These mushrooms are popular in Korea and can be found cheaply in most grocery stores. Koreans always blanch them first before stirfrying, and then tear them lengthwise. They are very soft, chewy, and savory.
Oyster mushrooms, center
My cookbooks
Which to get? Both are best sellers and either one is a good choice if you want to learn Korean home cooking. Maangchi's Real Korean Cooking has all the recipes for all the essential Korean pastes and sauces, but my second book Maangchi's Big Book of Korean Cooking has more recipes, more photos, and more variety.
