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Korean Cuisine
Spicy Enoki Mushrooms (Maeun Paengi Beoseot)
Crispy-bottomed enoki mushrooms glazed in a sweet, spicy gochugaru sauce and finished with sesame seeds and scallions, Korean banchan style
17 minutes
Japanese Cuisine
Soy Butter Enoki Mushrooms (Enoki no Bata Shoyu)
Three ingredients, five minutes: enoki mushrooms seared golden in butter and finished with a splash of soy sauce
8 minutes
Japanese Cuisine
Miso Butter Mushrooms in Foil (Kinoko no Hoiru Yaki)
Five varieties of mushrooms steamed in foil packets with miso, sake, and butter, finished with a soy-butter drizzle and fresh chives
25 minutes
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