One of the best mushrooms when it comes to the health benefits of eating mushrooms is the shitake mushroom. Shitake mushrooms are a great mushroom complement to a jumbo shrimp or prawn wok recipe and we'll include shitake mushrooms in some of our wokked jumbo shrimp recipes.
In most markets or farmers' markets you shouldn't have trouble finding fresh shitake mushrooms - but if you can't find fresh shitake mushrooms go ahead and use dried shitake [Shiitake Mushrooms (Sliced)]. As the health benefits and great flavors of mushrooms have become more and more recognized, they have become more available, and shitake mushrooms are cultivated commercially all around the globe now making them available year round.