Ingredients:
3 tablespoons garlic, chopped
3 teaspoons cilantro, chopped
2 teaspoons rice wine
32 peppercorns, whole or ground
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
20 ounces fresh shiitake mushrooms, thinly sliced
4 tablespoons soy sauce
3 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 cups peanuts, chopped
1 large pineapple, peeled
1 large oranges, peeled and sliced in sections
1 avocados, firm but ripe,removed from skin,pitted and thickly sliced
3 red chili peppers, seeded & cut into slivers
1 whole fresh cilantro leaves
Directions:
Using a blender or mortar& pestle, blend the garlic, cilantro roots, rice wine& peppercorns into a paste.
Add the vegetable oil to a skillet over medium heat.
Add the paste& stir-fry a few seconds until fragrant.
Add the shiitake& stir-fry until cooked, 3-5 minutes.
Add soy sauce, sugar and peanuts and fry until the sugar is blended into the mixture.
Remove from the heat& let cool.
Slice the pineapple into 1/2″ thick rings and then cut the rings into 1/2″ X 1 1/2″ chunks.
Put a small amount of the cooled stir-fry mixture on individual pineapple chunk, orange slices and avocado slices.
Decorate each”horse” with a few slivers of chili and a cilantro leaf.
Servings: 12
Time preparation: 10 min.
Time total: 30 min.