Mushrooms are nutritious foods. Originated in Asia, mainly in Japan and Korea but widely used in China. This mushroom can be used to prepare a variety of delicious dishes. But many people do not know how to prepare the mushrooms to take advantage of the full effect. Today, thucphamkho.vn will explore with you “Tips for preparing shiitake mushrooms and delicious dishes made from shiitake mushrooms”
Shiitake mushrooms, also known as shiitake mushrooms, are known to be a very delicious and nutritious natural food.
Shiitake or shiitake (two parts: Lentinula edodes) is an edible mushroom native to East Asia. This mushroom is umbrella-shaped, light brown in color, 2-6cm in diameter. When ripe, the mushrooms turn dark brown. Shiitake mushrooms have a foot attached to the middle of the mushroom’s ear. The bottom has many thin folds. Mushroom ears are brown, with small white scales above. Stem cylindrical, mushroom flesh white.
Is shiitake mushroom good?
This is a food that contains quite a lot of protein and is especially rich in vitamins and minerals. Such as vitamins B, C, provitamin D, aluminum, iron, calcium, Niacin, magnesium… It has about 30 enzymes and all the amino acids needed by the body. That is, amino acids that the body cannot synthesize. Mushrooms also have some organic alcohols, which when cooked turn into a distinctive aroma.
Scientists extracted Lentinula Edodes mycelium (LEM) and Lentinan from shiitake mushrooms. These two substances have created the pharmacological effects of this mushroom. A study in Japan showed that cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy if using more Lentinan, the effectiveness of chemotherapy will increase. Survival is higher and cancer growth is suppressed. Thus, in Japan, Lentinan was accepted as an adjuvant to chemotherapy.
Chemical composition: In 100g of dried shiitake mushrooms, there are 12.5g protein, 1.6g fat, 240mg potassium, 16mg calcium, 3.9g iron, 60g sugar, vitamins
Because of its unique flavor, it can be used as a substitute for meat, let’s learn how to cook and transform it into many dishes so that mushrooms can take advantage of all the uses of mushrooms in the article below!
– If using dried shiitake mushrooms for cooking, you need to soak the mushrooms for 30 minutes to a few hours for the mushrooms to soften. Do not soak for less than 30 minutes to avoid the mushrooms are not soft and cooked well.
– To quickly soften mushrooms, you should soak the whole mushrooms, not sliced, chopped before soaking.
– After soaking, you put the mushrooms in a basket to quickly drain the water. When cooking mushrooms will keep their shape, texture, not too soft, too soft. If you need to cook immediately, you can use a paper towel to absorb the water for the mushrooms.
– You can use Dong Co mushroom broth to cook, this broth also enhances the flavor of the dish.
Preparation of fresh shiitake mushrooms
– Be a housewife if using fresh Dong Co mushrooms for cooking. Do not soak shiitake mushrooms with water like dried mushrooms because when cooked, mushrooms will quickly become mushy.
– Mushrooms when washing, the movement must be very gentle. Cut the damaged, scarred parts, the stem is too hard, then cut off. If the stem is soft, keep it to cook with the mushroom body.
Cooking Dong Co mushrooms
– Grill mushrooms directly on the charcoal stove. You should grease the shiitake mushrooms before baking and bake for about 5 to 10 minutes.
– For stir-fry dishes, you should slice and saute mushrooms with butter, salt and pepper. Cook only about 4-5 minutes over high heat.
– In case you prefer to bake in the oven, you need to bake the mushrooms for 15 minutes at full power. You can slice or roast the whole plant as you like.
– Processing shiitake mushrooms in a different way. You should read the recipe carefully and cook according to the instructions to make the dish more delicious, attractive and nutritious.
Mushrooms remove the legs, wash and trim the flowers as you like. Chopped cabbage, washed, and drained.
Minced garlic, add a little oil to fry. Stir in the mushrooms, then add the sweet potato and stir-fry together.
Add oyster sauce, ground pepper, monosodium glutamate, stir the ingredients for 2 minutes, then turn off the heat.
Put the finished product on a plate, sprinkle ground pepper on top and enjoy.
Braised shiitake mushrooms with ginger
Ingredient:
– 15 dried shiitake mushrooms
– 2 tablespoons Kikkoman soy sauce
– 1 piece of sliced ginger
– 500ml of water
– 2 teaspoons of sugar
– Sesame oil
Doing:
After washing the shiitake mushrooms, soak them in warm water for about 15 minutes to soften them. Remove the mushrooms and put them in the pot.
Pour water, add soy sauce and ginger to the pot. Simmer for 40 minutes until mushrooms are tender. Season to taste.
Ladle into a bowl, sprinkle a few sesame oil seeds before serving, then serve hot with rice.
Chicken bone soup with shiitake mushrooms
Prepare
1 chicken skeleton
About 20 medium-sized dried shrimp
20g shiitake mushrooms, kohlrabi, carrots, salt or seasoning powder, fish sauce
How to cook
Put the bones in a pot of water, boil for about 2-3 minutes to filter out the residue. Pour out the drain water. Put bones in a pot with dried shrimp, cover with water, bring to a boil. Skim the foam and lower the heat to low, stew for about 45-70 minutes depending on the type of bone and depending on the amount of bone used more or less.
Remove the bones, let the shrimp dry. Carrots, kohlrabi, peeled, cut into bite-sized pieces. Shiitake mushrooms soaked in warm water for 1-2 hours before softening. Rinse again and squeeze out the water. Sliced.
Boil the broth, wait for the water to boil, then drop the carrots, mushrooms, kohlrabi in. Bring to a boil and skim if any. Lower the heat and season to taste. Cook for another 5-10 minutes until vegetables are tender. Serve hot, with a little more shrimp and ground pepper will be more delicious.
Stir-fried shiitake mushrooms with lemongrass and chili
Prepare
Mushrooms
Cooking oil, lemongrass, red pepper, lemon leaves
Seasoning powder, monosodium glutamate, soy sauce
Formula
Soaked shiitake mushrooms, cut off the tail, wash and dry (do not squeeze dry).
Put the oil in the pan to fry the mushrooms and then take out the bowl to mix the seasoning powder, soy sauce, and monosodium glutamate.
Put oil in a pan to fry fragrant lemongrass, minced chili, lemon leaves. Then add the mushrooms and saute.
Season the dish to taste, then turn off the stove. 10 minutes later, reheat to absorb.
Soak dried shiitake mushrooms for 30 minutes to soften and then squeeze dry. Garlic washed, do not peel. Wash pork ribs, cut into bite-sized pieces. North 1 pot of water, boil pork ribs until boiling, then remove and rinse with cold water.
Put another pot of water (3 liters) on the stove to boil. Put pork ribs, shiitake mushrooms, noodle seasoning packet, garlic, salt, and pepper into the stew for 1 hour. If there is foam, you take it out, you can add a little fish sauce if you like and then turn off the stove.
The broth is best when served hot. You prepare garlic chili sauce to dip with ribs. The delicious taste from the soup will make your family go on whispering forever.
Through the above information, we hope that you will cook Dong Co mushrooms more conveniently, properly and deliciously. If you want to share other experiences of cooking Dong Co mushrooms, please leave a comment in the box below