Delicious Beef & Pork Hamburger Steak with Shiitake Powder

Supercharge the Umami taste with Shiitake powder!! Your usual hamburger steak will taste even better! Shiitake powder can easily make your usual recipes taste even better! Guanylate, a substance unique to dried Shiitake, makes the Umami taste in other ingredients stronger. Zen monks found Forest-grown Shiitake is the best Umami enhancer for Vegan Cuisine more than 1000-years ago in Japan. The drying and rehydrating process of Shiitake produces "Guanylate," a natural Umami energizer. Guanylate amplifies the Umami taste of all foods. Unlike Dried Porcini, Shiitake can enhance the Umami taste of your cooking without adding a mushroom flavor. Tips and tricks: Adding a little water to Shiitake powder and waiting 10 minutes before using, maximizes 3x the Umami Flavor! One dry Tbsp equals one pre-soaked tsp, the same Umami boosting power. The drying and rehydrating process of Shiitake produces "Guanylate," a natural Umami energizer. Guanylate amplifies the Umami taste of all foods. "Exploring Umami Using Shiitake Powder," Virtual Product Tasting on Sep 22 at Specialty Food LIVE! 2020 Our presentation: https://youtu.be/__vQxdQmKnY

Ingredients (2 people) (60 mins)

  • 400 g minced beef and pork
  • 1 Tbsp Shiitake powder
  • 1/2 onion (finely chopped)
  • 1 egg
  • as necessary Vegetable oil
  • 1 cup (Panko) breadcrumbs
  • to taste Salt and pepper
  • 2 Tbsp milk
  • 100 ml tomato ketchup
  • 50 ml Worcestershire sauce

Steps

1

Finely chop the onion. Fry the onion in a frying pan with oil until soft and lay aside to cool.
2

Add Shiitake powder, salt, and pepper to cold minced beef and pork, then knead it in thoroughly until it becomes sticky and slightly white.
3

Next, add the egg, onion, Panko breadcrumbs, and milk and mix thoroughly. Make an oval shape while forcing out the air pockets inside the hamburger.
4

Heat up the frying pan on high heat and add vegetable oil, then fry the hamburger at medium heat. Once it browns, flip it over, put on the lid, and cook at low heat.
5

Add the tomato ketchup and Worcestershire sauce to the frying pan with the leftover juices from frying the hamburger, and let it boil for 1 minute on low heat.
6

Plate up the hamburger and pour the sauce over it.

Point

Adding a little shiitake powder to your meals boosts the natural umami flavor. At the same time, the saltiness will rise and enable you to automatically lower your salt intake.

Our Shiitake Powder Amps Up the Natural Taste of Food - without adding another layer of taste.

Forest-grown Shiitake Powder

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