Izakaya Sakura Shiitake Mushroom Soup Recipes

CREAMY SHIITAKE MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• In a heated saucepan, add oil and onion. Saute until opaque. Add mushrooms and saute about one minute longer, stir some.
• Add broth, soy sauce, ginger, and Chinese five spice powder. Bring to a boil for one minute. Then reduce temperature to low heat.
• In a small bowl add 1/4 cup of soup and stir until it has lowered its temperature. Then add the half-and-half and stir.(Add as much as you want. I just limited it to keep the calorie count lower.) Then return the mixture to the rest of the soup and stir. If you've done this right, your half-and-half will not clump.
• Cook on low for one minute more and then serve with freshly cracked pepper on top.

SHIITAKE MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Saute mushrooms and ginger in olive oil until soft and fragrant.
• Add chicken stock and water and bring to a boil.
• Add Soba noodles and boil until soft.
• Lower heat and add spinach, cook until wilted.
• Finally add soy sauce and lime juice to taste.

IZAKAYA SAKURA STUFFED SHIITAKE MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Put ground chicken, green onions, garlic, ginger juice, sesame oil, salt and pepper in a bowl and mix well.
• Sprinkle cornstarch over the stem sides of mushroom caps. Fill mushroom caps with the meat mixture.
• Grease a baking sheet with olive oil and place mushrooms stem side up.
• Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the mushrooms are piping hot and liquid starts to form under caps. Broil for 2 minutes until slightly brown on top.
• Serve with ponzu sauce.

LOW CARB CREAM OF SHIITAKE MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Saute the mushrooms and onions in half of the butter for 5 minutes over medium heat.
• Mix the beef and chicken stock; add mushrooms and onions. Add toasted sesame seeds and remaining butter; heat, stirring, until butter melts. Add salt. Cook over low heat for 10 minutes. Cool slightly. Stir in heavy cream. Do not allow to boil.
• Serve warm or cold, garnished with chives. Add pepper as desired. Enjoy!

CHICKEN, SPINACH & SHIITAKE MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• For the stock; put all the ingredients into a medium pot, cover with water, about 10 cups, and bring to a boil. Skim off the scum that floats to the surface, and simmer the stock until the chicken has cooked, about 1 1/2 hours. Leave the chicken to cool in the stock.
• For the soup, sweat the diced carrot, celery and onion in the oil in a medium pan together with the garlic until the vegetables are soft. Add the sliced shiitake mushrooms and fry until cooked.
• When the stock is ready, strain the liquid over the vegetables and mushrooms. You'll need 8 cups.
• Keep the chicken carcass and pick off the cooked meat in small pieces. Add this to the soup with the spinach, when the spinach has wilted in the soup add the nutmeg, salt and pepper.
• As an variation you may also add a poached egg or some grated parmesan on top of the soup.

IZAKAYA SAKURA VEGETABLE MISO SOUP

Steps:

• In a small soup pan, add water, dashi powder, potato, carrot and onion.
• Bring it to a boil and cook until vegetables are softened. Add miso gradually by stirring with chopsticks.
• Serve hot.