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Mushrooms

Mushrooms are fungi. We know them mostly as spongy things with stems and caps with gills underneath. Not all mushrooms look that way but most edible mushrooms do have that appearance. Not all mushrooms are edible. Some are poisonous while some can have mind-altering effects.

Edible mushrooms are neither meat nor vegetable but, in cooking, they can be treated as either. For many vegetarians, mushrooms are substituted for meat to add bulk, texture and flavor to vegetables.

Teriyaki mushroom fries

Teriyaki mushroom fries

Lightly battered oyster mushrooms are deep fried, tossed with reduced teriyaki sauce and garnished with toasted sesame seeds and finely sliced scallions. Serve as a …

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Steamed chicken and mushrooms with black bean sauce rice bowl

Steamed chicken and mushrooms with black bean sauce

Chicken thigh fillets are marinated in black bean sauce, tossed with eryngii mushrooms, topped with ginger, scallions and sesame seeds, and steamed for 20 minutes.

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Pork and oyster mushrooms with Thai basil

Pork and oyster mushrooms with Thai basil

Memories of Saigon. Pork and mushrooms are braised with lemongrass, garlic, ginger, chilies and fish sauce. Thai basil gives the dish a delightful aroma.

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Cabbage and mushroom pancake

Cabbage and mushroom pancake

A cross between Japanese okonomiyaki and Korean pajeon, shredded cabbage, julienned carrot, sliced mushrooms and scallions are stirred in batter and lightly fried on both …

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Claypot rice with shimps and dumplings

Claypot rice with shimps and dumplings

Soaked rice is cooked in broth, topped with green beans and mushrooms tossed with black beans and chili sauces, store-bought vegetable dumplings and whole shrimps.

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Fish and mushroom torta garnished with toasted sesame seeds

Fish and mushroom torta

Filipino torta is almost always a ground pork, potatoes and egg mixture. In this recipe, flaked leftover fish is mixed with shiitake, carrot, corn and peas.

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Sour cream chicken and mushrooms in serving bowl

Sour cream chicken and mushrooms

A simple tasty dish cooked with only nine ingredients (including salt and pepper). Total cook time for this sour cream chicken and mushrooms dish: 20 minutes.

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