A Beginners Guide to Fresh Shiitake Mushrooms

Young shitake mushrooms are the fresh ones you normally see at your grocery store. They are tender and nicely flavored and quite versatile for easy cooking methods like stewing and stir frying. Their distinct and recognizable flavor makes them popular at both Chinese and Japanese restaurants.

My stir fry method follows the same principle as most mushrooms, choosing to use nothing at first and drawing the moisture out. You can speed up the process with a splash of water if you'd like but I do find this does mess with the charring and reduces amount of fond in the pan which is nice if you're eventually going to add a sauce to it.

Because its so hard to overcook a mushroom to stew it, just add it in the beginning of your soup process so as much flavor can go into the soup as possible.

Music is Star Theme LoFi by @RiftiBeats

[watrgrl]

I love shitake mushrooms. I appreciate your information about cooking with mushrooms.

[greenstatic]

Nice touch using the Mario 64 music for a mushroom recipe

[Wendy-jqil]

Oh I can't wait to try this after my radiation. I've been trying so hard to not watch your cooking videos while I was on my low Iodine diet. But I couldn't resist and watched this one. 😂

[jenl]

That oyster sauce is my fav. It’s elite

[majtechtings]

Didn't know I needed Jon Kung in HDR+ with a sauteed mushroom tutorial but I'm glad I got it.

[fatherofchickens]

Can’t wait for the older mushroom video🥰

[PSOHBMedia]

This video may have just convinced me to buy the 5lb box of mushrooms my local seller is discounting from $80 down to $27 on the Too Good To Go app... :D

[ixfalia]

Fresh shiitake brown so well, it's a joy to have browned fresh shiitake folks. It's different from dried!

Save shiitake stems, if you marinate them and dry fry the stem until crispy most moisture gone, and then pound the stem until it flakes into shiitake floss. They have a firm texture which can hold up to a lot of interesting cooking techniques

[orangeismyfavoritecolor]

Looks good! One could probably also do something like this with foraged mushrooms, idk. Sounds yummy in my head.

Also your dog is really cute 🧡

[Fourfriedchickensandacoke]

Such good advice, it is almost impossible to overcook mushrooms, the real danger is cooking them too slowly or soaking them with oil too early ... I've been messing up my mushrooms for years!

[benmesser]

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[GTPmofo]

I didn't know you can poach an egg while still in its shell!! Just a super softboiled egg?

[ryansreaction]

can you do a video on good ways to dress up olive oil for dipping? I can’t find a good ratio of stuff

[SaycoPworrell]

yo bruv! that egg drop, how eas that cooked for ot to easily just drop out of the shell after cracking it? for min i thought it was 100% raw on top

[BossGamer]

First time I see someone use a grinder for it’s actually advertised purpose 😭

[DanGus-yhbj]

I did not expect the egg to be poach and it scared the crap out of me when it came out a white ball

[dianastocker]

You poached the egg in the shell? (Runs to Google search...) 🤯🤯🤯

[Ajay-pjqr]

Poached egg? U can break shells for poached eggs?

[ivraldosantos]

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[Juicy_Metra]

Wait how do you poach an egg in the shell without having it demolished upon cracking it open 😅