substituting shitakes for regular mushrooms - cooking time?

[Anonymous]

I'm making a recipe tonight that calls for regular white mushrooms. However, in the pre-storm madness there was a run on mushrooms at the grocery store and all they had left were two packages of shitakes! I actually think shitakes might give the recipe a nice new flavor so I'm excited about that, but I've never cooked with shitakes before. Is their cooking time about the same, or more or less, than button mushrooms?

[Anonymous]

Shitakes may take slightly more time because they are a little tougher. Also, be sure to remove the stems (though they make a good mushroom broth).

Good luck.

[Anonymous]

if you remove the stems (you should) i actually think the cooking time will be shorter. they're flimsier than button mushrooms esp if you slice them. if you overcook them or overdrench them they turn to mush.

[Anonymous]

Did it work? I've never tried to substitute shittakes before b/c I thought their flavor would be too strong compared to button mushrooms.

[Anonymous]

OP here - my husband ended up cooking instead of me, and just followed the usual recipe and the shitakes tasted great!