Dried White Wood Ear Mushroom (Bai Mu Er / Yin Er)
楊貴妃も愛した「食べる真珠」！トロトロに溶ける美肌のデザート
Description
A white, translucent mushroom with beautiful frilly pleats. Called 'Yin Er' (Silver Ear) in China. While black wood ear is used for 'savory dishes', this stars mainly in 'sweet dessert soups' (Tong Sui). Braising long-term melts its gelatin, turning it syrupy like bird's nest—a skin-beautifying ingredient.
Classification: Popular among women, Ingredient, Dry Goods, White Wood Ear, Yin Er, Dessert, Medicinal, Collagen
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How to use
Ingredients
- Dried white wood ear mushrooms
Instructions
- [Typical Uses]
- [Yin Er Lian Zi Geng (White Wood Ear & Lotus Seed Dessert)]: Remove hard stems from rehydrated white wood ears, simmer on low for 1-
- hours with lotus seeds, jujubes, goji, and rock sugar until syrupy jelly.
- Boil with fruits (pear/papaya).
Learn more Substitutes, pairings, tips
Key spices
Tasteless and odorless、but braising melts it into the soup、yielding premium 'syrupy、slippery' smoothness
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
(Texture hard to substitute. Mimic dessert vibe with tapioca)
Pairing
Rock Sugar / Jujubes / Goji Berries
Trivia
Historically cherished as the 'commoner's bird's nest'. Even without buying expensive bird's nest, simmering this provides the exact same skin-beautifying effects and premium jelly texture. A winter necessity for Chinese women.
Eating tips & etiquette
The buying trick is 'overly pure-white ones might be bleached; choose slightly yellowish, naturally colored ones'. Softer than black wood ears and rehydrates instantly.
Allergen
None