Haven’t printed a recipe in awhile, so here’s a pretty basic number that goes well with a short pasta like Ziti, rice, or even just some fresh Italian bread (we had it with some Chiabatta bread from the Mountain View Farmer’s Market) and a nice salad. Forgive the somewhat pretentious dish name, it was something I just made up having never cooked this before. Nothing too fancy but fresh ingredients make a big difference in taste, serves three-four.
Ingredients
- 1 lb. Ground beef
- 1 lb. Tree Ear mushrooms, roughly chopped
- 1 medium size yellow squash, sliced thin
- 2 medium beefsteak or hothouse tomatoes, diced
- 2 shallots, diced
- 1 cup, fresh cilantro
- 5 cloves garlic, smashed and chopped
- 2 tbsp. soy sauce
- 3 tsp. Hoisin sauce
- Olive oil
- salt and pepper
Preparation
- About 1-2 hours before cooking, marinate ground beef in soy sauce and 1 tsp. hoisin sauce, with a pinch of salt and a few turns of fresh ground pepper
- Heat olive oil in cast iron pan, then add meat, stirring and chopping to brown meat and separate into tiny bits, then drain oil
- Stir in shallots and garlic, then add two tablespoons of olive oil, simmer for a minute
- Stir in tomatoes and half the cilantro, simmer for a minute
- Stir in squash and 2 tsp. hoisin sauce, add a pinch of salt and a few turns of fresh ground pepper, simmer for 2-3 minutes
- Stir in mushrooms, simmer for 5 minutes
- Turn off heat and fold in remaining cilantro, then serve hot
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