At the table
Share as a side dish and take a little mushroom and walnut together. Ask how it is dressed before ordering.
Contains walnuts. Ask whether the dressing includes sesame, soy sauce or animal-based stock or sauces; vegetarian suitability is not established.
Vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil and chili may be used, but the dressing is not fixed. This walnut dish differs from plain wood-ear salad.
GET TO KNOW THE DISH
What goes into it?
Explore some key ingredients below. Preparations may use additional seasonings and ingredients.
Vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil and chili may be used, but the dressing is not fixed. This walnut dish differs from plain wood-ear salad.
Typical ingredients
In some versions
Recipes vary by restaurant.
How does it taste?
Mild mushroom flavour and rich walnuts, with seasoning that varies by kitchen.
- Chili heat
- Texture
- Springy-crisp wood ears contrast with tender, oily walnut kernels.
- How it’s made
- Rehydrated wood ears are cooked, drained and mixed with prepared walnut kernels and dressing.
Vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil and chili may be used, but the dressing is not fixed. This walnut dish differs from plain wood-ear salad.
A CONNECTION TO PLACE
Origin & regional roots
Associated with Shaanxi.
About this regional connection
Shaanxi: Supported local food association, not exclusive origin.
Ask if they have it first
请问你们有柞水木耳拌桃仁吗？
Do you have this item?
A LITTLE SOMETHING TO READ
Story & history
Two Shangluo ingredients together
Fleshy Zhashui wood ears and fragrant walnut kernels form a distinctive local pairing. Their contrasting textures are the point of the dish; it is not a sweet candied-walnut snack.