Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup chopped green onions
  • 3 tablespoons dry-roasted peanuts
  • 1 tablespoon grated peeled fresh ginger
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon mirin (sweet rice wine)
  • 2 teaspoons cornstarch
  • 1 teaspoon dark sesame oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon curry powder
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 6 ounces large shrimp, peeled, deveined, and chopped
  • 4 ounces ground chicken
  • 16 medium shiitake mushroom caps
  • 4 cups water
  • 1 1/3 cups thinly sliced English cucumber
  • 1 1/3 cups thinly sliced carrot

Method

  • Combine the first 11 ingredients in a food processor; process until mixture forms a paste. Spoon about 1 1/2 tablespoons mixture evenly into each mushroom cap. Arrange mushrooms in a 10-inch pie plate.
  • Open a small metal vegetable steamer; place steamer upside down in a large, deep wok. Add water; bring to a simmer. Wearing oven mitts, carefully place pie plate on top of inverted steamer. Cover and cook 6 minutes or until filling is done. Wearing oven mitts, carefully remove pie plate from wok.
  • Arrange 1/3 cup cucumber and 1/3 cup carrot around edge of each of 4 plates; arrange 4 stuffed mushrooms in center of each plate.