Cook's Illustrated

Mushrooms: Porcini versus Shiitake

Published July 1, 2012. From Cook's Illustrated.

Dried shiitake mushrooms have 15 times more flavor-building nucleotides than dried porcini. Should you switch to dried shiitakes from now on when you want to boost meaty flavor?

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