Sauteed Shiitake Mushrooms

Ingredients

• 1 pound Shiitake Mushrooms

• 3 tablespoons soy sauce or tamari

• 1/4 cup chopped chive or onion

• 1 tablespoon lime juice

• 1 teaspoon Sriracha hot sauce (or other hot sauce)

• 2 dashes toasted sesame oil

• 2 tablespoons sesame oil (standard, not toasted)

• Kosher salt

Instructions

1. Remove the stems from the mushrooms and discard. Slice the larger mushroom caps in half and keep smaller mushrooms whole. In a small bowl, stir together the soy sauce, lime juice, Sriracha and toasted sesame oil. 

2. Heat the sesame oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the mushrooms and chopped chive or onion and cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add a few pinches of kosher salt while cooking.

3. Once browned on all sides, carefully pour in the bowl of sauce and continue cooking 1 to 2 minutes until dark brown and glossy. Serve immediately. 

Can you eat the stems?

There’s an important question to consider when it comes to preparing fresh shiitake mushrooms. Can you eat the stems? Unfortunately, no: the stems of this type of mushroom are very tough and fibrous. You should pull out the stems from the caps before cooking shiitakes.