Enoki mushroom salad - Golden needle mushroom salad - 10 mins recipe (2024)

Enoki mushroom salad, also known as golden needle mushroom salad is a very tasty and unique Asian salad recipe that gets ready in less than 10 minutes. It can be enjoyed cold as well as warm.

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Chinese food for me was just noodles, fried rice, dumplings, stir-fries, and a few soups until I started working in a Chinese bank. There I got the opportunity to taste authentic home-cooked Chinese food from the tiffin of my Chinese colleagues.

I learned a lot of new recipes from them and today I am sharing one of them- a very easy mushroom salad recipe made with enoki mushrooms also known as golden needle mushrooms. Enoki mushroom salad is also popular in Thailand and some other Asian countries too.

What goes in Enoki mushroom salad?

To make this Asian mushroom cucumber salad, the following ingredients are required:

1. Enoki mushroom: It's a type of mushroom mainly grown in Asian countries like China, Japan, and Thailand. This mushroom grows on trees and is also known by other names like golden needle mushroom and enokitake (Japanese name).
2. Carrot
3. Cucumber: Use a variety with soft seeds and skin like Japanese, English, or Persian cucumbers.
4. Bell pepper: Red, green, yellow, orange, all are fine.
5. Fresh cilantro
6. Spring onion greens
7. Green chilies
8. Lime juice
9. Garlic
10. Soy sauce: Light soy sauce are better for salads
11. Sesame oil: It gives a very nice nutty taste to the salad
12. Salt
13. Brown sugar: Use light brown sugar
14. Roasted peanuts
15. Roasted black sesame seeds

How to make?

Making enoki mushroom salad is very easy. It gets ready in less than 10 minutes. Just follow the steps below:

1. Trim off the root side of the enoki mushrooms and rinse them under cold water. Separate the strands using your fingers.
2. Boil water in a pot. Add enoki mushrooms and cook for around 2 minutes. Strain the mushrooms and run under cold water to stop any further cooking. Keep in the strainer until all the water gets drained.
3. In a bowl prepare the dressing by mixing lime juice, sesame oil, soy sauce, sugar, salt, and minced garlic.
4. Make thin juliennes of carrot, cucumber, and bell pepper. Roghly chop cilantro and spring onion greens. Also, finely chop green chilies.
5. Put all the ingredients in a large bowl. Toss well. Garnish with more toasted peanuts and sesame seeds.

Enjoy warm or cold!

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How to serve?

This salad can be enjoyed both warm and cold. It can be served in any Asian meal.

You can also make it part of buddha bowl or stuff in Asian wraps.

During summers, refrigerate it for a few hours and then enjoy a bowl of this cold mushroom salad as an appetizer.

Can this salad be made in advance?

Yes, you can make Enoki mushroom salad in advance. It tastes even better the next day when all the flavors get blended in.

Recipe tips and tricks

• Make sure to use fresh enoki mushrooms that have not turned bad.
• Clean the mushrooms properly under cold running water to get rid of any hidden dirt.
• Don't overcook the mushrooms, two minutes blanching is more than enough.
• After blanching, immediately put the mushrooms under cold running water to avoid overcooking.
• Separate the mushrooms with your hands before adding them to the salad.
• Make sure the water of mushrooms get properly drained otherwise the salad will become watery.
• More vegetables like cabbage or bean sprouts can also be added to this salad.
• This salad tastes more delicious the next day so you can plan to make it in advance. Just add more roasted peanuts and sesame seeds before serving for the extra crunch.

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More easy Asian mushroom recipes

Looking for more easy Asian mushroom recipes? Don't miss to check the following links:

1. Mushroom tom yum soup
2. Mushroom noodles
3. Thai stir fried mushrooms
4. Stir fried tofu with bean sprouts and mushrooms
5. Vegan baozi with mushrooms

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