Paua in Oyster Sauce

Name: Paua in Oyster Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 500 grams paua, thickly sliced.; 3 shiitake mushrooms.; 50 grams sliced, canned bamboo shoots.; 1 teaspoon rice wine or sherry.; 1 tablespoon Le Kum Kee oyster sauce.; 1 teaspoon sugar.; ½ teaspoon salt.; 2 teaspoons cornflour mixed with water.; 1 teaspoon sesame oil.

SpotX Wild Foods Recipe from Derek the Chef
Prep:10 minutes Cook:10 minutes Difficulty:1

Ingrediants:

500 grams paua, thickly sliced.
3 shiitake mushrooms.
50 grams sliced, canned bamboo shoots.
1 teaspoon rice wine or sherry.
1 tablespoon Le Kum Kee oyster sauce.
1 teaspoon sugar.
½ teaspoon salt.
2 teaspoons cornflour mixed with water.
1 teaspoon sesame oil.

Directions:

Soak, slice and destalk shiitake mushrooms.
Heat a little olive oil in frying pan or wok.
Add paua, mushroom and bamboo shoots.
Add rice wine, oyster sauce, sugar and salt.
Stir-fry for about 2-3 minutes.
Add cornflour and stir until mixture thickens.

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Paua
Paua It is little wonder that black marketers seek out paua; such is its pulling power.
Referred to as ‘back gold’ by the poachers, paua fetches a good price on both the legitimate and black markets, with much of the ill-gotten gain smuggled out of the country. Unfortunately its popularity and shrinking stocks put it outside the reach of the average household, unless you are lucky enough to be close to a coast where there are good paua populations at hand.
The common black-foot paua has to be 125mm in length. The average size and abundance improves the further south you travel. A rarity in the Far North for all but a few in the know, in the South Island paua is common tucker enjoyed by many.