Recipe for making salad with shiitake and asparagus beans

Asian cuisine is a real source of vegetarian dishes, and they are so tasty that even the most ardent carnivores eat them with great pleasure. For example, today we will tell you how to make a salad of dried shiitake mushrooms and green beans. Thanks to the high protein content, the dish is not only very nutritious but also conquers with its taste from the first bite. Fragrant mushrooms, juicy beans, crunchy sesame with subtle nut notes and a cascade of spicy spices — this combination will appeal to many! Let’s start cooking — with the help of our tips, a dish will appear on your table very soon, which will immediately win your heart and stay on your menu for a long time.

The ingredients

As a rule, the dish is prepared for two portions. In this case, we will need the following ingredients:

• 200 g — boiled shiitake mushrooms;
• 150 g — asparagus beans;
• 1 tbsp. — Katana refined blended sesame oil;
• 1 tsp. — white sesame Katana;
• 1.5 tbsp. — Katana rice vinegar;
• 1 tbsp. — sugar;
• 1.5 tbsp. — vegetable oil;
• 1–2 cloves — garlic;
• 0.5 tsp. — grated ginger;
• Chili pepper to taste;
• 0.5 tsp. — salt

The stages of preparation

When we have prepared all the necessary products, we will start creating a real culinary masterpiece — shiitake salad. The preparation consists of several simple steps:

1. Soak the mushrooms in advance for several hours and boil for 3-4 minutes. Cut the finished shiitake into strips.
2. Boil some water, put the beans in it for 7–9 minutes. After that, remove and rinse with cold water.
3. To prepare the dressing, mix sesame and any other vegetable oil in a saucepan, add sesame seeds, rice vinegar, salt and sugar.
4. Put the saucepan on medium heat and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Wait for the mixture to become completely homogeneous.
5. Add garlic passed through a press to the dressing, as well as ginger and chili pepper flakes.
6. Put the mushrooms and beans on a plate, pour over the dressing, mix and serve.

The salad can be served as a cold appetizer, a side dish to meat and fish dishes, or an independent treat — for example, it is perfect to treat yourself to something unusual during fasting or to please your vegan friends. The dish is very tasty both warm and cold, after the products are soaked well with spicy dressing. Surprise your friends and family with a tasty and healthy salad with shiitake mushrooms — with our tips, you can make this dish quickly and easily!