Enoki

Énoki

What it is

The wild version is squat, brown and grows on tree stumps in winter — nothing like the pale white threads sold in shops, which are grown in the dark in high carbon dioxide to force them long and thin. Two forms of one fungus.

In the kitchen

Trim the whole clumped base off and separate the strands. Add them in the last thirty seconds of a broth.

Goes with

Soy sauce Spring onion Toasted sesame oil Ginger Tamari Garlic Chili pepper Shiitake

Also used with

Hoba leaf (magnolia leaf)

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