Kikurage / Wood Ear Mushroom Recipes: Ramen, Salad and More

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Wood ear mushrooms have a special place in the mushroom world. Unlike other mushrooms, they have no flavor of their own, but are purely a textural component in cooking. In the video I briefly go over a few things about them, including how to tell the differences between different species sold at Asian grocers which can all be simply labeled black fungus.
Their mild taste and chewy texture is great in a lot of things, most of them being highly seasoned like the salad and ajitsuke kikurage ramen condiment I go over briefly in the video. The ramen is killer. All the recipes I mention are described in the post linked above.

[@delishuspear]

it is an injustice that you don't have 19 million subscribers, name droppin' sam thayer and fuchsia dunlop in the same video WAKE UP people
also "migrate out of the pan" might be my new favorite euphemism for explosive ingredient ejection 😂

[@foragerchef4141]

Lol it’s all good. Thanks though.

[@virginiahamamelis3804]

I love fresh wood ears! Underappreciated by the western palate for sure.

[@foragerchef4141]

Definitely.

[@brucewayne2255]

Fascinating

[@foragerchef4141]

IK right

[@HollerHunter]

Wood ear ramen ❤ good stuff.

[@foragerchef4141]

Definitely not traditional but it still slaps.

[@deansherwood7468]

One of your longer videos, but it went by too soon. For some reason, I'm not finding wood ears lately. I guess I'll have to buy some to try these recipes.

[@foragerchef4141]

Thanks Dean. Yeah I try to keep them short but sometimes It's necessary. Had to include the little clip from my visit to see Sam. :)

[@GreenLifeInDublin]

Thank You for the recipe ideas, I appreciate it a lot. I pick these mushrooms near my home, but I kinda hated the texture without the taste, so I dried a bunch without really knowing what to do with them. These recipes do look awesome. Quick question, what are gluten free ramen noodles You showed in the video? I can't have gluten too.

[@foragerchef4141]

There's a number of GF brands, just look for packaged Asian noodles at a local coop or a decent grocery store. They come in small packs just like regular ramen.

[@paleoanonymous9026]

Do you serve the Ajitsuke Kikurage chilled??

[@foragerchef4141]

Sure

[@peytonpope4444]

It’s not the gluten, it’s the glyphosate Sire

[@foragerchef4141]

IK. Sucked I went to Italy last year and tried to have their bread. Unfortunately didn''t work for me there either, def agree with you though.

[@peytonpope4444]

@@foragerchef4141 get the biome medic from Purium

[@jacktheripperVII]

Bro no tare nor aroma oil you need to up your ramen game

[@foragerchef4141]

I purposely didn't add those. I wanted it to taste like a bag of ramen from college. Little classy, little trashy yk.

[@jacktheripperVII]

@@foragerchef4141 dude cup ramen have tare and oil that's what those little babies are

[@foragerchef4141]

@@jacktheripperVII Some have both. Some only have the bouillon powder. I make it however I’m feeling with what I have on hand, and you should too.