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Enoki

Slender white clustered mushroom used in soups and hotpots.

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About Enoki

Enoki is a slender clustered mushroom used in soups, hotpots, noodle dishes, stir-fries, and other cooked foods. Its delicate strands are particularly useful when a dish needs a mushroom that can be added shortly before serving and distributed through broth or noodles. It is also known as enokitake in Japanese cooking.

Fresh enoki usually has a mild, lightly earthy flavour and a crisp, springy texture when briefly cooked. Longer cooking makes the stems softer and more tender. The small caps and long stems provide a different mouthfeel from broad-capped mushrooms, while their pale colour allows them to blend readily into light-coloured soups.

It is commonly sold fresh in connected white clusters, with the compact root end trimmed away before use. The cluster can be separated into strands or added in smaller bundles. Dried forms require rehydration and have a firmer, more concentrated character than fresh enoki.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Enoki nutrition & diet

Enoki nutritional value

Mushrooms, enoki, raw

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the recorded food form.

Calories
37kcal
Protein
2.7g
Carbs
7.8g
Fat
0.3g

Per 100 g of the named reference food. Preparation, cultivar and product formulation can change these values; use the stated form when comparing.

Portions & preparation

Use the fresh mushroom clusters after trimming the compact root base and separating or rinsing the stems as appropriate. Raw and cooked enoki are different reference forms; soups and hotpots also add broth, oil, tofu, meat, or sauces that should be assessed separately.

Compare the right form: Match fresh enoki with the root base trimmed, or a specified cooked preparation; dried, canned, and broth-containing forms require separate references.

Diet considerations

Enoki is a fungus-derived food rather than a plant leaf or animal food. Plain fresh or cooked mushrooms can fit many plant-based patterns, but hotpot and soup preparations may include meat, seafood, dairy, eggs, or animal stock. Coatings and sauces can also add cereals or sweeteners.

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Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
    Not established
  • Pescatarian
    Not established
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: USDA FoodData Central — Mushrooms, enoki, raw ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

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