FRIED MOREL MUSHROOMS
Fried morels can be done in several ways, but I prefer this method. Be sure to cook them for at least 6 to 8 minutes, however, because undercooked morel mushrooms can give some people an upset stomach. You can also do this recipe with regular button mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, oyster mushrooms, or "pinks," which are wild meadow mushrooms.
Provided by Hank Shaw
Categories Appetizer Side Dish Snack
Time 40m
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Slice large morels in half lengthwise and keep small ones whole. Drop the mushrooms into a bowl of cool water and shake them around a bit to let any debris fall out of the little nooks and crannies in them. Remove from the water and pat dry with paper towels.
- Put the flour and all the seasonings in a bowl. Whisk together the milk and eggs in another bowl.
- Pour enough oil, or lard or butter, into a large sauté pan to come up about 1/2 inch. You are shallow-frying your morels, like when you fry chicken. Heat this to at least 325°F and I prefer 350°F.
- As the oil is heating, dust the morels in the seasoned flour. When the oil is hot, dip enough morels to fit into your sauté pan -- in one layer without touching each other -- into the egg wash, then into the flour once more. Shake off the excess flour and fry. You want the morels to be fully cooked so fry them for at least 3 to 4 minutes per side, adjusting the heat so they don't burn. If your heat's at the right spot, it all should sound like frying bacon.
- When they're done, move the morels to a paper towel to drain. If you have a lot of morels to fry, put the paper towel in a baking sheet and set that in the oven set to "warm." Serve your morels with lemon wedges and lots of beer.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 311 kcal, Carbohydrate 55 g, Protein 13 g, Fat 4 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Cholesterol 85 mg, Sodium 1809 mg, Fiber 4 g, Sugar 2 g, ServingSize 1 serving
SIMPLE FRIED MOREL MUSHROOMS
These mushrooms are a treasure of the woods hunted by many in the early spring here in Missouri. Simple and quick to fry and enjoy. Finding these can be very hard to find in the woods but well worth the work once you get a mess of them to eat.
Provided by Jonna
Categories Side Dish
Time 30m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Place halved morel mushrooms in a large bowl; cover with cold, lightly salted water. Refrigerate mushrooms for about 5 minutes to loosen any dirt; pour off salted water, rinse, and repeat twice more. Crevices of the mushrooms may harbor tiny stones or even insects. Thoroughly rinse mushrooms a final time and allow to drain on paper towels.
- Place flour in a shallow bowl.
- Heat vegetable shortening in a large skillet until very hot.
- Roll mushrooms in flour and tap off excess; gently lay mushrooms in the hot shortening.
- Pan-fry until golden brown and flour coating is crisp, 5 to 8 minutes, turning often. Drain morels on paper towels, salt to taste, and enjoy your treasures!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 184.6 calories, Carbohydrate 29.2 g, Fat 5.3 g, Fiber 2.2 g, Protein 5.9 g, SaturatedFat 1.3 g, Sodium 39.4 mg, Sugar 1.4 g
PAN FRIED MOREL MUSHROOMS
If you're looking for the best way to cook morels, these Pan Fried Morel Mushrooms are everything. Freshly picked morels cleansed and dredged in seasoned flour and pan fried in butter until crispy and golden brown. There is nothing better. Disclaimer: please make sure to read up morel mushrooms before foraging and cooking. NEVER eat any mushroom you aren't 100% certain it's safe to consume.
Provided by Laurie McNamara
Categories Appetizer
Time 3h35m
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Fill a large bowl filled 3/4 of the way with warm (not hot) water and stir in 1 tablespoon fine salt (I used sea salt) until dissolved.
- Place the morels into the salt water mixture and press to submerge. Place 3 to 4 layers of paper towel over top and gently press until absorbed. This will keep the mushrooms submerged. Refrigerate for 2 to 12 hours or overnight. I like to agitate the mushrooms every once in a while.
- Pick mushrooms out of the water and place onto a cutting board. Trim the rough edges of the stems and cut in half.
- Fill another bowl with the same salt water solution and add the mushroom halves. Cover with paper towel and soak for another hour or so.
- Take the mushrooms out of the water and place onto a clean kitchen towel to drain a bit.
- In a large (gallon size) re-sealable bag, combine the flour, garlic and onion powder, salt and pepper. Add 5 to 6 mushrooms at a time, seal and gently toss to coat. Carefully shake off any excess flour and place onto a rimmed baking sheet, keep them from touching.
- Melt 1 stick of butter in a deep-sided, 10-inch skillet over medium heat. Once hot, place a portion of the morels, cut side facing down, into the hot butter. Cook 6 to 7 minutes (depending on their size) or until golden brown. Use a fork or small spatula to carefully turn the mushrooms, cooking for an additional 5 to 6 more minute. Transfer the fried morel to a paper towel lined plate and repeat this process with the remaining mushrooms, adding more butter as needed. Note that the remaining batches may take less time to fry up, so watch carefully.
- Dust with paprika before serving warm.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 serving, Calories 138 kcal, Carbohydrate 28 g, Protein 6 g, Fat 1 g, Sodium 81 mg, Fiber 3 g, Sugar 1 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, UnsaturatedFat 2 g
FRIED MOREL MUSHROOMS DONE RIGHT
So many people spend hours and hours searching for Morels, and then ruin them by cooking them incorrectly. Follow this recipe for crispy Morel perfection! I usually do this outside with a cast iron skillet on a grill because the frying oil will make your kitchen smell for a while.
Provided by TCSmoooth
Categories Low Protein
Time 1h45m
Yield 1 Batch of Morels, 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Using a small, sharp knife, Cut Morels in half "long ways." For exceptionally large mushrooms, cut them in half long ways, then again long ways, so that you get 4 equal pieces.
- Fill a bowl (approximately a gallon) with hot tap water. As hot as your sink will make it. Add roughly 1 cup of salt to the water and stir well until salt dissolves.
- Soak the Morels in the hot salt water for about 4 minutes. Everyone will tell you that you need to soak them overnight, but don't believe them. This step is intended to kill and remove the bugs from the mushrooms. There are no forest bugs that can survive under hot salt water for 4 minutes. If you soak them overnight, it damages the flavor of the mushrooms, adds too much salt water, and leaves them soggy. 4 minutes is all you need.
- Fill a shallow bowl with CAKE flour (yes, there's a difference). Add about 1 tablepoon of salt and 2 tablespoons of pepper. Sift and mix well. This is your Dry Batter Bowl.
- In a second bowl, beat 4 eggs and add in about 1 tablespoon of Milk and about a quarter cup of Club Soda. This will give the batter a light, crispy, tempura style. This is your wet batter bowl.
- At your sink put a sieve/colander/strainer in one side of the sink and get your soaking morel bowl to the left of that. Turn your sink on cold, at the lowest stream you can without it just dripping. The sink should just barely be on. Individually take each mushroom piece out of the salt water, and gently rinse it off under the old sink to remove and dirt or dead bugs. Then put the piece in the sieve to drip dry.
- Mushrooms should go FIRST into the Wet Batter, SECOND into the Cake Flour, and then THIRD knock off all the excess clumps and repeat until all mushrooms are coated with the flour batter. For that THIRD step, there are Plastic Tubs that you can buy that helps you batter almost anything. This works the best, but if you don't have that, just use a big Ziplock Bag to shake the mushrooms up in to get them well coated with the flour.
- Put your floured mushroom bowl in the fridge for about 30 minutes if you have time. This allows for the batter to stick better to the mushrooms.
- Fill your grease pan (skillet or pot) with Lard and heat to about 360 degrees. Don't use Vegetable oil or anything besides Lard. I know, it's unhealthy and no one uses Lard anymore, but it's the only way to make your mushrooms NOT taste like oil. Vegetable Oil, Peanut Oil, and Shortening will all leave your mushrooms tasting like oil. Use Lard! You only get this once a year, so forget about "healthy" and do 'em up right!
- To test if your oil is hot enough, toss a little bit of flour in the pan. If it bubbles, then the oil is hot enough.
- Toss the 'shroom in the oil. Let it fry for about a minute, then flip it and fry for another minute. Don't put more than 5 or so in the oil at one time because tossing cold mushrooms in the oil will cool it down.
- Allow the mushrooms to cool on paper towel.
- Add salt or Garlic Salt, or Lawry's Seasoned Salt as desired and eat. My personal favorite is Tony Chacheres Cajun Creole Salt, a little bit of garlic (salt or powder) and Coarse ground Black Pepper.
MOREL MUSHROOMS WITH BUTTER AND SHALLOTS
With little effort, these harbingers of spring can be prepped to use in a multitude of dishes. One of the tastiest is simply sauteing them with butter and shallots. It's a classic way to highlight their umami earthiness. This preparation makes a delicious accompaniment to any main dish, though it's equally wonderful tossed with pasta, stirred into risotto, served alongside eggs -- and of course, enjoyed on its own.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories side-dish
Time 10m
Yield 4 to 6 side servings (3 cups)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Add the butter, olive oil, thyme, shallot and garlic to a large high-sided skillet. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until butter is melted and shallots are softened, about 2 minutes. Add the mushrooms and cook, gently stirring occasionally, until they release moisture and are golden brown on edges of stems, about 4 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
CREAMED MUSHROOMS (EASTERN EUROPEAN)
I love morel mushrooms and at this time of year we can find them wild. I found this recipe and want to try it as soon as I can horde enough morels. They do not last long in the house. You can use other fresh mushrooms of your choice, I would not use all button mushrooms unless that is all you can get. Great as a side dish or as a main vegetarian dish over noodles.
Provided by Huskergirl
Categories Vegetable
Time 20m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In a non stick pan add butter and melt then add onions do not brown just cook until transparent (5 minutes), then add mushrooms cook another 3 minutes.
- After mushrooms soak up all the butter add sour cream and dill, and then flavor with salt and pepper to taste.
- Bring to boil and then reduce to simmer and cook for 1 minute.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 279.6, Fat 25, SaturatedFat 15.4, Cholesterol 54.7, Sodium 95.1, Carbohydrate 10.4, Fiber 1.5, Sugar 3.2, Protein 6.7
MOREL MUSHROOM SAUCE
I use both fresh morels or reconstituted mushrooms that I dried earlier. My family loves to hunt for morels and can be sold for up to $50 a pound when fresh!
Provided by Krsi Sue
Categories Sauces
Time 10m
Yield 1 cup
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In skillet, saute garlic in butter.
- Discard garlic if you wish.
- Saute mushrooms and remove. Set the mushrooms aside to add later.
- Stir in flour to make a roux.
- Add water, celery salt, salt and pepper.
- Stir and cook until thickened.
- Add mushrooms back inches.
- Serve with your favorite meat or as a gravy.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 273.3, Fat 23.5, SaturatedFat 14.7, Cholesterol 61, Sodium 174.3, Carbohydrate 13.2, Fiber 1.5, Sugar 1.9, Protein 5
FRIED MOREL MUSHROOMS
These prized mushrooms are only around for a short time in the spring and go for top dollar if you can't find your own in the forest, or along the river.
Provided by SWENSONL
Categories Appetizers and Snacks Vegetable Mushrooms
Time 25m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Clean the mushrooms carefully with a damp paper towel or a soft mushroom brush. Cut large mushrooms in half.
- Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. While the oil is heating, beat the eggs and milk in a shallow bowl. Coat the mushrooms in the egg and milk mixture, then toss them in the cracker crumbs. Carefully place the coated mushrooms in the heated oil. The mushrooms will cook quickly. Cook the mushrooms until they are golden brown on the bottom, then flip them over to brown the other side.
- When the mushrooms are evenly browned, remove them from the pan to drain on a paper towel. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 255.1 calories, Carbohydrate 31.8 g, Cholesterol 96.7 mg, Fat 10 g, Fiber 2.4 g, Protein 10.5 g, SaturatedFat 2.3 g, Sodium 515.1 mg, Sugar 3.8 g
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