Dried shiitake mushrooms have many uses around the kitchen for me. I like to save the stock and make rice or even create vegetable broth or soup. Today, I made simmered shiitake mushrooms so I could make inarizushi. Simmered shiitake mushrooms make a great side dish and is great to use as a filling in onigiri or inarizushi. They’re also great for bento boxes!

Ingredients:

10 to 12 dried shiitake mushrooms
1/2 cup shiitake soaked water
1 tablespoon and 1 teaspoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon mirin
2 teaspoon sugar

Cooking Instructions:

Step 1: Soak the dried shiitake mushrooms in water for at least 30 minutes (until soft). When mushrooms are soft, drain the water but reserve 1/2 cup of the mushroom soaked water.

Step 2: Mix the mushroom stock, soy sauce, mirin, and sugar together.

Step 3: Place the mixture with the mushrooms in a pot or large pan and bring to a simmer. Let it simmer until the liquid is gone.

Step 4: Slice the mushrooms once they are cool and pack away in bento boxes or serve as a side dish.

This post is tagged bento, Japanese, mushrooms

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