Seogi-beoseot (rock ear mushrooms) are a rare, precious Korean ingredient that’s prized for it’s medicinal properties. It’s found high up on rocks deep in the mountains, and is kind of in the shape of an ear, which is probably where it got its name.

It’s picked from the rocks, dried, and sold in small quantities. It’s hard to find outside of Korea.

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Posted on Wednesday, October 18th, 2017. Last updated on October 29, 2021.
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Recipes that use rock ear mushrooms (seogi-beoseot):

2 Comments:

  1. RuthC Colombia, South America joined 6/17 & has 8 comments
    Posted October 27th, 2017 at 9:27 pm | Reply to this comment or create a profile.

    Hi, maangchi, this is seogi-beoseot?
    https://www.amazon.com/Spice-Jungle-Mushrooms-Whole-Dried/dp/B00Q9HDIZW/ref=sr_1_10_s_it?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1509153740&sr=1-10&keywords=ear%2Bblack%2Bmushroom&th=1

    1. Maangchi New York City joined 8/08 & has 10,893 comments
      Posted November 6th, 2017 at 8:20 am | Reply to this comment or create a profile.

      No, that’s wood ear mushroom.

      Seogi-beoseot is thinner, velvety, and very black. Someone sent me mine from Korea, it’s very hard to find outside of Korea.

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