautiful organic veggies from your garden. Are you getting ready for CNY? Take Care
Robyn @ Simply Fresh Dinners says
Gorgeous photos, Bobbi, and such a fun and tasty dish. I've got all the ingredients in my fridge and I'm staying home again today because of the snow so this is lunch! Love the benefits of snow and LOVE this dish 🙂
Healthy World Cuisine says
Thanks Robyn. I am so delighted to hear that you like the ingredients in this quick and easy favorite. I can tell you this, I do not miss the snow at all. Not even a tiny bit. It is always such a nightmare getting to work in that snowy icy mix... Be careful and take care.
Eha says
An enticing stir-fry recipe! Usually cooking just for myself stir-fries are on the menu at least 3-4 times a week: in the last three decades I do not think I have ever made two alike - and there is such a satisfaction being able to use up all he odds-and-ends in the fridge as long as one has 3-4 kinds of soy sauce in the pantry plus the usual oyster, hoi sin and fish sauces plus sesame oil, rice wine vinegar etc the combinations and permutations are endless, fast to prep, great to taste and fun! This one does appeal and the recipe will be followed 🙂 !
Healthy World Cuisine says
Hi there Eha! Quick and easy stir fries that let you use up all the tids and tads in your refrigerator are beautiful and delicious with some aromatics and a little flavorings. I am so glad that you make them often too. It makes good sense for us as when you are in Rome... it is also a way to keep grocery costs in check. (OMG have I mentioned how much my boys can eat...!!!! LOL) Wishing you a super week and take care.
John/Kitchen Riffs says
I actually typically use a light olive oil in stir-fry these days. I always have it on hand, and it just seems to work. Anyway, this is such a great looking dish! Haven't made a Chinese dish in ages -- need to again. Thanks!
Healthy World Cuisine says
Light olive oil is delicious and it can handle the heat pretty well. When I get the garlic, onions and chilis in the wok...my dog, Buddy, usually comes around as that means dinner is not too far from being ready.
shashi at runninsrilankan says
I wasn't craving Chinese till I saw this recipe! Bobbie I love that this only takes 5 minutes to cook up - the quicker for me to get my fix eh?
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Healthy World Cuisine says
The longest part is the chopping...not too long but just a few... maybe you could your daughter on that and then it would be all ready for the wok, before you get home for work..(shhh you did not hear that from me)
Raymund says
Two of my favourite ingredients in one dish, this will be something special to me. I can already smell and taste the earthiness of those shiitakes. Yum!
Healthy World Cuisine says
Thank you Raymund! I love shiitake mushrooms too. Once they hit the wok, something just magical happens to them.
Sandra Shaffer says
Quick recipes are the best especially when they're as healthy and delicious looking as this stir fry! Oyster sauce is the key to a great sauce! Great recipe, Bobbi!
Healthy World Cuisine says
Thank you Sandra. Loving the quick, easy and healthy recipes for 2016.