Recipe for Shiitake Mushroom Saute

(WXYZ) - Chef George Vutetakis showed viewers how to make Shiitake Mushroom Saute.

It's a recipe from his new cookbook, "Vegetarian Traditions: Favorite Recipes from My Years at the Legendary Inn Season Cafe."

Here is the recipe:

1/2 teaspoon toasted sesame oil

1/4 teaspoon garlic, finely minced

8 shiitake mushroom caps

1/4 cup mirin

1/2 teaspoon tamari

2 fresh chive stalks
 

Heat oil in a small sauté pan on medium-high heat. When hot, but not smoking, add garlic then mushroom caps. When garlic is sizzling, add mirin and tamari. Cover and simmer at medium-low until the mirin starts to caramelize around the mushrooms. Garnish with chive stalks and serve immediately. Serves 4.

Chef Vutetakis also writes a blog. You can read it by clicking here .