Northern Chinese dishes like braised chicken with mushrooms rely heavily on dried tea tree mushrooms (chashugu) as an umami-rich source, lending both texture and umami depth to stir fries and stews. Rehydrated, they become firm and meaty-textured.

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Ingredients

Our dried tea tree mushrooms are grown in Sichuan Province’s Daba Mountain region, growing parasitically on oriental white oak roots in an ideal growing environment to gain maximum minerals and vitamins for its preparation. Once picked by hand and washed before drying, this product boasts strong umami flavors with easy preparation; great for deep frying, stir frying and braising dishes alike! Please be aware this product contains sulphites.

This stewing hen tea tree mushroom soup recipe is straightforward and tasty, though requires patience in its execution. I suggest increasing the instant pot timer by 10-20% so as to guarantee complete chicken cooking as well as added flavor in this tea tree mushroom soup dish.

In order to achieve optimal flavor in this dish, I advise using a combination of dried chili peppers and garlic. Furthermore, combine Chiles and Douban sauce for maximum effect – it will help balance out the broth’s flavors perfectly! I also like adding Li Jinji Steamed Fish Soy Sauce as an added element for extra taste enhancement.

Dried tea tree mushrooms are an indispensable component of Chinese cuisine, often found as an addition in stews, soups and hot pots. Furthermore, this versatile and nutritious mushroom can also be added into stir fry dishes like this spicy and sour chicken with tea tree mushrooms dish.

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Storage

Store in a cool, dry location away from direct sunlight. Package: 1kg comes with double plastic container/Aluminum foil bag inside; 25kg comes with fiber drum outside.

Tea tree mushroom (Agrocybe aegerita), also referred to as willow or velvet pioppini mushroom in Italy and velvet pioppini in China is often called willow mushroom or velvet pioppini in America; or yanagi matsutake in Japan. This mushroom features a soft cap with long tough stem and its characteristic woody earthy flavor and meaty texture are highly prized in Chinese cooking, often adding delicious depth of flavor into stews, soups or hot pot dishes; making this versatile ingredient indispensable in Chinese kitchens everywhere else in Asia!

Note: Product formulations and details may change without prior notice, please always read and follow all label directions prior to using. Contains sulfites.

Preparation

Tea tree mushrooms are an integral component of braised chicken with mushrooms from northern China. Their intense woody earthy flavour and firm meaty texture add rich umami notes to stir fries and stews alike, though as with all dried mushrooms they must first be rehydrated prior to using.

Rehydrating tea tree mushrooms requires two steps. First, wash them well and soak them overnight in water – their long thin stems may require additional time in the soak compared to standard shitake mushrooms. Upon completion of soaking, rinse and drain. Save the water as stock for soups or stir fries!

Before cooking, strain any excess water from your tea tree mushrooms by squeezing and cutting into 2-cm lengths. Preheat oil and saute ginger slices until fragrant and slightly brown in color.

Add chopped tea tree mushroom and garlic to hot oil, stirring several times until all mushrooms and garlic have been evenly covered by it. Next, add pork belly slices, dried chili peppers and white chiles – stirring everything until pork belly and chili peppers have become well mixed into other ingredients.

Once the meat mixture is complete, turn down the heat and allow it to simmer for 15 minutes while you prepare your sauces: pour oyster sauce over the pork belly and chili peppers before pouring sesame oil, sugar, and salt onto it for flavor enhancement. Finally, taste and season as needed before taking out from heat.

If you’re making a dry pot dish, start by gathering the necessary ingredients by cleaning and cutting pork belly into one-centimeter slices, grating ginger thinly, shredding garlic into three centimeter long diamond shapes, as well as measuring out how much Li Jinji steamed fish soy sauce and monosodium glutamate you need for this dish.

Flavor

The dried tea tree mushroom (Cyclocybe aegerita), commonly referred to as willow mushrooms or velvet pioppini, is an extremely versatile ingredient for various dishes. Boasting intense woody earthy notes with firm meaty textures that add depth of umami flavor, it makes an excellent addition in stews, stir fries, braised chicken with mushrooms dishes as well as being popular steamed or boiled dishes.

Tea tree mushroom is an excellent source of protein, providing eight of the essential amino acids. Plus it’s low in calories and fat content making it a healthy addition to any diet. In traditional Chinese medicine it’s commonly used to treat kidney deficiency, chronic nephritis and edema while also lowering cholesterol.

Simply rehydrate in water before adding it to soups, stews or stir fries. For steamed dishes, add them towards the beginning of cooking to ensure they rehydrate completely and impart their flavor into the whole dish. It is an excellent meat substitute with similar textures as pork or beef for vegetarians and vegans looking for alternative protein sources.

Make this Chinese Stewing Hen Instant Pot Recipe or Tea Tree Mushroom Soup using it and save yourself an hour-plus in preparation time! Both dishes feature healthy ingredients in delicious forms. Shop tea tree mushrooms and other Asian food online with us – orders over $35 qualify for nationwide free shipping, we accept EBT/SNAP payments at checkout and can deliver directly to your door via Google maps!