Month: January 2014

Stir fried earwood mushroom with chicken and vegetables

This earwood mushroom recipe includes chicken, and a mix of carrots, celery and bell pepper stir fried in a ginger and garlic sauce. Earwood mushroom, also known as "black fungus", is popular in China for its flavor and crisp texture, as well as for its nutritional and medicinal properties. As a specialty item, earwood mushroom can be found in the dry food section of Asian grocery stores or in Chinese herbal medicine stores. Earwood mushrooms are versatile and can be added to soups, stir fries and cold salad dishes. I like to soak the earwood mushrooms in cool filtered water the…

Ginger tea with cinnamon recipe

This is a simple, Dominican-style ginger tea with cinnamon recipe that can be enjoyed by anyone. Hits the spot on a cold day. Cooler nights in the Dominican Republic during the months of December and January often call for ginger tea. Dominicans do not have "tea time" per se, usually preferring coffee espresso style in the morning and then again after lunch. Tea is enjoyed on those rare cool evenings before bedtime and as a remedy for colds and other ailments. I use ginger almost daily when preparing Asian dishes. The root enhances the flavor and aroma of meat and…