What Are Cloud ears and How Can I Use Them?

Cloud ears is easier to cook with than it looks. Here's how to choose, use, and store them, what to substitute, and 4 recipes to get you started.

In Chinese:: 云耳
British (UK) term:: Cloud ears
en français:: oreilles cloud
en español:: nube oídos

Recipes using cloud ears

There are 4 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Lemon Pressed Cabbage

Lemon pressed cabbage is a quick Japanese-style pickle: savoy cabbage, cloud ear mushrooms, and thin lemon slices salted and weighted for an hour into a crunchy, refreshing side.

Marty Feins' Hot Sour Soup

Hot and sour soup with shredded pork, chicken, tofu, cloud ears, and golden needles in a rice vinegar broth thickened with cornstarch and finished with egg ribbons.

Most Loved Hot & Sour Soup

Authentic Chinese hot and sour soup with cloud ear mushrooms, golden needles, silken tofu, shredded pork, and the signature tangy-spicy-savory broth thickened with cornstarch.