Lion’s Mane recipe
Savoury Ways to Use Lion's Mane Powder: Soups, Dressings and Sauces
Using mushroom powder for cooking? This Lion's Mane miso soup adds 1 g of 10:1 extract per bowl, plus easy savoury dressing and sauce ideas to try at home.
Servings
2 (about 375 ml each)
Prep time
5 minutes
Cook time
10 minutes
Total time
15 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
This Lion's Mane miso soup is the easiest way to start using mushroom powder for cooking, with 1 g of extract powder stirred into each bowl.
The 10:1 fruiting body extract brings a gentle, earthy depth that sits naturally beside miso, dashi and soy.
Below the soup you will also find quick savoury ideas for a dressing and a pan sauce using the same 1 g serve.
Ingredients
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The extract in this recipe
Lion’s Mane Extract Powder · 10:1 fruiting body
Grown in Thomastown, Victoria. No added starch, grain, mycelium or fillers.
Equipment
Method
- 1Soak the wakameCover the wakame with cold water for 5 minutes, then drain.
- 2Heat the brothBring the water and dashi granules to a gentle simmer in a medium saucepan.
- 3Warm the tofuAdd the tofu and wakame and simmer for 2 minutes, then take the pan off the heat.
- 4Mix the pasteIn a small bowl, whisk the miso and the Lion's Mane extract powder with about 60 ml of the hot broth until smooth.
- 5FinishStir the miso mixture back into the pan once the broth has cooled slightly to around 70°C to 80°C. Do not boil it again.
- 6ServeLadle into two bowls, top with spring onion and add soy and sesame oil if you like.
Recipe notes
Weighing is the most reliable way to measure a 1 g serve, since spoon measures vary between powders.
Mixing the powder into the miso paste first stops it clumping on the surface of the broth.
Keep the soup below boiling once the miso goes in, as boiling dulls the miso flavour.
Dressing: Whisk 1 g of the powder into 1 tbsp warm water, then add 1 tbsp white miso, 1 tbsp rice vinegar, 1 tsp honey and 2 tbsp neutral oil. Spoon it over a cabbage or soba salad for one.
Pan sauce: After searing mushrooms or chicken, deglaze with 80 ml stock, stir in 1 g of powder dissolved in a splash of the hot stock, then finish with a knob of butter and a squeeze of lemon.
Gravy and stews: Stir 1 g per person into a gravy, ragù or stew in the last few minutes of cooking. The extract is used here as a food ingredient for flavour.
Leftover soup keeps for 2 days in the fridge; reheat gently without boiling.
This is a food recipe, not a health product. Lion's Mane has been traditionally used in East Asian cooking and is commonly associated with savoury, umami dishes.
Pairing
Serve with steamed rice and a few pieces of pickled ginger.
It also works as a light starter before grilled fish or teriyaki salmon.
Why this extract
10:1
Fruiting body extract
32.2%
Beta-glucans in a tested blend with 1% BioPerine (Symbio, May 2026)
0
Added starch, grain or fillers
Lab results apply to the sample tested, not every batch. See the lab results
Nutrition (per serve)
Estimated values per serve, made with silken tofu and white miso. Excludes the optional soy sauce and sesame oil.
| Nutrient | Per serve |
|---|---|
| Energy | 420 kJ (100 cal) |
| Protein | 8 g |
| Total fat | 4 g |
| Saturated fat | 0.6 g |
| Carbohydrates | 7 g |
| Sugars | 2 g |
| Sodium | 750 mg |
FAQs
1. How do you use mushroom powder for cooking?
Dissolve the powder in a small amount of hot liquid first, then stir it into soups, sauces, dressings, gravies or stews. For Lion's Mane extract powder, use 1 g per person, which is the label serve. Mixing it into a paste such as miso or into warm stock prevents clumps and spreads the earthy flavour evenly through the dish.
2. How much Lion's Mane powder goes in miso soup?
This recipe uses 1 g of Lion's Mane extract powder per bowl, so 2 g for two serves. That is the label serve for our 10:1 fruiting body extract. A digital scale with 0.1 g accuracy is the easiest way to measure it, because teaspoon measures vary between powders and can easily overshoot the serve.
3. Does Lion's Mane powder taste like mushrooms?
It has a mild, earthy and slightly savoury taste rather than a strong mushroom flavour. In miso soup, dressings and pan sauces it blends into the umami background and is hard to pick out at 1 g per serve. It works best alongside ingredients like miso, soy, stock, butter and roasted vegetables that already carry savoury depth.
4. Can you cook with Lion's Mane extract powder?
Yes. In this recipe the extract is used as a food ingredient and stirred in at the end of cooking, once the pan is off the boil. That keeps the flavour clean and the texture smooth. We make no claims about specific compounds surviving heat; treat it as a savoury pantry ingredient like stock powder or miso.
5. Is mushroom powder the same as MSG?
No. MSG is a purified flavour enhancer, while Lion's Mane extract powder is made from mushroom fruiting bodies that are harvested, freeze-dried and processed into a 10:1 extract. Ours contains no added starch, grain, mycelium or fillers. It adds a gentle earthy note to savoury food rather than the sharp seasoning effect of MSG.
For cafés and brands
Put this drink on your menu, or under your label.
Bulk extract in 1 kg and 5 kg packs, plus white and private label powder and capsules.
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