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shiitake

shiitake

10 5.8
A brown Asian mushroom used in cooking, often dried or fresh
  • noun
  • /ʃiˈtɑːkeɪ/
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  • The chef prepared a delicious stir-fry with shiitake mushrooms and vegetables.
  • shiitake mushrooms

Everything on here is super healthy but also sounds like shiitake mushroom larb.

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Examples

  • I'd planned a magnificent meal: veal in a shiitake béchamel sauce and my special thrice-whipped potato clouds.

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  • We're also doing a shiitake mushroom broth.

  • This one has shiitake and turmeric in it.

  • And this is just shiitake, powdered shiitake.

  • And I love shiitake mushrooms with my entire existence.

  • I'll be interested in finding out more about the shiitake mushroom project!

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  • Wow, dried premium white shiitake mushrooms.

  • When I located some local shiitake mushrooms, however, I knew I'd hit the jackpot.

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  • We'll have the Terrine of Quail Breast with Shiitake Mushrooms to start.

  • The key here is the vegetarian broth, which employs kombu and dried shiitake to give it body and flavor.

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Synonyms

shiitake mushroom
vsshiitake
5 2.7

An edible mushroom from East Asia with a brown rounded top used in cooking

ranges more toward darker, including blackish tones rather than golden
Oriental black mushroom
vsshiitake
  • US
5.1

A dark brown or black mushroom used in Asian cooking

has a tougher stem rather than merely inedible
4.1

A mushroom from East Asia used in cooking with a dark cap and a tough, inedible stem

focuses on darker tones, typically dark brown to blackish rather than including golden
golden oak mushroom
vsshiitake
  • UK
7.1

An edible East Asian mushroom used in cooking with a golden to dark brown cap and a stem not eaten

is described with darker, blackish tones rather than emphasising golden
Lentinus edodes
vsshiitake
  • Specialized
8.1

A mushroom from East Asia that people eat and grow for food

is mainly recognised for culinary use rather than cultivation

Compounds

An edible mushroom from East Asia with a brown rounded top used in cooking

How Flavorful

early morel
  • Specialized
8.8
shiitake
10 5.8
portobello
3 3.0
cremini
1 5.5

Surface Forms

shiitake singular
shiitakes plural

Etymology

Shiitake comes from the Japanese words shii ('a kind of tree') and take ('mushroom'), so it originally meant 'mushroom of the shii tree', which helps explain why shiitake grow on wood and have a rich, earthy taste.