How To Bread & Fry Morel Mushrooms - Cooking Wild Mushrooms
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- Hey guys in this video we cover how to cook morel mushrooms by breading and frying them. Breaded and fried morels is a popular way to eat these delicacies of the woods. It is a simple process to bread and fry morel mushrooms, much like frying anything else. In this video we cover the basics of frying these mushrooms, and some extra ways that you can serve them up and enjoy Morel season while it lasts.
Once we have gotten or morels home we do need to do a little preparation by cutting them in half and placing them in cold salt water for a few hours to overnight. This will help to remove the bugs inside and re hydrate the mushrooms. After they have soaked to your liking get a bowl with egg and buttermilk, and another one with flour and cornmeal. You can use regular flour and buttermilk if preferred here, plus season it to taste. After mixing the two mixtures up we simply want to dip our morels in the flour mixture and then the egg, and once more into the flour mixture ensuring an even coating. At this point put the morels into hot oil and cook on each side for about 5-7 minutes, or until golden brown. When halfway done flip over and repeat on the other side.
These can be served with cheese and marinara, on top, barbecue, dipped in maple syrup, or anything else you can think of.
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Just found two in my yard unexpectedly and needed a quick prep video. This was perfect! Thank you!
I just found my first morels ever, on my own property! We are only about 200' elevation, so i was surprised. Just started the salt water soak. It's going to be a delicious breakfast today.
F. De Mascio congratulations! I just found my first Morels yesterday. I’m thrilled.
Miss them so much. Dad used to take us out 35 years ago when I was a kid in WA state. We'd find them & he taught us the proper way to harvest them & then the reward was Mom preparing them & frying them up. Mom did it all exactly as you showed! Found out we have them here in Alaska where I live now so I'm hoping to find some this season.
Awesome to hear! Hopefully you get some, 35 years is a long time without Morels.
The absolutely most delicious food on the planet.
Used this method but I used crushed saltines rather than corn meal and fried them in butter rather than oil. Delicious, thank you for helping make my first morel experience a good one!
My coworker found three today and gave them to me because I have never had them. Then, on the way out of our job, I found my first one while looking out the window of the truck. Can't wait to cook these tomorrow.
Thank you, and keep getting out there!,Where they grow is where I wanna be!
I've always wanted to try these.
I really like morel mushrooms and these looked so good. Thank You!
I do as well, glad you enjoyed it Roger!
Great video, thanks!
Great video on this criteria:. Under 5 minutes, informative, and good information
Great video
Great video. Ive been hunting and cooki ng morels since I was kneehigh to a grasshopper Sir. Nice size and nice looking mushrooms Sir. Ive been watching videos to try to find a new way to try them. Well I found it here with you!! Lol Do simple but added a great fullness and taste. " BUTTERMILK" in with the egg!! Nice. And my family enjoyed them. Thank you again Sir
Great recipe! You scored 5 gold stars because you breaded them twice! (That's how you get the best-fried anything). BUT, add some corn starch and white pepper to the flour and sift it - to give it more air - and you'll have that crispy coating great fried chicken restaurants have.
Found like a pound of these in my yard and I've never had them before. Thanks for the recipe!
You're very welcome! It's a good basic recipe that can be easily modified to your tastes. Hope you enjoy them!
Thank you! My mushrooms came out great and tasted delicious.
I like mine just sautéed in butter...delicious
Already anticipating a good season! Just subbed and tapped the 🔔
Been a damn good season in Oklahoma so far.
Same here I’m in Oregon about 350 feet started growing around an old burn pile about 20 of them
Yummy!
Yay! My husband found some the other day and we had a wild fry of morels, dryads saddle, dandelion heads, ham n beans and homemade bread. So yummy! I personally love the dryads saddle that comes on the same time as morels. Thanks for sharing your recipe Josh!
That sounds delicious Brenda! You're very welcome and I'm glad you enjoyed it. I need to try dryad saddle, but probably won't:(
+Trillium: Wild Edibles Why wont you try them Josh? I am just curious.
I mainly don't see too many of them for some reason, so getting some to try is rather difficult, lol! Maybe I just need to go hunting for specifically them and I'll find them, I've never tried that before!
Can I come eat with U??
This is how my family has done it since I was a kid
wonderful job
Thank you, I'm glad you liked it!
Whoa nelly!! Those look epic!!!! I've never tried morels and definitely want to soon! The only wild mushroom I've tried so far is chaga. I want to try morels and black trumpet this year. I love mushrooms.
If you’ve never tried a morel, you’ll soon realize why they are so expensive & highly prized! They’re WORTH EVERY PENNY!
Cool
Nice cooking
Great job!
Thank you Stryker!
Thank you Stryker!
Feast or famine. When it's a Morel year you run out of ways to cook them. The next year not a one. Fortunately they dry well and after a soaking they're almost like fresh. Good stuff, Maynard!
" Looks delicious 👍👍🇺🇸 "
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What a pleasant commentator he is...
I'm Soooooooooooo wanting to eat some fried morel mushrooms. Preferably in a big 'ol omelette loaded with fresh fried ham, onions, hash browns, green peppers, jalapenos, and Mexican 4-Cheese. (Mmmmmmmmmmmm) 😊👍
Found my first ones this year.
You're telling me that these wrinkly mushrooms I've been finding at work are eatable ?! 🤔 may pick some now haha
Morels are like the 5th most expensive mushroom in the world
lmao what area are you at?? SE Iowa, here - just found my first batch of the year!
I found some on the side of the road in Indiana. They come back every year too! Just got about another pound today!
Make sure they aren’t false morels.
@@themate28s the same k
I'm gonna use this recipe for some oyster mushrooms! I need to wait for march to go inland to go find some morels, i cant wait for morel season
I've never tried breading oyster mushrooms before, sounds good to try!
Im excited for morel season too! Last year sucked for me. Good luck with your mushrooms!
@@TrilliumWildEdibles they are pretty meaty so im not worried with trying this experiment out,
Currently cooking!
Close to my recipe I use Martha White's self rising corn flower and add some pepper and ground cumin. Then dip and batter and cook (IN BUTTER). and add some sea salt when done.
I,.....dip mine in egg and my batter is in a baggie and I fry them in butter, you put the baggie in the frig for the next bunch of shrooms.
You will be addicted.
Sounds great, I often use butter too! Thanks for sharing Nakoa!
Everybody has there own way.
Here is what I think is best, cut morels soak in cold water with a TB spoon of salt over night/rinse/roll in flour/shake off extra flour/cook in real butter on medium heat until golden brown. Cruchy but yet soft. Enjoy! Never use egg or milk, your killing the wild taste of the morel.
Yep, everyone does it differently. I like a heavy batter so egg is preferable for me. Soaking overnight makes the Morels too soggy, IMO, for a heavy batter. Light batter like you suggested, overnight soaking is easier.
Thanks for giving your method capn morgan, it's always appreciated!
I have had them that way as well not bad and your welcome.
Overnight soak is to long
@@ratslayer110 you can quick soak and rinse, I have had them like that to. It all depends on how you like your morels.
I prefer to soak 6hrs or overnight get rid of many bugs as possible.
i never use salt , because if you soak the morels they tend to toughen up from salt just soak them in ice water, the bugs ar not much tiny, then cut them open before baking rinse them off , i have used fish batter and corn muffin breading , this is sweet , dip them in and make sure butter is hot turn done let the morel simmer for 30 minute be sure to turn ,same thing with buff balls
Just like my dad made growing up, except for the cornmeal.
I noticed you didn’t say what you’re frying them in. Just FYI, I like to use Butter flavored Crisco with a little actual butter. Plus, instead of cornmeal, you might want to try crushing up saltine crackers into your flour! I LOVE IT!!
Usually I use Sunflower Oil, or a mix of that and butter. If I find any this year I'll try the cracker crumbs because you and several others have mentioned it. Thanks for sharing!
👍🏻👍🏻 I hope you like it!
We used to use butter to fry them, but I wonder if any oil will work
Think using flour you lose some of your flavor, we've always smashed saltin crackers to a fine dust then fried them. We like to bread them that way then freeze them on a cookie sheet until frozen then vacuum seal them & enjoy them on Christmas.
I never really cared for the cracker crumbs method but know several people who do love it. That's the important thing is enjoying them. That's a good idea of using some of them on Christmas, sounds like a good addition to dinner! Thanks for sharing Kenny!
A little tip for newlyweds. Men, if you love Morel Mushrooms and after frying up a batch, go ahead and offer to share the bounty with your wife. If she says that she's never eaten any and not sure if she'd like them, just say it's a taste not meant for many. Leave it at that and enjoy the feast. I made the the mistake of asking her to at least take one bite. All I can say, after that one taste, my future enjoyment of eating morels decrease by 50%. Just sayin!
Hahaha
Olive oil that’s what I was trying to mean. That should taste good too correct??
I love to eat morel's, I should not be eating this much fried food! 🤤👍🍄
We all, myself included, shouldn't eat so much fried food but dang it, it tastes so good!
That's a lot of breading.. does the flavor of the mushroom come through or does it just taste like fried breading?
The taste of the mushroom comes through. I like heavy breading though, however it's easy to make with a lighter breading so just make them how you like and enjoy! Thanks for asking DC S!
If ya want the taste to come out just fry em in butter
Are there any other recipes for morels?
There are! I haven't filmed any other videos on preparing them however I can give you some ideas of things I've done with them.
Morel gravy; great with biscuits. Saute Morels and onions or leeks, domestic or wild onions/leeks, in butter with some salt and pepper for about 5 to 7 minutes. Then add enough flour to make a roux and cook for about 2 minutes until roux is turning brown. Add milk and continue cooking, stirring frequently until the desired consistency is reached. Pour over biscuits or bread or even frybread. Can also add sausage into this if you prefer.
Morel stroganoff; basically just replace domestic mushrooms with Morels in your stroganoff sauce and make as normal.
Morel Parmesan; bread Morels like in this video but add Italian seasoned bread crumbs and parmesan cheese, then fry as shown in video. Then top with preferred tomato sauce. I like adding some heavy whipping cream to mine but you can even use a vodka sauce too. This goes great with some baked chicken and a salad.
Throw the Morels into an omelet or scrambled eggs with some other vegetables for a nice breakfast.
That's just a few things I've done with them and I hope it gives you some great ideas to enjoy them in other ways!
You don't want to dump sale water out on the ground! Salt kills there are no more spores in it.
butter - not oil
instead of regular flour - I like rice flour - that adds a crispy kick to em. - don't have rice flour? take rice and put in blender until it is like dust - may be a while but worth it.
I use butter sometimes but decided to use oil for this video as a lot of people who watch my channel want to avoid butter. I've never tried rice flour for Morels but I could see how it'd be good. The cornmeal adds a good crunch to these. Thanks for sharing Paul!
I use butter sometimes but decided to use oil for this video as a lot of people who watch my channel want to avoid butter. I've never tried rice flour for Morels but I could see how it'd be good. The cornmeal adds a good crunch to these. Thanks for sharing Paul!
Fry them in bacon fat
It seems kinda backwards to me when you place them in flour first then the egg wash. Isn’t the purpose of an egg wash so the flour will stick to whatever you are cooking?
Doing it this way makes a heavier breading and allows the egg wash to stick to the mushrooms better.
Did anybody count how many times he said MORELS? I lost count.
Salt kills your spores just FYI to anyone who does the salt.
You're right. Salt water kills spores and anything growing. I use it to kill weeds and unwanted growth in my yard. I hope people don't toss salt water in their favorite mushroom patch, they will be sorry.
why is this here? you didnt tell me tempuratur or how long
ive heard there really good but illusive.
Absolutely on both accounts! I never find several pounds of them or enough to last more than a day or so, but they are good!
hmmm I use Corn Meal works better .
Honestly, Ive been dumping morel water in my yard for years and its never produced any morels lol.
Me too but Morels are very finicky and require a very specific set of conditions that's still not quite understood for them to grow. I know a couple people who had success doing it though so it is possible, even if it's very unlikely.
Omg...im glad i seen this..otherwise i would eat them raw. Clickbait.
Yes, I click baited by being honest in the title. It appears someone is not sure of the definition of clickbait.
Stay classy bro!
Probably need salt in recipe
not saying you're wrong but isn't one of them a false morel
Nope, morels have a hollow stem, that's another reason for cutting them in half is to ensure the stem is hollow.
The one that is really messed up looking was growing underneath an Ash tree surrounded by Oaks so it had a little more of a messed up look to it. Thanks for asking and commenting Bobby!
They're all Morels, Bobby. The one (2 halves) you're seeing is an older one. The smaller the Morel the smaller the pockets. The large 1/2 you can see into shows one well defined hollow stem. Also the edges of the pockets are sharp. False Morels will have multiple hollows in the stem and outside look like a Morel that was made of wax and then put somewhere hot. Like it started melting and then was pulled away from the heat. There is one false Morel that is really good and books are starting to admit it, the Snowbank false Morel but those you have to be very careful with. Only one false Morel is edible but all Morels are edible. Either can cause an upset stomach to some people so go easy the first time you try them. Heat up your pan, dial 911, then give em a try. (I'm kidding)
I honestly don't know how anyone can confuse half free/black/or common morels from false ones. They don't remotely even look the same. And the false morels are fucking RED xD
Salt water will kill the shit outa those spores
If you add salt to your water it's not a good idea to pour it out out on your property. Just saying!!
Why is it a bad idea to pour the salt water down my sink drain on my own property? What's going to happen?
I didn't think so. That's why I haven't this year.
that 100x looks better then fried chicken
It tastes about as good too!
Hunting morels is way better than eating them. The taste of these mushrooms is way overrated. They are not all that tasty in my opinion.
That’s just like... your opinion man
Dedhedted71 ...
THANK YOU😇..
I absolutely love hunting them, but I don't eat them😝🤢
My whole family loves them,, 😍😊
I fry them up for everyone, BUT JUST THE SMELL ALONE FROM COOKIN' THEM.... THROWS ME OFF😑,
SO I just let them all have at it,, THEY ALL ABSOLUTELY LOVE THEM😍😘...
But not I..🤢😝...lol..
God bless you honey,,,
HAVE fun HUNTING
I've been hunting them for about 53 years now,,, but still ain't Eatin' 😝🤢..😊
@@MrKing-qd7gi yeah I said that.....man.
Dedhedted71 The overrated part is also an opinion, just pointing that out for you. Man.
@@MrKing-qd7gi whatever. You pointing out the obvious is not necessary as I already stated in my comment that it was my opinion. Give your fingers a rest. Man.
I would think the salt would kill the spores
Great video