Napa Cabbage Steak
- 1 head napa cabbage
- sea salt
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon yuzu juice or 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 1/2 teaspoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons grapeseed oil
- 6 ounces shiitake mushrooms, stems removed
- Slice off bottom inch of cabbage at stem end.
- Remove one layer of leaves and discard.
- Carefully remove remaining leaves until you get to smaller central ones.
- Reserve smaller leaves for another use.
- You should have about 12 large leaves.
- Place one leaf on work surface.
- Top with another leaf facing the opposite direction, that is, with cut end at leafy end.
- Dust with pinch of sea salt.
- Continue stacking leaves, alternating their direction, and dusting every second leaf with salt.
- Place stack four inches from end of a 16-inch sheet of foil.
- Lift end of foil over stack of leaves and tightly roll, wrapping the foil as you go.
- Be careful that foil is wrapped around only the outside of cabbage roll.
- Tightly tie roll with butcher's cord at 1 1/2- to 2-inch intervals.
- You should be able to make 6 ties.
- Use large knife to slice about 1/2 inch from ends of roll, so cut sides are smooth.
- Then slice roll in sections between cord.
- You should have 6 thick rounds of cabbage, each wrapped in foil and tied.
- Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
- Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in skillet large enough to hold rolls, a cut side down, in single layer.
- Cook rolls over medium-low heat until lightly browned on bottom and steam rises from center, 5 to 8 minutes.
- Turn rolls and cook on other side until lightly browned.
- Remove rolls to baking dish and place in oven.
- While cabbage is cooking, mix yuzu juice, soy sauce and grapeseed oil together and set aside.
- Place remaining olive oil in skillet.
- Add mushrooms and saute over medium-high heat until softened and lightly browned.
- Remove from heat.
- If not serving dish immediately, place mushrooms in small baking dish in oven to keep warm.
- To serve, remove cabbage from oven and, keeping rolls standing on a cut side, transfer to serving dish or put each on a salad plate.
- Snip cords and carefully remove foil.
- Cabbage rolls should hold together neatly.
- Sprinkle cabbage rolls with bonito flakes.
- Toss mushrooms with yuzu mixture, place a few mushroom pieces on top of each cabbage roll and serve.
cabbage, salt, extra virgin olive oil, yuzu juice, soy sauce, grapeseed oil, shiitake mushrooms
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/napa-cabbage-steak-16127 (may not work)