Shiitake

Lentinula edodesAlso called Lentinula edodes

Shiitake is an edible mushroom. Cooks boil, simmer, braise, steam, or stir-fry it.

Plant-based
Gluten-free
No listed allergens

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Mushrooms & seaweed
Family: Omphalotaceae
Dishes: 1 in the catalogue
Energy: 34 kcal per 100 g

Photo: Imacat · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use shiitake

Typical ways to cook or use it

Boil simmer
Braise
Steam
Stir fry

Nutrition

What 100 g of shiitake holds

Per 100 g, raw. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 24%Fat 5%Carbohydrate 71%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of shiitake, raw
Energy	34 kcal · 141 kJ
Protein	2.2 g
Fat	0.49 g
Carbohydrate	6.8 g
of which sugars	2.4 g
Fibre	2.5 g
Sodium	9 mg

Nutrition per 100 g of shiitake, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium	304 mg
Calcium	2 mg
Iron	0.41 mg
Magnesium	20 mg
Zinc	1 mg
Folate	13 µg

Other forms

Protein 22%Fat 2%Carbohydrate 76%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of shiitake, other form
Energy	44 kcal
Protein	2.4 g
Fat	0.2 g
Carbohydrate	8.2 g
Fibre	4.2 g
Sodium	0.94 mg

Nutrition per 100 g of shiitake, other form: minerals and vitamins
Potassium	243 mg
Calcium	0.77 mg
Iron	0.14 mg
Magnesium	14 mg
Zinc	0.76 mg
Folate	32 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 169242, 1999628), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where shiitake is cooked

1 dish in the catalogue uses shiitake. Here is where they come from.

Origins

Native to: Eastern Asia, South-eastern Asia

1209 · China
The earliest written record of shiitake cultivation dates to 1209 in China.

On the table

Dishes made with shiitake

1 dish in the catalogue uses it.

Miyabiya

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include shiitake.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: shiitake in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Allergens: None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin: No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten: None
Alcohol: None
Caffeine: None
Pork: None

Family

Related forms

A kind of: edible mushroom

Around the world

What shiitake is called

Names in 70 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
Lentinula edodes · champiñón negro chino · hongo Shiitake · Shitake
French
Lentinula edodes · Shiitaké · Lentin des chênes · Lentin du chêne
Italian
Lentinula edodes · Lentinus shiitake · Tricholoma shiitake · Armillaria edodes
Portuguese
shiitake · Shitake · Lentinula edodes
German
Shiitake · Tongu · Lentinula edodes · Shii-Take
Dutch
Shiitake · Lentinula edodes · Donggu · Shii-Take
Greek
Σιτάκε
Turkish
Şitaki mantarı · Lentunila edodes
Russian
шиитаке · Чёрный гриб · Lentinula edodes · Сиитаке
Polish
grzyby shiitake · Twardziak japoński · Twardziak uprawny · Shiitake
Arabic
شيتاكيه · فطر شيتاكيه
Persian
شیتاکه · شی‌تاکه

Show all 70 languages

Albanian
Lentinula edodes
Aragonese
Lentinula edodes
Asturian
Lentinula edodes
Azerbaijani
Şitake
Balinese
oong hioko · shiitaké · oong berangan · oong shiitaké
Basque
xitake · shitake · shiitake · Lentinula edodes
Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)
шыітаке
Brazilian Portuguese
Shiitake
Bulgarian
шиитаке · Lentinula edodes
Cantonese
冬菇 · 北菇 · 香菇 · 花菇
Catalan
xiitake · Shihitake · Shitake · Shiitake
cdo
Hiŏng-gŭ
Cebuano
Lentinula edodes
Chinese
香菇 · 冬菇 · 香菰 · 椎茸
Croatian
Šitake
Czech
houževnatec jedlý · šiitake · šitake
Danish
shiitake
Egyptian Arabic
شيتاكى
Esperanto
ŝitako
Estonian
šiitake · Lentinula edodes
Extremaduran
Lentinula edodes
Finnish
siitake · Lentinula edodes · siitakesieni · shiitake
Galician
Shiitake
Hebrew
שיטאקי
Hindi
शिताके कवक
Hungarian
siitake · Lentinula edodes · shiitake
Icelandic
Tókasveppur
Ido
Lentinula edodes
Indonesian
Shiitake · Shitake · Jamur hioko · Jamur shiitake
Interlingua
Lentinula edodes
Interlingue
Lentinula edodes
Irish
Lentinula edodes
Japanese
シイタケ · しいたけ · 干し椎茸 · 乾燥椎茸
Javanese
Shiitake
Korean
표고 · 표고버섯 · 참나무버섯
Latin
Lentinula edodes · Agaricus edodes · Armillaria edodes · Collybia shiitake
Latvian
Šitake
Macedonian
шитаке · шиитаке · Lentinula edodes
Malay
Shiitake
Minangkabau
Jamua shitake
Nepali
मृगे च्याउ
Northern Frisian
Shiitake
Norwegian Bokmål
shiitake
Norwegian Nynorsk
shiitake · shiitakesopp · Lentinula edodes · L. edodes
Occitan
Lentinula edodes
Romanian
Lentinula edodes
Serbian
Шитаке печурка
Simplified Chinese
香菇
Simplified Chinese (China)
香菇
Simplified Chinese (Singapore)
香菇
Slovak
Húževnatec jedlý
Slovenian
šitake
Swedish
shiitake · Lepiota shiitake · Lentinula edodes · Agaricus edodes
Swiss High German
Shiitake
Tamil
ஓக்மரக் காளான்
Thai
เห็ดหอม · Lentinula edodes · Shiitake · เห็ดชิตาเกะ
Traditional Chinese
香菇
Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)
香菇
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
香菇
Ukrainian
шиїтаке · Lentinula edodes · сіїтаке
Urdu
شاہ بلوط کی کھمبی
Uyghur
پاپا دۈمبەمەدەك
Vietnamese
nấm hương · Shitake · Shiitake · Nấm đông cô
Volapük
Lentinula edodes
Waray
Lentinula edodes
Zhuang
Raetnae

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
USDA FoodData Central (Foundation, SR Legacy): nutrition values (Public domain (US government work, CC0))
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos
Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wikidata item: Q320999

Photos