Cloud slices Hericium erinaceus Shandong Cuisine
Cloud slices Hericium erinaceus Shandong Cuisine

Cloud-shaped Hericium erinaceus is a fungus of the family Dentomycetes. The surface of the fungus has hairy fleshy spines, about 1 to 3 cm long. Its fruiting body is round and thick, white when fresh, and light yellow to light brown when dried. The base is narrow or slightly short-handled, and the upper part is enlarged, with a diameter of 3.5 to 10 cm. It looks like a golden monkey head from a distance, so it is called “Hericium erinaceus” and like a hedgehog, so it is also called “Hedgehog Fungus” at home and abroad. Hericium erinaceus is an incomparably delicious mountain treasure. The mushroom meat is fresh and mellow and delicious. It is known as “the meat in the vegetarian food”. For a long time, people have listed it as the “Four Famous Dishes”, or Compare it to bird’s nest. It has a very good nourishing effect, and there is a folk saying that “eat more Hericium, rejuvenate the old and rejuvenate”.

Production Method:

Ingredients: 2 taels of dried Hericium erinaceus, 1 taels of shiitake mushrooms, 1 taels of winter bamboo shoots, 1 taels of cucumber peels, 3 taels of clear soup, 2 taels of wet starch, and 2 taels of ham.

Practice:

  1. Soak dried Hericium erinaceus in warm water for 15 minutes, squeeze out the water and slice. Other raw materials such as mushrooms, bamboo shoots, etc. are cut into pieces.
  2. Arrange three rows in a bowl according to the same level, take another bowl and mix cooking wine, soy sauce and clear soup thoroughly, pour it into the bowl where the Hericium erinaceus is lined up, put it on the basket and steam for 1 hour, then pour out the soup (reserved) Flip inside the plate.
  3. Put the soup into the stir-frying spoon, bring it to a boil over medium heat, add monosodium glutamate, and pour the wet starch evenly on the Hericium erinaceus in the plate and serve. This dish is tender and fragrant, with red, yellow, green, white, black, and five colors, like clouds.