Banana flowers are a familiar rustic food for many people and can be turned into various dishes. Let’s get cooking with TasteVN to immediately make 2 dishes: banana flower salad mixed with oyster mushrooms and chicken thigh mushrooms.
1. Banana flower salad mixed with oyster mushrooms

Preparation
15 minutes
Cooking
15 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Banana flower salad mixed with oyster mushrooms For 2 servings
Shredded banana flower 200 gr Gluten 2 sticks Oyster mushrooms 100 gr Roasted peanuts 50 gr Carrot 1 piece Cucumber 1 piece Chili 3 pieces Vietnamese coriander 50 gr
How to make Banana flower salad mixed with oyster mushrooms
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Prepare the ingredients
Wash the Vietnamese coriander, mushrooms, and banana flower, then drain and cut them into thin strands.
Wash the carrot, cut a thin layer around it, then shred it.
Wash the cucumber, cut around it as well, then shred it.
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Fry the Gluten and Sauté the Mushrooms
Marinate the gluten with a little fish sauce, then fry it in a hot pan with oil until it turns golden brown.
Prepare another pan, heat it, then add a little oil, and sauté the mushrooms for about 3 minutes until they are cooked.
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Prepare the Dressing
Prepare a bowl, add 3 tablespoons of sugar, 1.5 tablespoons of fish sauce, 1 tablespoon of lime juice, and 1 tablespoon of chili sauce. Then stir well to create the dressing.
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Mixing salad
The banana flower part you mix with vinegar and sugar for about 10 minutes before starting to mix.
Then you prepare a large bowl, add all the ingredients, then add the salad dressing and mix well.
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Final product
The banana flower salad with oyster mushrooms and gluten is complete, with a sweet and sour taste making the dish even more appealing. The dish will taste better when you eat it with rice paper or vegetarian crackers.
2. Banana flower salad with chicken thigh mushrooms

Preparation
20 minutes
Cooking
20 minutes
Difficulty level
Easy
Ingredients for Banana flower salad with chicken thigh mushrooms For 2 people
Chicken thigh mushrooms 100 grams Shiitake mushrooms 2 pieces Shredded banana flower 200 grams Lettuce 100 grams Vietnamese coriander 50 grams Chili 3 pieces Seasoning A little (sugar/vegetarian fish sauce/lemon juice)
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How to Prepare Banana Flower Salad with Chicken Drumstick Mushroom
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Prepare the Ingredients
Soak the chicken drumstick mushrooms in diluted salt water for about 15 minutes, wash with water, drain, and then cut into small pieces.
Soak the shiitake mushrooms until soft, wash, and then chop finely.
Wash the banana flower, drain, and then julienne into thin strands.
Wash the Vietnamese coriander and lettuce, then also cut into strips.
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Make the Salad Dressing
In a bowl, add 3 tablespoons of sugar, 1 tablespoon of vegetarian fish sauce, 2 tablespoons of lime juice, and 1 tablespoon of finely chopped chili pepper, then stir well until all ingredients are dissolved.
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Sautéing mushrooms
You heat a pan on the stove, sauté a little cooking oil with some minced shallots.
Next, you add chicken thigh mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms to the pan, season with 1 tablespoon of vegetarian oyster sauce, and stir-fry until the mushrooms are evenly cooked.
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Mixing the salad
You add 200 grams of shredded banana flower into a bowl, then add the sautéed mushrooms, briefly blanched tofu skin, Vietnamese coriander, and lettuce.
Next, you pour 2 ladles of dressing onto the salad and mix well.
After that, you add sliced horn chili and pour another ladle of dressing on top, continuing to mix evenly to complete.
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Final Product
The banana flower salad mixed with chicken thigh mushrooms has extremely eye-catching and appealing colors.
The crispy banana flower, the sautéed mushrooms cooked to soft and sweet perfection combine with the cool sweetness of lettuce and the slightly spicy taste of Vietnamese cilantro and chili, all blended with a sweet and sour dressing, making it incredibly delicious.
Tips for successful execution:
- When cutting the banana flower into strands, you should immediately soak it in a bowl of water with a little salt to prevent the flower from turning black.
- To know whether the gluten is good or not, you just need to gently tear it apart; if the gluten comes apart into strands, it’s good quality, if it is fragmented, then it is not of good quality.
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So, the dish of banana flower salad mixed with oyster mushrooms and chicken thigh mushrooms is completed simply and deliciously. Wishing you success in making it.
* Source of the recipe and images from the Youtube channel Diệu pháp âm