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Mushrooms are a versatile product for preparing various delicacies. You can make soups, salads, pates, sauces, meatballs and much more from them. Mushrooms can be a great topping for pizza or pies. Oyster mushrooms are especially valued by their nature.
Oyster mushrooms are considered delicacy mushrooms, moreover, they are affordable. If it is not possible to collect oyster mushrooms in the forest, you can buy them at the store. With these fruit bodies, you can cook everything: pickle, fry, stew, salt, bake, freeze. In addition, these are the only mushrooms that can also be fermented. They cook quickly and give dishes a special flavor. Oyster mushrooms are used as independent dishes, and as snacks, as well as additional ingredients in salads.
Before you start cooking oyster mushroom dishes, each housewife needs to decide on her culinary suitability. If you brought from the forest or bought mushrooms with obvious yellowish spots on the caps and under them, the mushrooms are not suitable for consumption. During heat treatment, boiled oyster mushrooms will become bitter, and this will ruin any dish.
How to cook oyster mushrooms
Some novice housewives ask how to cook oyster mushrooms correctly? Everything is quite simple here, you do not need to invent anything. To do this, we need the following spices and utensils:
- Water;
- Salt – 30 g (per 1 liter of water);
- Bay leaf;
- Black peppercorns;
- Enameled pan (or stainless steel);
- Skimmer.
I must say that this recipe, showing how to cook oyster mushrooms, may differ slightly in time. Here everything will depend on your next actions. If you will fry, stew or bake mushrooms, then the cooking time should be reduced to 10 minutes. In this case, the time is taken as for the pickling process.
Put the existing mushrooms into the pan, pour water so that it covers them a little.
Let it boil, add salt, pepper and bay leaf, mix.
Cook for 20 minutes over medium heat, skimming off foam.
When the mushrooms settle to the bottom, remove with a slotted spoon and spread on a kitchen towel to dry.
And then what dishes can be prepared from boiled oyster mushrooms?
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How to cook wild oyster mushrooms before frying (with video)
Is it necessary to boil oyster mushrooms before frying and how to do it so as not to overdo it and get an excellent dish? It is better to boil in salted water for 5-7 minutes, and only then proceed to the further process. However, this time is more suitable for “shop” fruiting bodies. And what can be said about forest oyster mushrooms – how to cook them before frying? In this case, the cooking time will increase to 15 minutes.
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- Boiled oyster mushrooms – 500 g;
- Onions – 4 pcs.;
- Sour cream – 100 ml;
- Salt;
- Garlic cloves – 2 pcs.;
- Parsley and marjoram – 3 sprigs each;
- Bay leaf – 3 pc .;
- White peppercorns – 3 pcs.;
- Vegetable oil – 60 ml.
Note that the products for this dish are taken from the most ordinary ones that every housewife has in the kitchen.
Put the boiled and sliced mushrooms in a preheated pan with oil.
Fry until all the liquid has evaporated from them.
Season with salt and continue to fry for another 5 minutes.
In another pan, fry the chopped onion in half rings until transparent.
Combine mushrooms with onions and add sour cream.
Stir thoroughly, put bay leaf, peppercorns and cover with a lid.
Simmer for 10 minutes, turn off the heat and add crushed garlic and chopped herbs to the mushrooms.
Fried mushrooms with onions are not only tasty, but also fragrant.
However, before cooking, you should watch a video showing how to cook oyster mushrooms:
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Boiled oyster mushrooms with sour cream
Although this preparation is prepared very simply, its taste is simply amazing. The recipe for oyster mushrooms with sour cream is designed for 6 servings, and includes the following ingredients:
- Oyster mushrooms – 1,5 kg;
- Onions – 3 pcs.;
- Sour cream – 400 ml;
- Salt;
- Vegetable oil – 4 tbsp. l .;
- Ground black pepper – 1 tsp;
- Bay leaf – 3 pc .;
- A pinch of nutmeg.
Peel and cut the onion into cubes, fry in vegetable oil until transparent.
Boiled mushrooms cut into pieces, add to the onion and fry for 10 minutes over medium heat.
Add salt, pepper, parsley, nutmeg to the mass and mix thoroughly.
Put the mass of mushrooms into baking dishes.
Drizzle sour cream over top and place in oven.
Bake at 180°C for 30 minutes.
This dish can be served with mashed potatoes for lunch or dinner.
How long to cook oyster mushrooms for cutlets?
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What else can you cook from boiled oyster mushrooms to surprise your loved ones?
- Oyster mushrooms – 700 g;
- Milk – 100 ml;
- White loaf – 3 small pieces;
- Egg – 1 pc.;
- Onions – 2 pcs.;
- Vegetable oil;
- Garlic – from cloves;
- Mayonnaise – 2 tbsp. l .;
- Breadcrumbs;
- Salt;
- Ground black pepper – 1 tsp;
- Green cilantro – 2 sprigs.
How long do you need to cook oyster mushrooms for cutlets? If you have several heat treatment processes in your recipe, then boil oyster mushrooms for 10 minutes in salted water. Throw the mushrooms in a colander, drain the water and dry well.
Cut oyster mushrooms, fry in a dry frying pan for 10 minutes.
Add pieces of loaf soaked in milk, mix and grind in a meat grinder.
Peel the onion, cut into small cubes and fry in vegetable oil until golden brown.
Add the egg, onion, chopped garlic to the minced mushroom, salt and add the remaining spices, including mayonnaise, mix.
Blind cutlets of any shape from minced meat, roll in breadcrumbs and fry in hot vegetable oil.
When serving, garnish with green cilantro leaves.
I must say that such a dish will be an excellent alternative to meat. In addition, oyster mushrooms are low in calories and go well with a side dish of vegetables.
To make sure your meatballs come out right, follow the advice that shows you how to cook oyster mushrooms the right way. The consistency of the dish and its taste qualities depend on this.
A recipe for how to cook oyster mushrooms for the winter in Korean
Korean preparation for the winter can be considered very tasty and very interesting.
How to cook oyster mushrooms for the winter for this recipe? The time for boiling mushrooms should be 15 minutes in water with the addition of salt (30 g per 1 liter of water).
- Oyster mushrooms – 2 kg;
- Onions – 4 pcs.;
- Salt;
- Ground red pepper – ½ tsp;
- Sugar – 80 g;
- Vinegar 9% – 50 ml;
- Water – 50 ml;
- Garlic – 6 cloves;
- Green cilantro – 3 sprigs.
Boil the mushrooms for 15 minutes in salted water, put in a colander, let cool and cut into strips.
Prepare the brine: combine water with vinegar, red pepper, salt, sugar and finely chopped garlic.
Stir, let boil, turn off the heat and cool.
In sterilized jars, lay the onion and mushrooms cut into half rings in layers, add chopped cilantro on top, and pour over the brine.
Cover with lids and refrigerate for 10 hours.
After this time, put the jars in a pot of cold water on the stove.
Sterilize in boiling water for 20 minutes, roll up the lids, allow to cool completely and take out to the basement.
As you can see, cooking oyster mushrooms is not difficult at all, you just need to decide on the recipe for which you will use them. Fruiting bodies make wonderful dishes that can be safely served even on a holiday.