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Laughing Sal –
I recently became physically unable to leave my apartment for awhile. I’ve been having cravings for miso soup, and decided to order the ingredients to make it. I ordered these dried shiitake mushrooms, as I love them in miso soup.
The first thing that struck me when I saw the package was- holy cats! 16 ounces of dried shiitake mushrooms is a LOT of mushrooms! The package measures 10 1/2” wide by 14” high, and is about 2” thick across the middle. It’s huge!
Initially, inspired I think by this new bounty of shiitakes, I portioned out way too many chunks of mushrooms to use in my first bowl of miso soup. When they expanded, they ended up being far too much mushroom in the soup for my taste. But that was fine: it demonstrated how nice and plump they get when they rehydrate, and also made me realize I won’t be running out of dried shiitake mushrooms until April of 2030- or thereabouts.
There are instructions in English on the back, which is nice:
“Whole dried shiitake soaking before cooking takes much long time. For the convenience of family use, we sliced the whole dried mushroom to 0.3cm thickness pieces, the pretreatment time is therefore shorten to 10-15 minutes. We are strict in selecting raw material for Onetang Shiitake Mushroom Slice, only the healthy mushrooms with 3cm + diameter from Suizhou, one of the best origin in China, are taken into processing.”
It says each piece, or slice, of mushroom is 15 calories. They have 3 grams or 1% of daily carbohydrates, and 0.5mg or 4% of iron. I ordered the mushrooms on December 29th, 2023; the freshness date indicated on the bag is “JUL/11/2025.”
As I associate shiitakes with Japan, I was surprised to see the mushrooms were from China. But this is due to me missing this in the description: the manufacturer on Amazon is listed as the “Hong Kong Sungiven International Food Co., Limited.” So that was disclosed- I just missed it. There are also two import companies listed on the label- one is in New Jersey, the other in California.
Regardless- the mushrooms, I thought, were very good. Delicious, even. As other reviewers have mentioned, they have a distinct flavor that is sort of nutty and earthy. If you have never tried shiitakes, they have a more concentrated mushroom flavor than the milder white mushrooms at the local supermarket. I worked in a nouvelle cuisine restaurant in the mid 80s, and we got in flats of shiitakes daily. I developed a taste for them. When I first tried them (I was very young when I started working there) I thought they tasted kind of “musty” and weird, but within a couple of days, I really enjoyed them- especially their texture. So while these have been dried, I think the flavor quality of these mushrooms is a good match for the ones we used, and we were located on the West Coast where customers are picky because they are used to the freshest and best of everything.
The first time I prepared them for soup, I soaked them in warm water for the label-suggested 15 minutes. They still felt too firm for my taste after the 15 minutes elapsed, so I let them soak a bit longer. After about a half hour, they felt soft enough, and they did not, I was surprised to find, get in the least soggy or spongy. They still retained that wonderful “meaty” shiitake texture.
The next time I prepared them, I put them in a glass bowl, poured one and a half cups of boiling water over them, and let them sit for about half an hour while I prepared the other soup ingredients. One and a half cups is the amount of water called for to make a bowl of miso soup, according to the instructions on the miso bottle. The boiling water not only rehydrated the mushrooms much faster, but it extracted a lot more of their flavor. I then used the mushroom liquid to make the soup. I also didn’t like the large size of the mushroom pieces in my smallish bowl of soup, and found out that cracking them into smaller chunks while they were dry was easier and faster than slicing/chopping them after they were rehydrated.
And they were really delicious in the miso soup. Sooo good. The liquid they had imparted their flavor to while rehydrating really enhanced the taste of the broth. Yummy!
I think these mushrooms would be great on a pizza, or in any other recipe where shiitakes would be called for. I don’t care for raw mushrooms, but I doubt these would work well in a salad, as when reconstituted, they have a distinct “cooked” texture. Of course, everyone has their own preferences. But in stir fry or other recipes, they would be fantastic!
And, if you order these, I would purchase the biggest, thickest book of shiitake mushroom recipes you can find- because you will have quite the supply of mushrooms to work with!
Val Val –
These are great mushrooms and I’m so pleased with them
jwitt –
Really nice for ramen, just start rehydrating 15 minutes before you need them. These are also good for pasta or any other use where you want mushrooms but don’t want to go to the store for fresh. Make sure to use the water you rehydrated them in, it picks up a little flavor.
cinemadam –
These are great to pop into a soup or pasta. Great flavor and easy to use.
dalesandn –
I love mushrooms but these have a distinct flavor that is hard for me to get used to. I will not buy again.
LaniLou –
I keep these on hand for so many quick recipes, but these are awesome to throw in to your ramen, udon, etc while its cooking. They soak up flavor so easily in a broth and taste fantastic. I’ve tried other brands, but they just don’t cut it. One bag can last me a week or two of consistent use, there is more in the (rather large) bag than you think, which is great for the price, and easy to use and reseal. There are little to no woody pieces, which is not something I can say of their competitors.
DOBE LADY –
Bought these mushrooms for convenience as they are already sliced. They look great, but after hydrating them I thought they smelled just a bit “off”. Well I ruined a big pot of hot and sour soup by using them. The more the soup cooked the more I smelled an oder. My soup also had a “funky” taste. Too bad. I’ll just use button mushrooms next time.
Lochlan Longstrider –
Thank you, Amazon for carrying these wonderful dried shitakes. I have been purchasing smaller-sized packages of these from an Asian grocery store that requires an 80-mile round trip up and down a mountain from a rural area to a metro. Even with my fuel-efficient subcompact, it is an expense of time and money. These ship from Amazon Prime in two days and although nearly the same cost as the one I get in stores, these come out to be much more reasonable due to fuel prices, depreciation on my vehicle, my time, and the potential of getting into a car accident in a metro area (stressful).
I would suggest rinsing these first in warm water to remove any sulfites (even if they say they don’t use it) and to do a pre-softening which will allow you to cut off the stem remnants that tend to be rubbery. The actual soak time after that is about 10 to 20 minutes in boiling hot water. I usually add other dried shrooms and some dried bouillon powder to create a savory mushroom broth that I drain off. To me, shitakes rehydrate better than other mushrooms such as portobellos, chanterelles, boletes, and morels, which tend to have grit. These shrooms are clean, with no grit, and thin sliced for quick hydration.
Additional comments one week later: If you pull out the quantity of shrooms from the bag, put them into a wire colander and rinse in warm water for about a minute, flipping them over and then letting them sit for a minute or two, they should be soft enough to cut off the stem. I think of the stem as “the foot”, kind of like the rubbery foot on oysters. Once the stems are off then put them in boiling water to do the actual soak. The new soaking water can be used as broth as you have already washed the shrooms. A sharp micro-serrated blade works well in cutting these. I hope this helps in your enjoyment of this fine item.
Khalsa –
This is a good product. In the most popular review the “professional chef” says that these are way to tough and have lots of stems.
Well stems are tough and not good but that does not apply to the bag I got. I count about 1 to 2 short stems per about 25 or so pieces, which I just tear off when I wash them. Stems are not an issue.
As for toughness, these have to be put in boiling water and simmered for about 15 to 20 minutes and then they’re nice and tender. Any less and they will be tough. You have to know how to prepare them. These are not fast food.
I love the hearty, savory flavor that dried mushrooms bring especially porcini or shitake. These are good, they do the job and for the price are practically unbeatable.
However I’m only giving 4 stars because of their quite mild flavor. I’ve had much more flavorful dried shitake mushrooms. If they were more expensive they’d get only 3 stars but I love the price.
Twinkle Neher –
It’s nice to have these and other dried shrooms and peppers in my pantry. Always ready when I have ac Jim to cook with them