VEGETARIAN CHICKEN KERABU

Unbelievable, a vegetarian kerabu chicken. You may think it is the processed vegetarian food ingredient that resembles and tastes like chicken. Not at all, there is totally nothing related to chicken here. This salad [kerabu] is strictly meatless though you may see there is a whole lot of stuff that looks like chicken breast shredded. Guess what that is?

This kerabu looks and tastes like a chicken kerabu which you may have eaten some Nyonya food outlets or at home. All the ingredients are in here except that the chicken breast meat has been replaced by a secret ingredient ‘Erngyii Mushrooms’.

Ingredients

1 packet Erngyii mushrooms - rinsed
1 tbsp black fungus [bok nee] - soaked and cut strips
50 gm red carrot - peeled and shredded
1-2 small red chillies - thinly sliced
some mint leaves
Salad Dressing [Combined]
1/2 torch ginger flower - minced
5-6 calamansi limes - juiced
2 tbsp sugar to taste
1/2 tsp mushroom granules or vegetarian belacan or dash of salt
some toasted sesame seeds

1. Halve mushrooms lengthwise, blanched in boiling water for a minute. Drained, cooled and tear into strips.
2. Using the same water, blanched black fungus, drained and cut strips.
3. Combined dressing ingredients in a bowl.  Taste to adjust.
4. Mix the salad ingredients together, pour in dressing, toss well and refrigerate until serving time.
5. Sprinkle sesame seeds over salad before serving.