In cooking, chanterelles are appreciated for their versatility. They are good in boiled, dried and blanched types, and also go well with any side dish. But fried foods have the best taste. The ways of their preparation and recipes will be discussed later.
Selection and preparation of ingredients
Due to their crisp structure, the chanterelles are never covered with mucus during heat treatment and are not bitter.. However, not every mushroom is suitable for frying. Old and damaged specimens should be avoided, giving preference to young fruiting bodies of approximately the same size. Harvested must first be prepared.
Important! When choosing the main ingredient, do not be wary of the wormhole. Due to the large amount of hinomannose, this type of forest gifts is practically not vulnerable to parasitic insects and only the salt and temperature above +50 can destroy the protective substance of chanterelles°WITH.
This stage includes the following activities:
- meticulous selection of a conditioned product;
- soaking selected mushrooms in cold water for half an hour (it helps, without destroying the porous structure of fruiting bodies, to quickly wash them from the remnants of dirt and sand);
- further repeated washing with a change of water (it is advisable to repeat the procedure 3-4 times);
- removal of excess moisture with a colander and a paper towel (it is important that the washed product lie down for 10 minutes).
In general, it takes about 40 minutes to prepare 1 kg of chanterelles.
Fried Chanterelle Recipes
You can fry chanterelles in a pan or in a slow cooker according to different recipes. Spices and ingredients added to the main ingredient will add individual specific notes to the appearance and taste of the finished dish. Here is a selection of proven snacks.
With onion and garlic in butter
230 minutes
sunflower or olive oil
2 tbsp. l
dill and parsley
taste
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Peel the onion and halve. Chop each slice into thin half rings.
- Cut the peeled garlic cloves along the slices or pass through a press. The degree of impregnation of the dish with garlic juice depends on the method of their grinding: the smaller the slices, the more aroma and piquancy in the taste.
- Preheat the pan. Pour the vegetable inside and add half a serving of butter. Such a mixture will provide fried mushrooms with tenderness and goldenness.
- If you manage only one type of fat, the product will either burn, or it will turn out to be excessively stiff.
- Unload the prepared onion-garlic mixture into a heated and oiled bowl and mix well.
- Do not cover, pass until a strong garlic odor appears. By then, onion slices should acquire a specific softness and transparency.
- Add pre-cooked whole mushrooms and the second half of butter to the pan. Do not be afraid of the size of the fruiting bodies, because during the preparation process they will greatly decrease.
- Set the power of the burner slightly less than average and, without covering it, bring the product to readiness. Do not forget to stir it periodically while cooking.
- After 10 minutes, when a lot of released liquid appears in the dishes, it is necessary to drain it as much as possible and continue cooking.
- In 4-5 minutes until ready to salt the dish and add the necessary spices, herbs. Mix well.
Video recipe
With onion and garlic in butter
Did you know? In the provinces of medieval France, chanterelles were considered the strongest aphrodisiac. Therefore, dishes from these mushrooms were an integral part of the wedding menu.
Julien of the Chanterelles
445 minutes
Wheat flour
1 tsp with a slide
fat cream (homemade sour cream is possible)
2 tbsp. l
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Chop the peeled onion, unload on a heated oiled frying pan and pass over medium heat until translucent.
- Pre-washed mushrooms cut into a convenient way and add to the fried onions. Mix gently with a wooden spatula, cover and simmer in own juice for about 15 minutes.
- When the liberated liquid has completely evaporated, add sour cream to the products, mix and fry the dish for several minutes.
- In small portions add flour, as well as salt and spices. Stir everything thoroughly and simmer for 2-3 minutes.
- Arrange the chanterelles in a serving bowl, sprinkle with grated cheese and herbs on top. If desired, you can for 5 minutes. send in an oven preheated to + 200 ° C to get a golden cheese crust.
Did you know? Since 2013, Latvia has been holding the leading positions in the world market for the export of chanterelles, annually sending about 73 thousand kg of mushrooms from its ports abroad. The lion's share is bought by Sweden and Lithuania.
With potatoes in sour cream sauce
245 minutes
potatoes
4-5 pcs. medium size
vegetable oil
4 tbsp. l
sprigs of dill
optional
a mixture of peppers, basil, spicy seasonings
taste
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Grind pre-washed and dried mushrooms into thin plates. If you have to prepare small fruiting bodies, you do not need to cut them.
- Chopped peeled onions in half rings and unload in oil on a heated frying pan. In 2-3 minutes the vegetable will become soft and translucent.
- Combine the stewed onions and mushrooms. Cover and fry over medium heat for 12 minutes, occasionally stirring the dish so as not to burn. Meanwhile, cut the peeled and washed potatoes into cubes and put it in a separate saucepan.
- When in the pan with mushrooms the evolved yushka completely evaporates, add salt and spices.
- In semifinished chanterelles (when they get a saturated bright color and a specific crispy structure) unload the sour cream.
- Stir thoroughly and continue to quench under the lid for 3 minutes.
- At the final stage, place the fried chanterelles in semi-prepared potatoes and simmer until fully cooked. Before serving, the dish can be decorated with greens.
Important! When frying mushrooms, it is important to wait until the released liquid has completely evaporated from them and simmer for another 7 minutes. If this is not done, the product will turn out rubber and will be bitter.
Video recipe
With potatoes in sour cream sauce
With fried potatoes
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Video recipe
Fried potato
No boiling in tomato sauce
240 minutes
fresh tomatoes
7 pcs medium size
spices (preferably Italian herbs)
taste
vegetable oil
2 tbsp. l
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- First, blanch the tomatoes and peel them. Next, grind into small pieces. Unload in a bowl and set aside.
- Chop the peeled onions and garlic cloves finely.
- If necessary, cut large mushrooms into thin slices. Small copies do not need to be crushed.
- Heat the oiled pan and put the prepared onion-garlic mass in it. Wait until the mixture becomes clear and soft. You can also find out about its readiness by the strong garlic flavor.
- Unload the chanterelles into the bowl and mix them with the fried onions and garlic. Do not cover, simmer until evaporated mushroom juice evaporates.
- When the fruit bodies begin to brown, salt them and add seasoning. Shuffle.
- In 3-4 minutes until ready, put ketchup and chopped tomatoes. Reduce the heat to a minimum, cover the container with a lid and simmer the dish for 20 minutes.
Did you know? The largest mushrooms were discovered more than 150 years ago in the United States of America. The first find grew in Wisconsin and impressed with its 140 kilogram weight, and the second - in Oregon, and had a giant mycelium, covering an area of more than a thousand hectares.
With pork and tomatoes
260 minutes
vegetable oil
2 tbsp. l
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Grind lard in small cubes.
- Rinse the meat under the tap to get rid of excess blood. Put it on a kitchen towel and let it dry for 3-4 minutes. After that, cut the cue ball into steaks, beat them a little and chop into medium-large cubes.
- Pour the vegetable oil into the skillet and put it on the included stove to warm up.
- Unload the prepared fat into a hot container and fry it from all sides.
- When the bacon is browned, add meat to it, turn on the maximum power of the burner and, without covering it, continue frying until a brown crust appears. To pork evenly fried, turn it over in a timely manner.
- Transfer the prepared meat to a separate plate.
- Chop the peeled onions in half rings and load fat into the remaining meat after frying. Pass the vegetable until a specific pulp and transparency appear. Remember to stir occasionally.
- Meanwhile, chop the prepared chanterelles and, when the onion begins to brown, add them to the pan. Continue frying the food under the open lid until the mushroom soup is completely evaporated.
- While the mushrooms will reach the desired condition, proceed to the preparation of tomatoes. First you need to wash them and dip them in boiling water for several minutes. This manipulation in the future will allow you to quickly and easily remove the peel from the fruit. Then chop the tomatoes into cubes and add them to the semi-finished chanterelles.
- In 3-4 minutes until the dish is ready, salt it and add spices.
- Combine the mushrooms with meat, gently stir with a wooden spatula and add sour cream.
- Simmer the garnish under the lid over low heat for 5 minutes.
Did you know? Mycologists consider plasmodium to be the most unique fungus on the planet, which is distributed only in the middle latitudes of the globe. Its fruiting body moves from place to place at a speed of 1 m in several days.
With chicken in sour cream
460 minutes
fat sour cream (preferably homemade)
300 g
vegetable oil
2 tbsp. l
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Rinse the chicken in running water and chop into medium-sized cubes.
- Pour the vegetable oil into a skillet and place on a stove to heat it.
- When the fat begins to bubble, unload the meat into a hot pan and fry it on all sides until golden.
- When the chicken reaches the desired condition, combine it with mushrooms. Grind large pieces if necessary.
- Do not cover, simmer until the juice that has evaporated is completely evaporated. When he leaves, add salt and spices.
- Cover the container and continue frying for 10 minutes.
- In the meantime, peel the garlic cloves and pass them through the press.
- Mix the resulting mass with sour cream and add it to the mushrooms. Stew under the lid for another 15 minutes.
- Salt and pepper the dish a few minutes before being cooked.
Important! To make fried mushrooms crispy, frying must begin without a lid at maximum heat. You can also not salt the dish until the evaporated juice is completely evaporated.
Many gourmets fell in love with chanterelles, because they have no poisonous analogues in nature and have excellent taste characteristics. In addition, it is an important protein component of the human diet that adheres to the principles of a healthy diet. If you cook the mushrooms correctly, you will get not only healthy food, but also very tasty.