Slow-Cooked Shiitake with Shoyu

Name: Slow-Cooked Shiitake with Shoyu (Fukumé-ni)
Yield: Serves four
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 15 ml/1 tbsp toasted sesame oil; 45 ml/3 tbsp vegetable oil; 20 dried shiitake mushrooms; 25 ml/1½ tbsp caster (superfine) sugar; 30 ml/2 tbsp shoyu

Fukumé-ni

Preparation info

Serves
four

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Japanese Cookbook

By Emi Kazuko and Yasuko Fukuoka

Published 2024

About

Shiitake cooked slowly are so rich and filling, that some people call them “vegetarian steak”. This dish, known as Fukumé-ni, can last a few weeks in the refrigerator, and is a useful and flavourtul addition to other dishes.

Ingredients

20 dried shiitake mushrooms
45 ml/3 tbsp vegetable oil

Asia
Japan
Side dish
Vegan

Method

Start soaking the dried shiitake the day before. Put them in a large bowl almost full of water. Cover the shiitake with a plate or lid to stop them floating to the surface of the water. Leave to soak overnight.
Measure 120ml/4fl oz/½ cup liqu