How to Use wood ear in a Sentence

wood ear

noun
  • Among her top picks are morels, boletes, wood ear and black trumpets.
    — Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2021
  • Thinly slice the shiitake mushrooms and roughly chop the wood ears.
    — Michael A. Gardiner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2023
  • Scatter the wood ear mushrooms over the oyster mushroom slices, then top with more fresh cilantro leaves to serve.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Discard the tough ends of the wood ear mushrooms before chopping into bite-size pieces.
    — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Add the lily flowers, wood ears, shiitake mushrooms and bamboo shoots and bring the soup back to a simmer once again.
    — Michael A. Gardiner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2023
  • Add 1 cup fresh wood ear mushrooms, season with salt and sprinkle over the persillade.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Handmade noodles are the order of the day, whether stir-fried with chile oil or suspended in lamb and wood ear mushroom soup.
    — Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 5 Jan. 2022
  • The noodles tasted even better when balanced with a crisp bite of raw bean sprouts or wood ear mushrooms, which also come in the bowl.
    — Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 24 May 2022
  • The bluefin tuna from Ensenada is garnished with wood ear mushrooms, cilantro, and citrus kosho.
    — Gary Shteyngart, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Eight out of nine people linked to those clusters reported eating wood ear mushrooms in the ramen, the agency reported.
    — Mallory Hughes, CNN, 25 Sep. 2020
  • In northern China, spoonfuls of black vinegar are draped over thick, belt-like noodles with a touch of soy sauce, served with slices of meat, onions, or wood ear mushrooms.
    — Clarissa Wei, Bon Appétit, 29 May 2021
  • Hot and sour soup gets its namesake balance from chile peppers or white pepper and vinegar, and it’s typically laced with silky tofu and chewy wood ear mushrooms.
    — Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Genie defined ingredients like wood ear mushrooms to annatto seeds.
    — Rebecca White, Dallas News, 15 June 2023
  • Waiters bring bowls set with chunks of crab, lily buds, wood ear mushrooms and nasturtium flowers and leaves, then pour on a rich, dark fumet bolstered with white peppercorn and black vinegar.
    — Michael Bauer, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2018
  • The pastry clung to a thin layer of aspic that enveloped a filing of pork shoulder and fat, bacon, chicken liver, veal sweetbreads, and button, shiitake and wood ear mushrooms.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
  • This is the Vietnamese evolution of the classic, traditionally filled with ground pork, wood ear mushroom, onion, Chinese sausage and a quail egg.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2026
  • For japchae, chewy sweet-potato glass noodles the color of fading photographs are tangled with wood ear mushrooms, skinny strips of carrot, darkened spinach and cabbage still holding its crunch.
    — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Another option, Shoyu Ramen, features egg noodles paired with roasted pork, bamboo, bean sprouts, scallions, wood ear mushrooms, and soy sauce tare.
    — Nasha Smith, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Post up, wait for your moment, and ask for a quesadilla de quelites con requeson (wild greens with ricotta) or flor de calabaza con queso (squash blossoms with oaxacan cheese) or setas (wood ear mushrooms, no cheese).
    — Scarlett Lindeman, Bon Appetit, 28 Mar. 2018
  • After birth, the Chinese believe that lochia (postpartum bleeding) and expulsion of toxins must be helped along with ingredients such as liver, wood ear mushrooms, and roasted licorice root.
    — Kaila Yu, Glamour, 26 May 2021

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