To change things up with a bit of lightness and freshness, you should quickly pocket three dishes of oyster mushroom soup cooked with lemongrass, fragrant gourd, and moringa that are unusual yet delicious. Let’s go into the kitchen and make these three delicious soups right away!
1. Oyster Mushroom Soup with Lemongrass
Preparation
30 minutes
Cooking
30 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Oyster Mushroom Soup with Lemongrass Serves 2
Shiitake mushrooms 300 gr Lemongrass 2 stalks Vietnamese coriander 50 gr Common seasoning a little (salt/MSG/sugar) Salt and pepper 2 teaspoons Lime 1 slice
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How to Cook Oyster Mushroom Soup with Lemongrass
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Prepare the Ingredients
You soak the oyster mushrooms in diluted saltwater for 15 minutes, then take them out, rinse with clean water, squeeze dry, and let them drain. After that, you cut the mushrooms into bite-sized pieces.
Wash the lemongrass, cut it into several pieces about the length of a finger, and then crush it with a pestle.
Tip: To make the soup fragrant and flavorful, you should crush the lemongrass with a pestle to help release the essential oils more easily!
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Cooking the soup
Bring 500ml of water to a boil, then add lemongrass and simmer for 5 minutes.
Next, add the oyster mushrooms, cover the pot until the water returns to a boil. After that, season the soup with 1/2 tablespoon of salt, 1/2 teaspoon of seasoning powder, and 1/2 teaspoon of sugar, then stir well and turn off the heat.
To suit your family’s taste, you can adjust the seasonings!
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Final product
The hot oyster mushroom soup can be topped with Vietnamese coriander to enhance its flavor. Additionally, you can dip the chewy oyster mushrooms in chili salt for an even richer taste.
2. Lemongrass Oyster Mushroom Soup with Wax Gourd
Preparation
30 minutes
Cooking
30 minutes
Difficulty level
Easy
Ingredients for Oyster Mushroom and Bitter Gourd Soup Serves 2
Oyster mushrooms 80 gr Bitter gourd 1 piece Shrimp 50 gr Common seasonings a little (salt/ seasoning powder/ sugar) Cooking oil 1 tablespoon
How to Choose Fresh Ingredients
How to choose good bitter gourd
- You should choose bitter gourds with fresh green stems, dark green skin, shiny and few black spots. These gourds are usually firm, crispy, and sweet.
- Avoid choosing overly young or old gourds, as young gourds will not be fragrant and sweet like medium ones, while older or slightly overripe ones tend to be fibrous and tough.
- You should avoid gourds that are wilted, as well as those with soft and yellowing stems.
How to choose fresh shrimp
- When selecting shrimp, you should choose fresh shrimp with a transparent shell that still has a slight smell of seawater, not fishy. Avoid shrimp that have dark patches or inconsistent colors.
- Fresh shrimp usually have their tails curled together. If the tail is spread out, it means the shrimp has been injected with chemicals or water to make it look plump.
How to Prepare Oyster Mushroom and Bitter Gourd Soup
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Preparing Bitter Gourd and Oyster Mushrooms
Peel the bitter gourd, wash it clean, drain, and cut it into bite-sized pieces.
Cut off the stems of the oyster mushrooms, halve them, soak in diluted salt water for 10 minutes, then rinse with clean water 2-3 times, squeeze out the water, and let them drain.
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Prepare the shrimp
You remove the shrimp head, peel the shell, take out the black vein on the back of the shrimp, then rinse thoroughly 2 – 3 times and let it drain.
Quick way to remove shrimp vein:
- You count backwards from the tail of the shrimp to the second groove connecting the two shell segments, pierce a toothpick through this position and gently pull the black vein to pull it out.
- You don’t need to use a knife to cut the back of the shrimp; you can also use a toothpick to gently pry out the front part of the shrimp body to see the black vein. Use your hands to gently pull this black vein out, and the shrimp is clean.
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Sauté shrimp and mushrooms
You put a pot on the stove with 1 tablespoon of cooking oil; when the oil is hot, add the shrimp and sauté until firm. Next, add the mushrooms and sauté until soft.
Tip: Sautéing shrimp and mushrooms first will help the ingredients firm up and absorb the seasoning better.
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Cooking the soup
You add 300ml of water to the mushrooms and shrimp, then cover it and cook until the water boils again, then add the gourd and cook until soft.
Next, season with 1/2 teaspoon of sugar, 1/2 teaspoon of seasoning powder, 1 teaspoon of salt, then stir well, cook for another 3 minutes and turn off the heat. Besides the seasoning method above, you can adjust the seasoning to your family’s taste for a better flavor!
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Final product
The mushroom and gourd soup has a full sweet flavor thanks to the mushrooms and gourd, a bit of chewy crunch from the mushrooms, sweet and cool gourd, while the shrimp is soft and fragrant, creating an irresistible soup!
3. Moringa mushroom soup
Preparation
30 minutes
Processing
15 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Moringa mushroom soup For 2 people
Oyster mushrooms 150 gr Moringa 200 gr Common spices A little (seasoning powder/ salt/ sugar)
How to choose fresh moringa leaves
- You should buy moringa leaves from reputable and reliable places.
- The moringa leaves must be fresh, not wilted, and not heavily bruised.
How to prepare Abalone Mushroom Soup with Moringa
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Prepare the ingredients
For large mushrooms, tear the mushrooms in half, while small mushrooms can be left whole and soaked in diluted salt water for 10 minutes, then remove, rinse with clean water, and drain.
Carefully strip the moringa leaves from the branches to avoid crushing them, then rinse well and drain.
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Cook the abalone mushrooms
To make the soup sweet, boil 500ml of water on the stove, when the water is hot, add the mushrooms and cook for 5 minutes to extract the sweetness from the mushrooms.
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Cook the soup
Season with 1 teaspoon of seasoning powder, 1/2 teaspoon of sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon of salt in the pot of water. After 5 minutes of cooking, when the mushrooms are cooked, add the moringa leaves and stir well, then cook for another 2 minutes and turn off the heat.
To make the dish more to your liking, you should season it again according to your family’s taste!
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Final product
Moringa mushroom soup is unique in flavor, with soft mushrooms combined with fragrant, cool moringa leaves, the soup is sweet and nutritious like a medicine, making your meal not only delicious but also nourishing.
How to choose delicious oyster mushrooms
- You should choose mushrooms that are long, large, and firm; these will be sweeter than smaller mushrooms.
- Mushrooms that are harvested for a long time and stored at cold temperatures often have black spots at the tips or bruises.
- You should touch the mushrooms with your hand; if they feel slimy, it’s best not to buy them.
- You should check the expiration date before purchasing; oyster mushrooms usually have a shelf life of about 2 years, and if the time exceeds 2 years, it’s advisable not to buy them.
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When combined with lemongrass, fragrant gourd, and moringa, the oyster mushroom soup becomes even more delicious and nutritious. Wishing you success!
*Image and recipe references from YouTube channels LEO COOKING by Leo Quoc Viet, TasteShare, and Diệu Pháp Âm
