This Shiitake Mushroom Soup with dumplings recipe has become a new family favourite. It's the perfect comfort food and is vegan.
This Shiitake Mushroom soup with dumplings has become a new family favourite in my house. Nothing warms you up better on a cold night than a big bowl of comfort food and this is the perfect dish!
It’s packed full of umami flavours and different textures from the shiitake mushrooms, vegetables and of course the dumplings. The best part is that the dumplings become filled with the beautiful shiitake broth that burst in your mouth when eating them!
For a perfect cosy weeknight dinner, you must try my Thai Yellow Curry. It’s super easy to make, filled with veggies and all comes together in 25 minutes!
I absolutely love Asian food and soups and this is a great DIY easy option at home that anyone can make within 30 minutes which is also vegan.
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Ingredients to make Shiitake Mushroom Soup recipe
- Onion, garlic and ginger are the foundation of the stock. All sautéed in olive oil as the first step to bring out their flavours and become the base of the soup
- Shiitake mushrooms are the star of the soup. They have such a beautiful strong umami flavour and meaty texture which stays so prominent in the dish
- Vegetable stock is my preferred stock to use and I also prefer to use an organic brand without too much added salt. You can also use chicken broth or stock
- Sesame oil is added to the mushrooms for its flavour and scent. You only need to add a small amount as a little goes a long way
- Soy sauce is added to bring in saltiness and Asian flavours. I prefer to use salt reduced soy sauce
- Baby bok choy are lovely and sweet and add so many nutrients to the soup along with a pop of green colour
- Enoki mushrooms look like long thin strings, similar to noodles. They’re light and chewy and taste great in Asian soups
- Dumplings are the final part of the soup. You can add your favourite filled dumplings. I usually prefer to use vegetable dumplings which make the soup vegan. I also like adding prawn dumplings occasionally too
How to make Shiitake Mushroom Soup
Time needed: 30 minutes
- Prepare broth
Add diced onion and sauté in a pot until translucent. Then add diced garlic and ginger and sauté for a few minutes
Add shiitake mushrooms and once browned, add sesame oil and a pinch of salt and black pepper. Sauté for a few minutes
Pour in vegetable stock and three cups of water. Add soy sauté and simmer on a low heat with the lid on for 15 - 20 minutes - Add ingredients
Add baby bok choy, enoki mushrooms and dumplings to the pot and simmer for a few minutes until the dumplings are cooked
- Serve
Add to a bowl and garnish with sliced spring onions. You can also add some extra soy sauce, chili or sriracha and enjoy 🙂
Tips for this vegan soup
- Ensure to sauté the onion, garlic and ginger as the first step until cooked and translucent to bring out all their flavours
- When sautéing the mushroom mixture, don’t add salt until they have browned as it can create too much moisture and will end up becoming watery
- Don’t add the bok choy and enoki mushrooms until the very end as they only need a few minutes to cook and you don’t want them to become over cooked and mushy
- Make sure not to overcook the dumplings as they can pop open. All dumplings have different cooking times but they shouldn’t need more than a few minutes
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Recipe
Shiitake Mushroom Soup
Ingredients
- 300 g shiitake mushrooms
- 150 g enoki mushrooms
- 12 dumplings
- 1 brown onion
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 cm cube fresh ginger
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 litre vegetable stock
- 2 tablespoon soy sauce
- 3 cups water
- 3 baby bok choy
- Chilli (optional)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Salt and black pepper to taste
Garnish
- Spring onions
- Extra soy sauce and chilli or sriracha sauce (optional)
Instructions
- Dice onion into small cubes and sauté in olive oil until translucent
- Dice garlic and ginger into cubes and add to the pot and sauté for a few minutes
- Slice shiitake mushrooms and add to the pot. Once they start to brown, add sesame oil, chilli (optional) and a pinch of salt and black pepper. Sauté for a few minutes
- Pour in the vegetable stock and three cups of water. Add soy sauté and simmer on a low heat with the lid on for 15 - 20 minutes
- Chop the bottoms off the baby bok choy stalks and separate the leaves. Add the leaves to the pot along with the enoki mushrooms and dumplings
- Simmer for a few minutes until the dumplings are cooked and it’s ready to serve! Serve in bowls topped with sliced spring onions. You can also add some extra soy sauce, chili or sriracha and enjoy 🙂
Rita
So simple yet so yummy!
Ayeh
Its so simple isnt! So glad you love it too Rita xxx
Tripti
Hey there! This looks amazing.... which soy sauce would you recommend for this ? (Dark/light/tamari, amoy or some other brand?) i am not sure why but i use amoy’s light soy sauce and it always makes my food raste a bit sweet :/
Ayeh
I use salt reduced soy sauce dear. not light, its the standard soy but less salt x
Jessica
Wow! So easy and so tasty! Definitely a new weekly for us!
Ayeh
Love that Jessica!! x
Katrina partridge
Tried the shiitake Mushroom and dumpling soup the other night for my fam bam and omg, it did not disappoint. This meal was soooo yummy and so easy to make. Thank you for the inspo.
Ayeh
So glad your fam loved it too!! x
Lucy
My goodness this soup.... incredible! Very flavourful and filling. Perfect for a cool night when you need some warmth. Also approved by my 9 year old! Thank you Ayeh for sharing this recipe.
Ayeh
You are most welcome dear, if the kids love it, that's always the added bonus Lucy !!
Sangeet Juneja
I made the soup, it was delicious! Love your recipes! You are my favourite food blogger!! Amazing work. Next I am going to try the noodle soup
Ayeh
Aww thank you so much!! Hope you love that too!!
Meg Prestidge
Do you buy the dumplings or are they homemade? If you buy is there a specific brand you prefer?
Ayeh
I buy them frozen dear from the Asian supermarket 🙂
Eman
This soup was the bomb. Full of flavour and so easy to make.
Ayeh
Yay so glad you loved it too Eman 🙂
Anna
I made this for dinner tonight and it was amazing. I added some broccoli and used veggie dumplings. So delicious….and it is crazy easy! This one will be on repeat in my house
Ayeh
So happy you love it as much as we do Anna, its become our go-to soup these days 🙂
Ellamay
Just delicious! All my favourite foods and flavours in one easy dish! Family favourite!
Ayeh
Hehe love that! xx
Nicole Lingao
Hi if your making for a family size of 5 what would be the amounts of ingredients??
Ayeh
Hi Lovely, this recipe is for 4 people, so just increase all the measurements slightly xx
Nicole
Absolute delicious!!!!!!! A must try my 5 year old 4 year old and 1 year old all had it too !!! I added noodles in there’s ones and me and my husband had it as it it was so yummy !!! Thank you
Ayeh
Aw makes me so happy to hear especially that your whole family loved it too 🙂
Ena
Yummy!
Ayeh
So happy you like it too dear xxx
Maryam
Super delicious and healthy!
Ayeh
So happy you love it too Maryam x
Christine
This soup has all my favorite ingredients.
It was so simple but oh so tasty. Just my kind of recipe!
Ayeh
Me too lovely, so glad you love it too 🙂
Nastaran
what can you substitute the enoki mushrooms for? 🙂
Ayeh
You can leave them out or also add some rice noodles xx
Mariam
This recipe was to die for! Broth was simple heaven in a plate. The balance of flavours were perfect. Will definitely be cooking the soup all through winter
Ayeh
Thats so great to hear lovely! Its been on weekly rotation in my house too 🙂
Melissa
Husband kids and myself fell in love with that soup. Easy and healthy and comforting for winter freezing nights
Thank you Ayeh for sharing!
Ayeh
The best for the cold nights 🙂 So great to hear your whole family loved it too 🙂
Tanya
Thank you so much Ayeh, great soup so quick and easy. I'm a terrible cook but everyone loved it xx
Ayeh
Aww thank you lovely, I'm so glad you liked it 🙂
Nastarsia
Thank you Ayeh for giving us these wonderful tasty easy recipes
I made this soup and it tasted amazing! Love everything you do I even share your recipes with my mum who has also started cooking them
Thank you!!!
Ayeh
You are most welcome lovely, so happy you and your family loved it 🙂 xx
Merna
If I could rate this recipe an 11/10 I would! This tasted just as amazing on the second day. Definitely will be making this again thanks to Ayeh. So quick and easy and even more delicious!!!
Ayeh
Aww I'm So happy you loved it so much too! Yes the next day its even better as the flavours are more developed 🙂 xxx
Anubha
My flatmate and I saw this episode on your instagram and we had to try it out! Also since our PhDs keep us very busy we like to cook easy recipes. And this was yummmm with clean flavours and left us feeling full and satiated. Thank you for sharing it!
Ayeh
You are most welcome! So glad you loved it too dear x
Jeremy
Loved making this soup! So easy and so yummy especially on a cold winter day!
Ayeh
So good for the cold weather we have now isnt it! So happy you loved it too Jeremy 🙂 xx
Leilani Griffin
This is so simple to make and tastes delish. I've made this a few times already as it's our current family fave. I stick to the recipe mostly but I add more dumplings just because . Thank you for sharing your recipes with us and making me feel like I am a master chef in my kitchen❤
Ayeh
So happy that you've made it a few times already lovely!! x
Jacqueline b
Loved this!!! It turned out so crispy and amazinggg!
Ayeh
So glad you loved it sweety ! xx
Jacqueline b
Oops I thought I was commenting on the triangles Lol!! I also made the soup and it was so delicious, I ate half the pot myself. I used better than bouillon since I didn’t have veggie stock and it turned our great!
Ayeh
Hehe love that!
Nastaran
Thank you 🙂 going to make it tonight!
Ayeh
Yay enjoy lovely! Cant wait to hear what you think! Make sure to send me a picture on instagram x
Kimmie
I love how Ayeh’s recipes are all so simple but humble food. My new favourite go to soupy dish to enjoy through these cold winter nights, really hits! Yum
Ayeh
Love that Kimmie, sometimes the most simplest foods just hit the spot 🙂
Tahereh Fazeli
Really loved it it was so tasty
Ayeh
So glad to hear this lovely 🙂
Natalie O
This was so delicious and easy to make. I added carrots into mine. This is a great meal to make if you are feeling under the weather, you feel great after eating it.
Ayeh
Oh yum love the addition of more veggies too!
Brodie
Yummo! Do frozen dumplings work with this or need fresh? 🙂
Ayeh
Yes dear , I use frozen dumplings
Maria
So simple and so yummy! The whole family loved it!
Ayeh
So glad your whole family loved it too!
Stevie
Made this for dinner tonight and it was so delicious! And so easy thank you for sharing! Xx
Ayeh
Yay so glad you loved it Stevie!
Lizzie
suuuuch a yummy recipe! so easy yet so so delicious! cooked it for the family and they loved it! Will definitely be making again. Thanks for the recipe
Ayeh
The best compliment to hear your whole family loved it too! x
Lizzie
forgot to give rating of course a 5 star!!! also forgot to mention I added some soba noodles to make it more filling as got teenage boys with an appetite and was very delicious
Ayeh
Thank you so much Lizzie! Love the idea of adding soba noodles too!
Melissa
This was so yummy and so easy to make too!
Ayeh
So happy you loved it Melissa! xx
Nastaran
Sooooo good! I've made it twice already 🙂
Ayeh
Love that you've already made them twice lovely, the best compliment! xxx
Tem
My first attempt at this soup…Can I say, it was amazing…Quick, easy and tastes amazing…Nothing was left (Thanks to my 2 kids)
Will definitely be making this again…
Thank you..!!
Ayeh
Thats the best compliment when the kids love it too! You are most welcome lovely x
Zainab
Lovedddd this! It literally took me 15 mins to do with what I had in my fridge. I just used normal white mushrooms and fried off the dumplings before putting them in the soup! So easy will definitely make it again!
Ayeh
Oh yummy!! So glad you loved it Zainab! xxx
Clara
So easy peasy and sooo yummy! I will be making it twice this week due to persistent requests from my partner. Safe to say it was a massive hit and will be a regular recipe from now on! Thank you so much for sharing Ayeh! 🙂
Ayeh
The best compliment Clara 🙂 x
Maria
We loved the soup very much, my parents and my kids loved it. It is a very easy recipe to make. very tasty and quick. It took me about 20 mins from start to finish. Well done Ayeh
Ayeh
So happy your whole family loved it Maria! xxx
Tiarnie
Such a wonderful recipe!! Finally have a tasty broth to go with our homemade mushroom dumplings 🙂 5/5 ☆
Ayeh
Homemade dumplings would take this to another level 🙂 xx
Sangeet Juneja
Best soup ever! So simple and full of flavour. Made it twice already. It’s in my go to meals. Thanks
Ayeh
Aw that makes me so happy to hear Sangeet! x
Zahra
So easy to make and super flavourful and unique. Loved making it and really enjoyed eating it. Fast and delicious with healthy ingredients. Thanks ayeh
Ayeh
You're most welcome Zahra, so happy you liked it too! x
Kiara
Hey Ayeh! Do you think it will turn out okay without garlic? Unfortunately I can't have it 🙁 would you suggest to replace it with something else?
Thanks x
Ayeh
Thats ok dear, leave it out and add extra ginger or maybe a little garlic powder too xx
Hayley
This soup was perfect when I was recovering from a stomach bug! Lovely winter warmer
Ayeh
So happy it helped you lovely, so warming too isnt it ! xxx
Leqaa
Best recipes I have ever found love love love easy and delicious
Ayeh
What a beautiful compliment dear, so happy you loved it so much x
Laura
Yum!! I love this recipe and am making it again as I type this! So comforting on a chilly nz night. So glad I found your Tik tok account last year, thank you Ayeh! 🙂
Ayeh
Aww so glad you found me dear, perfect for a cold night 🙂
Monique
Literally so easy and I even used normal mushrooms with it and was still amazing, chilli is a definite
Ayeh
So glad to hear it still turned out great, yours looked so good!
Dhvani
Loved loved loved this! Perfect for those cold winter nights. Thank you Ayeh for this delicious recipe.
Ayeh
Yay so glad you love this as much as I do xxx
Marta
Honestly my favourite quick meal of all times! I usually eat it with fried tofu on top instead of dumplings and is so delicious!
Definitely added to mu top favourite meals at the moment, even my boyfriend who didn’t love this kind of food a lot is now a big fan of it and wants it all the time highly recommend trying.
Ayeh
Oh love this! So happy your boyfriend loves it too!!
Bret
Love this recipe, I used 50g of re hydrated shiitake mushrooms and 20g of re hydrated chanterelle mushrooms. Also made my own dumplings using a common recipe. I do not bother with the bok choy, enoki mushrooms or garnishes... so much easier. Thank you for the basic principle!
Ayeh
So glad you loved it Bret, homemade dumplings would have made it even better
Bret
sorry did I forgot to rate? 4.5 stars (5 if you have no fractions).
Emily
Delicious! I added sliced carrots because I had some left over from a previous dish and they were going to go bad soon and they tasted great in this dish. I also did mushroom broth instead of water because I like big flavor! It was amazing, I don’t normally like bok choy but I ate all of it!
Question though… what kind of chili do you recommend? And why type of preparation? My grocery store didn’t have any right now so I used chili crisp oil but it didn’t have quite the effect I wanted. I ended up dressing with some sriracha.
Ayeh
Oh yum sounds great!! I always love adding sriracha myself especially on the dumplings 🙂
carol L Ramsey
I tried this recipe for dinner tonight and even my son-in-law who doesn't like soup raved about it. Big hit and as we grow mushroom, shiitake and others we are always happy to add an addition to our favorites! Thanks for sharing.
Ayeh
Awww love this! So happy you all loved it xxx
Gina Vasilakos
Made this soup a few weeks ago and my family loved this! This is a keeper and my husband said he could eat this soup weekly. It's a keeper!
Ayeh
Oh wow love his feedback! so happy to hear lovely xx
Greta
Absolutely Perfect!! The flavors were incredible, I know its outstanding when my husband asked if we could have this at least a few times a month!
Ayeh
Aww this is the best!!!
JZ in CT
This was a wonderful cold rainy wintery day soup for us. And, surprise to me, my protein loving husband loved it too. The mushrooms are very satisfying as a meat replacement. We were short on asian mushrooms, so had to add button mushrooms, but it was still great. Thank you for the fantastic recipe.
Ayeh
This is so lovely to hear! This soup saved my family in winter too hehe
So happy you both loved it 🙂 xxx
Andrea
This is the best mushroom soup I've ever made. I added GF ramen noodles at the end instead of the dumplings to make it gluten free and I was so happy with the result. Thank you thank you!! I now love Shiitake mushrooms!
Ayeh Manfre
Oh yum I love adding ramen noodles to this dish too! So glad you loved it Andrea xxxx
Madrone
Hi Ayeh, is there a recipe for dumplings? Not sure if you want people to buy them already made? Thanks
Ayeh Manfre
Hi dear, these are bought pre-made that I add into the broth to cook
Aisha A
This was my first ever recipe I made by Ayeh and its a frequent recipe I make myself during school periods. So easy and soooo soulful!!! Even my toddler loves it
Ayeh Manfre
I feel the same about this soup! So happy your toddler loves it too!
Yasamine
Loved this recipe! I’ve been on a ‘Cooking with Ayeh’ mission after coming across your content online - my grocery list has been based around your recipes this week For this recipe, I adapted it to suit the timing needed for the dumplings I purchased, and also added the bok choy as the very last step so that it had extra crunch. Would 100% make this again. Flavours were awesome and very comforting on a rainy day!
Thanks for sharing your recipes, Ayeh. I’m feeling inspired in the kitchen again
Ayeh Manfre
So lovely to hear Yasamine!! I cant wait to see what you try next xxx
Yasamine
Loved this recipe! I’ve been on a ‘Cooking with Ayeh’ mission after coming across your content online - my grocery list has been based around your recipes this week lol.
For this recipe, I adapted it to suit the timing needed for the dumplings I purchased, and also added the bok choy as the very last step so that it had extra crunch. Would 100% make this again. Flavours were awesome and very comforting on a rainy day!
Thanks for sharing your recipes, Ayeh. I’m feeling inspired in the kitchen again!
Caroline david
Will definitely try this out!
Ayeh Manfre
Enjoy lovely!
Debbie
Hello where do I purchase dumplings? Also what kind as 8m sure there are several varieties
Ayeh Manfre
Hi Debbie, I buy mine from Asian grocers xx I've used veggie dumplings here
Lana
Very deliciuos soup, thank you for sharing this recepie! For me , who is not a big fan of cooking but a fan of soups this one become one of the favourites
Ayeh Manfre
Wonderful to hear Lana!
Lisa
First time having and making this kind of dish...we opted for mushroom stuffed dumplings. WoW!! My husband is a true carnivore but he was so impressed with this dish!! Hearty and comforting. It's winter here in Cape Town South Africa and this just hit the spot.
Ayeh Manfre
Oh yay so lovely yo hear this!!