ONETANG Natural Dried Shiitake Mushrooms - Premium Flavors |AAA Grade Extra Dry Mushrooms for Soups Sauces Pasta and Risotto Rehydrate Quickly All Natural & Vegan | 16 Oz

I keep dried mushrooms in my pantry. I dont use them all the time, but just enough to warrant my purchasing a huge 5 lb bag-- best price per ounce too. Worry about them going bad? Nah, dried mushrooms last indefinitely. A lot of foods are like that. Store them well, and they are going to be totally fine for years to come. Good prepper food. No shortage of info to be found regarding this. That being said, my bag has a best by date of Feb 2025-- couple years out. Best by is really only an guarantee of freshness, taste, and nutritional value. After that, it is possible for there to be a decrease in quality, etc, but it depends on the food. Dried mushrooms are not affected by time so much. Any dried vegetable or fruit wont rehydrate to perfection. Soaking is very important, not just tossing in when cooking (ie, dont think that they have been "soaked" because they were added to a long simmer soup). I find it best to soak before actual cooking or other uses. Stems take way longer to soften up, so it may be best to remove those as soak separately. I like shiitake for its mild flavor and high nutrient value. I ay use fresh white cap or portabello mushrooms then add in some dried (well, soaked) shiitake to give added boost. Huge bag. Like size of a bed pillow. I dont store them in any fancy complicated way. I take out what I think I will use over the course of a month, then just tape the bag closed and store in cool dark area. If I am motivated, I may divide these up into jars, baggies, or mylar bags just for ease of storing. If not, the mushrooms are fine in the bag they came in.

For $15 (at the time of this review), you can't beat these mushrooms. You get a TON of them (realise most will at least double in size when reconstituted), they are packaged well in a tough resealable pouch, they are the more stronger-tasting Asian strain, and many of them are picture-perfect. That said, they are not ALL pretty (if that matters to you), some won't double in size, and because they might be different from what you're used to, you might think they stink. But still, you are getting more than you pay for, in my humble opinion. Just look at any mushroom product, but particularly Shiitake. These things are usually expensive, even dried. I usually let them soak in a sealed container in the fridge overnight. Like I said, there is a strong garlic-y onion-y kind of smell. It takes getting used to, but I like it now. They smell almost bad the first time you try them. Don't throw them out - they're NOT BAD (to be safe I must add "most probably"). Shiitake are SUPPOSED to kind of stink. Once they are nice and tender and plump, pat them dry and slice them into strips, and fry them up in butter with a steak and onions. Or add slices to your favorite soup or stew. I like dicing up like 2 of them, frying them in butter, and adding to a can of cream of mushroom soup, made with half and half instead of milk. Anywhere a mushroom would go good, these particular mushrooms go great. Now I'm hungry. :) In addition to the tip about soaking them in a sealed container, be sure and rip off the stems (with pliers - you'll need pliers) before soaking. The stems are tough as wood and absolutely inedible. Large asparagus bases times 10. If you wait until you soak them, they not only are tough, they are splintery and much harder to remove. It's easier to just rip them off when they are dry. Then, all you have to do is slice and/or dice away. If you're used to much more expensive dried Shiitake, you probably aren't going to be buying these anyway (unless you just want to complain about them). But, for the home cook looking to add some exotic flavor, I'd definitely recommend. Leave your expectations open if you've never had real Asian Shiitake, and give them a try. Even if you don't like them, you're not out much money.

WONDERFUL PRODUCT!!! HUSBAND LOVES THESE AND USES THEM ALMOST DAILY IN SOUPS AND STIR FRIES. THE TEXTURE AND QUALITY ARE GREAT AND THEY ARE GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH!! THEY ARE VACUUM PACK FOR FRESHNESS AND THE PACKAGING IS RESEALABLE. VERY VERSITILE FOR COOKING.

Good quality, just wish they were a little bigger. Will buy again.

Love the quality and the size of these dried shiitake mushrooms. The texture is great, too.

Great thick shiitake mushrooms. After soften up , it good as fresh mushrooms.

Added a week later: My husband wound up in the doctor's office after this incident. Bad mushrooms were almost certainly the cause of his issues and mine. I am still itching off and on days later. I suggest you get your mushrooms elsewhere. There's something wrong with this company's process. I soaked them, then put them in a slow cooker with a stew containing potatoes and green beans. They were chewy (as others have noted), but I wouldn't ding them for that. However, this matters. To be clear, we are in our early 60s and have been eating for a long time. We both love mushrooms. I became a vegetarian last year and have been experimenting a lot with a variety of proteins. I used another package from this company a few months ago, and both of us had mild digestive issues, which we wrote off to something else. This time, I had an allergic reaction to them — itching (including my tongue) as well as digestive upset. Had it just been me, I'd have blown it off as not dealing with shiitake mushrooms. However, my husband's response was more concerning. He had panic attack symptoms. And this man doesn't have panic attacks. Ever. I gave him some Benadryl, and it subsided. I will be throwing out the other bags in my pantry.

the price point is a little high and even after soaking overnight and cooking it in soup their still very chewy

These mushroom are small but very aromatic and taste very good when stir fried with oyster sauce. You might find it a bit chewy if you soak it only for a couple of hours, soak it overnight will make it very soft to bit, don't throw the soaking water, heat it up and add a teaspoon of miso paste and will turn it into a very tasty miso soup! I'm very pleased with these dry mushroom.

Good as expected, no mold or bad smell.

Good price at 25 dollars but would be nice to see these in stock more often

I like the taste better than fresh mushrooms, especially in fried rice.

Good product for good price,i just havent idea how use it and I found information on you tube😂