Viral food trend: Guess which mushrooms will be on everyone’s lips in 2023

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Enoki mushrooms are shaped somewhat like matches: Thin, long-stemmed mushrooms with tiny heads are evergreen in Japan. They have been grown there for centuries and, along with shiitake mushrooms, are the most popular grown mushrooms. Last year, the extravagant mushroom also conquered the Internet: TikTok and Instagram were full of recipes for it.

Particularly popular on social media: A Korean ramen noodle recipe called “Rabokki” with enoki mushrooms. In the trending recipe, the spicy soup is prepared with a bag of instant ramen soup, some chili paste, enoki mushrooms and rice cake sticks. Boiled eggs can be added to the soup.

Low-calorie flavor miracle

Mushrooms, also called snow or winter mushrooms due to their frost-resistant fruiting bodies, are connected to each other by roots. You’re buying a lot of them, so to speak. The roots are usually removed before preparation. Because of their elongated shape, enoki in the finished soup are almost indistinguishable from ramen noodles; but these are said to make a significant difference in taste.

The mushroom, which contains only 37 calories per 100 grams, has a slightly mushroomy and slightly sweet-nutty taste. It develops its potential not only in ramen soup, but also raw in salads or many other traditional dishes from China or Korea. Hotpot, soba bowls or sukiyaki can be prepared with it – but according to the internet, they also make an absolute highlight when wrapped in grilled bacon.

This is what you should pay attention to when buying

In this country, Enoki mushrooms can currently be purchased mostly in Asian stores: Good quality can be recognized when purchased with plump, fresh mushroom flesh – there should be no rot, dried or soft stems or discoloration on the sprouts.

Enoki mushrooms are snow white; They owe this to being grown in bottles, because the absence of light means color pigments cannot form. They are also harvested when they are young to keep their heads small. When buying, extraordinary mushrooms should smell fresh and mushroomy; When packaged airtight, they can be stored in the refrigerator for up to a week.

Source : Blick