Hunan-style crispy mushroom noodle salad

Name: Hunan-style crispy mushroom noodle salad
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 2-4 as part of a meal
Cuisine: Chinese recipes
Ingredients: For the mushrooms; 500g shimeji mushrooms, separated (see Know-how); Pinch ground white pepper; Pinch Chinese five-spice powder; 4 tbsp potato flour or cornflour; 6 tbsp aquafaba (see tip); 100g panko breadcrumbs (vegan if need be); 6 sprays light olive oil spray; For the sauce; 1 tsp rapeseed oil; 2.5cm piece fresh ginger, finely grated; 4 long dried chillies; 1 tbsp tamari or reduced-salt light soy sauce; 2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce; Juice and zest 1 large orange; For the salad; 1 romaine/cos lettuce, shredded; ½ cucumber, cut into half-moons; 1 large carrot, cut into fine matchsticks; 200g ready-to-eat vermicelli rice noodles; 1 tbsp sesame seeds, toasted; Spring onion curls to serve (see tip)

By: Ching He Huang

Published: 3 Feb 21
Updated: 18 Mar 24

Test kitchen approved

Ching-He Huang’s vegan Chinese mushroom noodle salad combines panko-fried shimeji mushrooms, rice noodles and loads of veg for a tasty, healthy meal.

Ching says: “The people of the Hunan region in China are known for their love of sweet and spicy combinations. This easy dish is inspired by those strong flavour profiles.”

This recipe is taken from Asian Green by Ching-He Huang (Kyle Books £20).

For more vegan recipes by Ching to add to your Chinese New Year table, check out her hot and sour soup and black bean tofu and baby pak choi, also from Asian Green.

Or, why not use leftover shimeji mushrooms in this tasty vegan stir-fry recipe?

Serves 2-4 as part of a meal
Hands-on time 30 min, oven time 15 min

Visit deliciousmagazine.co.uk to save recipe

Ingredients

For the mushrooms

500g shimeji mushrooms, separated (see Know-how)
Pinch ground white pepper
Pinch Chinese five-spice powder
4 tbsp potato flour or cornflour
6 tbsp aquafaba (see tip)
100g panko breadcrumbs (vegan if need be)
6 sprays light olive oil spray

For the sauce

1 tsp rapeseed oil
2.5cm piece fresh ginger, finely grated
4 long dried chillies
1 tbsp tamari or reduced-salt light soy sauce
2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
Juice and zest 1 large orange

For the salad

1 romaine/cos lettuce, shredded
½ cucumber, cut into half-moons
1 large carrot, cut into fine matchsticks
200g ready-to-eat vermicelli rice noodles
1 tbsp sesame seeds, toasted
Spring onion curls to serve (see tip)

Method

Heat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan/gas 6. Lay the mushrooms on a roasting tray and season with a pinch each of salt, white pepper and Chinese five-spice. Put the flour, aquafaba and breadcrumbs in three separate dishes. One at a time, dip each mushroom in the flour, coating well, then in the aquafaba. Finally dip quickly in the breadcrumbs and return to the roasting tray. Spray the mushrooms with olive oil, then roast for 15 minutes until crisp.
Meanwhile make the sauce: heat a wok or deep frying pan over a high heat until smoking. Add the oil, then the ginger and stir-fry for a few seconds. Add the chillies, tamari or soy sauce, sweet chilli sauce and orange zest and juice. Bring to the boil and reduce until thickened.
Drizzle the sauce over the crispy mushrooms and toss to coat. Arrange the salad ingredients on plates, then add the mushrooms and drizzle over more of the sauce if you like. Sprinkle over the sesame seeds, top with spring onion curls and serve immediately.

Recipe from February 2021 Issue

Nutrition

Nutrition: per serving

Calories: 480kcals
Fat: 7.9g (1.6g saturated)
Protein: 17.7g
Carbohydrates: 81.3g (13.6g sugars)
Fibre: 6.5g
Salt: 0.8g

delicious. tips

Aquafaba is the starchy liquid found in tinned chickpeas. It makes a good thickening agent, so it’s perfect for panko-ing the mushrooms for a crispy texture. After you’ve sliced your spring onions into matchsticks, plunge them into iced water to make beautiful spring onion curls.
Shimeji are small mushrooms that grow in groups rather than singularly – they’re available from Asian supermarkets, and in some larger supermarkets you’ll find them in Asian mushroom mixes.

Fancy getting a copy in print?

Subscribe to our magazine

Hunan-style crispy mushroom noodle salad

Ingredients

Method

Nutrition

delicious. tips

Chinese chicken and spring onion salad

Hot and sour soup

Scallops in black bean sauce with mushrooms

Stir-fried garlic chilli beef and ong choi

More to discover

Hunan-style crispy mushroom noodle salad

Ingredients

Method

Nutrition

delicious. tips

Or, how about...?

Chinese chicken and spring onion salad

Hot and sour soup

Scallops in black bean sauce with mushrooms

Stir-fried garlic chilli beef and ong choi

More to discover