January 19, 2012

Mushroom Gratin/きのこのグラタン

I made mushroom gratin as part of supper tonight.
今日の夕飯にはきのこグラタンを作りました。

First of all, I pan-fried this maitake, which was part of the prize for the Special Award.
最初に、特別賞の賞品の一つ、この舞茸(マイタケ、まいたけ)をフライパンで炒めました。
It is important to note that you should avoid rinsing mushrooms whenever possible. I didn't rinse the maitake before pan-frying.

As usual, I put the mushroom, add a small amount (say, 1 tsp) of oil and a small amount (say, 1/2 tsp) of salt, and turned on the heat to medium, and put on the lid. I intentionally scorched the mushroom slightly, took off the lid, stir-fried slightly, turn off the heat, and added some soy sauce. Not butter this time.

きのこはできるだけ洗わないほうがいいです。私は、この舞茸を炒める前に水で洗ってません。

いつも通り、きのこを入れ、油を少量(小さじ1位)と塩を少量(小さじ1/2位)を入れ、中火にして、蓋をしました。きのこをわざと少し焦がして、蓋を取り、少し炒め、火を消して、しょう油を加えました。今回はバターは入れませんでした。
Slightly scorched maitake, combined with slightly scorched soy sauce, is really delicious (which I learned from mistakes).
少し焦げた舞茸と少し焦げたしょう油はすごく美味しいです(間違いから学んだことです)。

I used the leftover fried mushrooms to make gratin.
グラタンを作るのに残りのきのこ炒めを使いました。
2 medium onions
1 chicken thigh
4 tbsp flour
200 ml milk
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp instant dashi
Leftover fried mushrooms
玉ねぎ 中 2個
鶏の腿肉 1枚
小麦粉 大さじ4
牛乳 200 ml
塩 小さじ1/2
出汁の素 小さじ1/2
残りのきのこ炒め
First, fry onion, then add chicken (and mushrooms). When they are done, turn off the heat, sprinkle flour and add milk. Turn on the heat again. Stir constantly until sticky.
まずは玉ねぎを炒め、鶏肉(ときのこ)を足します。火が通ったら、火を止め、小麦粉を振りかけ、牛乳を入れます。火をまた点けて、粘りが出るまで混ぜます。

I put about 60% of the ingredients to the toaster oven tray. I sprinkled some panko and cheese for pizza on top of it.
具の約6割をオーブントースターのトレイに載せました。その上にパン粉とピザ用のチーズを載せました。
And, heated for about 6 min.
約6分加熱しました。
Note that my gratin is macaroni- or potato-less by default. The reason is that we want to have it as an okazu (side dish) for rice, not as a main dish.
私の作るグラタンは通常、マカロニやポテトは入っていません。理由は、メインディッシュとしてではなく、ご飯のおかずとして食べたいからです。

Even leftover spaghetti is an okazu for rice.
残りのスパゲティもご飯のおかずです。

5 comments:

Ruminating Roy said...
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Ruminating Roy said...

Hiroyuki, I send my apologies as I misspelled a couple of words and hadn't read the post before this one (and thus needed to delete my old post). Your mushroom recipes always sound like the best, and any time I can find the necessary mushrooms to copy you it gets rave reviews here!

Hiroyuki said...

Ruminating Roy: Rave reviews? Thanks!
This morining, I made egg drop soup, using four of the shiitake I got. I haven't decided yet what to do with the remaining ones. Maybe tsukune.

muskratbyte said...

I'd have never thought of mushroom gratin, but after seeing yours I want to try it!

Hiroyuki said...

muskratbyte: I can't think of gratin without mushrooms! (laugh)