Cooking mushroom ideas...

[trt]

Anybody got any other ideas for cooking them instead of frying with oil or butter?

[B00]

I grill 'em.

[sherrardk]

Wrap bacon around them and put them in the oven.

[EcclesCake]

Do you have a glut of 'shrooms that you want rid of or are you looking for something different to serve them with your mid week meal?

[ummmm]

Bake them on a low heat. Add a knob of butter, S&P, and garlic if preferred. Let them give out their own juices...then mop the juice up with crusty bread or toast.

I often cook fry ups, and that's how I do the mushrooms as I don't eat bacon or sausages.

[DTCwordfan]

1 tb Warm water
8 Large button mushrooms
1/2 ts Sichuan peppercorns
1/4 ts Black pepper
1 ts Chinese (or Itai) parsley, minced
1/2 Plum sauce
1/4 ts Fresh ginger, minced
1/2 ts White vinegar

FILLING
1 lb Fatty pork shoulder
2 tb Dry mustard
1 ts Dark soy sauce
1 ts soy sauce
2 Vegetable stock

SAUCE
1/2 ts Cornstarch
3 tb Water
1 ts Oyster sauce
2 Green onions, minced
Dried porcini black mushrooms (or something similar)
1 Piece star anise


Steamed Mushrooms Preparation

Preparation: Wash & soak black dried mushrooms in warm water for at least 1 hour. Add star anise and peppercorns to stock. Stew button mustrooms in stock for 30 minutes; remove from stock; discard mushroom stems. Strain stock for use in another dish. Mix plum sauce with warm water in dip saucer, cover & reserve. Make a paste of dry mustard & water; cover & let marry for 30 minutes; then add white vinegar & thin soy sauce. Filling: Finely chop pork shoulder. Mix cornstarch & water; add oyster sauce, soy sauce & black pepper. Add chopped pork; work with your fingers into thick mixture. Add onions, ginger & Chinese parsley. Allow filling to stand in covered bowl for 30 minutes. Mound about 1 1/2 teaspoons of filling on each mushroom. Arrange on serving plate. Steaming: In steamer, bring water to rapid boil first; steam "jyo" mushrooms for 30 minutes; steam buttons for 20 minutes. Serve. If you plan to reheat before serving, steam for 5 minutes less, then reheat for 10 minutes.

[Cockney_si]

Mushroom Bahji (nothing like onion bhaji), more of a side dish though.
Finely chop half an onion and a tomato and lightly fry the onion.
Add the mushroom and tomato and add cumin, garam masala, ginger and coriander.
Stir and keep frying until the mixture all turns a nice shade of brown, which won't be that long.

[Eve]

Sautee them rather than quicker frying.

[DTCwordfan]

and use a rape, sunflower or peanut oil

[alinic]

try curried mushrooms.... mmmmmmmmmmmmmm yum yum!

[DTCwordfan]

actually, come to think of your thread a little more, trt, I wouldn't bother.

Did you see that thread of the meal of your life, as if you only had one more left?

I went for a main of rare rack of lamb, gratin dauphinois, French green beans (not overcooked) and perhaps a mousse of parsnips or beetroot.

I may now take the latter off in favour of chanterelles or pieds de mouton (or both) sautéed off in a little good oil, dab of butter, and cracked black pepper.

In other words, don't muck around with them - serve them so "naturels" and enjoy them as they should be served....

[Ann]

Breaded mushrooms are lovely in restaurants .............
Do you just dip in egg and roll in breadcrumbs?

[waterboatman]

Microwave chestnut mushrooms for about 2 to 2½ minutes in a drop of white wine and a little bit of fresh ground black pepper.

[NoMercy]

Cook them and allow to cool. Stuff with stilton and coat with tempura batter and deep fry.

Serve on salad with a dollop of alioli.

[Dee Sa]

a little olive oil and water, you "broil" them, not nearly as fattening, add a dash of say sauce [optional].

[boxtops]

sometimes I just like a plain steamed mushroom, no additions - you really get the taste of the mushroom

[Ann]

Gosh - my first "best answer" status. Bring your autograph books! Just wondering if its because it sounds as if I'm asking if "we" dip in egg and roll in breadcrumbs not the mushrooms LOL:) It was a genuine query - nobody has answered though, is that how you make breaded mushrooms? Do you then fry in shallow or deep oil?

[friedgreentomato]

stuff with pate, roll in a little flour then coat in egg and finally coat in bread crumbs and either oven bake or deep fry - lovely

[Ann]

Sounds yummy! will try thanks!