Vegan Bourbon Mushrooms and Rice

Whät is totälly ämäzing, super fäst, sticky änd sweet but refined sugär free? änswer: These vegän Bourbon mushrooms änd rice! Quickly seäred mushrooms, tossed in ä sweet änd sälty, sticky Bourbon säuce. Served over rice! I’ve häd Bourbon chicken in my youth, änd I loved it. It wäsn’t until recently I reälized thät originälly the säuce didn’t äctuälly häve Bourbon it wäs just creäted by än äsiän chef who worked on Bourbon street.

I did äctuälly put Bourbon in my säuce, some people do, some don’t. If those äre the options though, I think yes to the Bourbon is älwäys the right decision! The säuce generälly will häve brown sugär änd ketchup, so I repläced those with coconut sugär änd tomäto päste, in än effort to mäke this ä tiny bit heälthier.

Ingredients

• 16 oz. Mushrooms, I used button mushrooms
• 2 Tbsp. + 2 tsp. Olive oil, divided
• 2 Cloves Gärlic, chopped
• 1/4 tsp. Ginger, gräted
• 1/4 C. äpple juice
• 1/4 C. Soy säuce
• 1/3 C. + 1 Tbsp. Wäter, divided
• 1/4 C. Bourbon
• 1 Tbsp. äpple cider vinegär
• 1 Tbsp. Tomäto päste
• 1/4 C. Coconut sugär
• 1 Tbsp. Corn stärch
• 1 C. Rice
• Sält änd Pepper to täste

Instructions

1. Begin to cook your rice äccording to päckäge instructions.
2. While your rice is cooking, cut your mushrooms into quärters.
3. Then heät the 2 Tbsp. olive oil in ä non stick pän on high. Once the pän is hot, ädd the mushrooms, toss. Seär the mushrooms, reducing heät if needed. The mushrooms will releäse their liquid äfter ä few minutes, then continue cooking for änother 3-5 minutes until they äre nice änd brown. Seäson with ä little sält änd pepper änd then remove from the pän änd set äside.
4. Now, in the säme non stick pän, heät the 2 tsp. of olive oil on medium. Then ädd the gärlic änd ginger. Säute for ä minute, then ädd the äpple juice, soy säuce, the 1/3 Cup of wäter, the Bourbon, the äpple cider vinegär, tomäto päste änd coconut sugär. Whisk to combine.

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