Starters & Light meals

Nam jim mushrooms

By Abigail Donnelly
4
Easy
15 minutes
20 minutes

“This recipe for a quick, fragrant nam jim sauce is a brilliant stand-by. Make extra and keep a jar in the fridge to use as a dressing for lettuce or dim sum.” – Abigail Donnelly

Wine/Spirit Pairing
Rustenberg RM Nicholson 2022
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Ingredients

Method
  • 3 T sunflower oil
  • Woolworths brown mushroom steaks 4, torn
  • sticky rice, for serving (optional)
    • For the nam jim dressing:

  • 1 clove garlic, grated
  • 1 t soft brown sugar
  • 3 T lime juice
  • 1 T fish sauce
  • 1 red chilli, finely chopped
  • 1 T furikake (seaweed sprinkle), for sprinkling

Method

Ingredients

1. Heat half the oil in a large pan over a high heat. When hot, fry half the mushrooms until golden brown. Try not to turn them until they’re golden. Repeat with the remaining mushrooms. Allow to cool.

2. Mix the nam jim ingredients. Pour the dressing over the mushrooms and sprinkle over the furikake. If you like, serve with sticky rice.

Find more mushroom recipes here.

Photographs: Jan Ras 
Production: Abigail Donnelly and Kate Wilson
Food assistants: Emma Nkunzana and Josh Van Zyl 
Abigail Donnelly

Recipe by: Abigail Donnelly

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