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 SHIITAKE MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Cook vermicelli according to package directions. Drain and set aside.
• Meanwhile, heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add tofu and cook until browned (2 minutes). Add garlic and ginger and cook (2 minutes).
• Add mushrooms, broth, and cabbage and simmer (5 minutes). Stir in reserved noodles.
• Ladle soup into bowls and add cilantro, onions and soy sauce.

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.

IZAKAYA SAKURA CUCUMBER WITH MISO DIP

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix saké, miso, rice vinegar and sugar to make miso dip.
• Serve sliced cucumber with miso dip.

IZAKAYA SAKURA KURO CURRY (BLACK CURRY)

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saute pan over medium high heat.
• Salt and pepper the pork cubes then add to the pan in a single layer. Let the meat brown on one side, then use tongs or chopsticks to flip them over and brown the other side. Transfer the pork to a bowl and turn the heat down to medium low.
• Add the onions and cover with a lid for 10 minutes. Remove the lid and continue caramelizing the onions until they are dark brown and glossy (about 1 hour). Stir occasionally.
• Add the browned pork, wine, water, carrots, potatoes, salt, tonkatsu sauce, tomato paste, applesauce, and black garlic oil then bring to a boil over high heat. Turn the heat down to medium low and simmer partially covered until the carrots are tender (about 45 minutes).
• Meanwhile, make the roux by melting the butter over medium low heat. Add the flour, stirring while cooking until the mixtures turns a golden brown. Add the curry powder and black pepper and stir to incorporate (it will turn into a paste). Remove from the heat and set aside until the carrots are tender.
• Make a batch of tonkatsu (breaded pork cutlets) or grill some vegetables to serve the curry sauce on.
• Finish the curry by ladling some of the liquid the meat and veggies have been cooking in into the roux and whisk until there are no lumps. Pour this mixture back into the other pot and gently stir until the curry is thickened. Taste for salt and adjust as needed. When you're happy with it, add the peas and chocolate and stir until the chocolate is melted and incorporated.
• Slice the tonkatsu or portion the grilled vegetables and plate along with some cooked rice. Pour the sauce all over the plated food and serve.

IZAKAYA SAKURA SALMON AND JAPANESE MUSHROOM SALAD

Steps:

• Remove skin and bone from the salmon. Cut into bite-sized chunks.
• Lightly season the salmon with salt and pepper. Sprinkle flour over the seasoned salmon.
• Cut stems off the enoki and shimeji mushrooms. Cook them for 1-2 minutes in boiling water.
• In a large frying pan, grease a skillet with vegetable oil and saute the salmon.
• Mix the cooked salmon, mushrooms, parsley and pre-mixed dressing.

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.