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Southern Fried Chicken of the Woods
Posted by Jes on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 · 21 Comments
Last Saturday I had the immense pleasure of going to the Grandin market for the first time since the last weekend of October–and let me tell you, it was good to be back! After catching up with farmers and producers I hadn’t seen in months, I finally settled on buying a bunch of new herbs & vegetables to plant in the garden (lemon balm, sage, tons of basil, spaghetti squash, etc.) along with some lettuce and fresh sweet cherries. One of my favorite scores, though, was finding the chicken of the woods mushrooms again! Oh, how I’ve missed these strange, chickeny fungi.
The last couple of times I had them I simply braised or seared them, but this time I decided to go out on a limb–a highly sacrilegious limb, or so it felt. You see, the mushrooms are always my most expensive purchase–$5 for about two servings (although I stretch it out)–and while that’s all relative, the thought of deep frying such expensive delicacies seemed wrong.
A couple of weeks ago I spent the evening chatting with the man who holds the title of the largest morel found in Iowa. This guy hunts up morels so often that he deep fries them. I gave him hell for that–I mean, why on earth would anyone deep fry a morel?! It’s just wrong! I’ve only had the chance to eat them twice in my life and this man deep fries them?? Well…I deep fried my chicken of the woods and holy mother of mary they were awesome. The batter was just like the fried chicken I grew up eating at church picnics (cheesy but true) and the mushroom still, I honestly swear, tastes like and has the texture of chicken. It’s uncanny. Sacrilegious or no, these fungi are wicked good.
Southern Fried Chicken of the Woods
2 large chicken of the woods mushrooms
1/4 c En-Er-G Egg Replacer
1/2 c water
3 tbs siracha/hot sauce
1 c self-rising flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
vegetable oil for frying
Thoroughly wash and clean the mushrooms and cut into desired size.
Whisk together the egg replacer and the water in a bowl until foamy and thick. Add the siracha/hot sauce.
In a pie pan or 8×8 baking dish, mix together the self-rising flour, salt, and pepper.
Warm at least 3 inches of vegetable in a pot (I used my circa 1973 Fry Daddy) until a drop of water crackles and pops when flicked into the oil.
Dredge the mushrooms in the egg replacer mixture and then in the flour, thoroughly coating each piece.
Fry two or three mushroom pieces at a time, being sure not to crowd because that will lower the temperature of the oil.
Once golden brown, place on paper towels to drain excess oil.
Serves 2
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21 Responses to “Southern Fried Chicken of the Woods”
Vic (the Life) says:
May 25, 2010 at 7:45 pm
There is NOTHING wrong about those mushrooms!
I am so jealous of the plants you are able to grow!
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Amanda says:
May 25, 2010 at 8:58 pm
I have only had these mushrooms once but I remember them being so believable as chicken that I had to ask twice in the restaurant to make sure that they weren’t. So I totally believe that these taste like fried chicken! What a great idea.
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a-k says:
May 25, 2010 at 9:15 pm
I still need to get my hands on these! I don’t think it’s bad to deep-fry them… you only live once, right? ;-)
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Becky says:
May 25, 2010 at 10:07 pm
oh my goodness, this looks out of control!
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Becky says:
May 25, 2010 at 10:07 pm
…you know, in a good way!
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feerlessfood says:
May 26, 2010 at 12:44 am
That looks so good! I could really go for some fried chicken…
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The Voracious Vegan says:
May 26, 2010 at 3:30 am
I have never had those kind of mushrooms but I’ve always heard they are incredible. You prepared them so beautifully, the texture looks light and crisp and oh so delicious. YUMM!
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Kiersten says:
May 26, 2010 at 6:59 am
I applaud your creativity! I never had that kind of mushroom before, but have heard they are delicious (at $5 for 2 servings they better be!). I bet they were better than real fried chicken!
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Mihl says:
May 26, 2010 at 10:50 am
Apparently these mushrooms grow over here. I’ve never seen them in a shop though. I need to go mushroom hunting this fall. Your recipe sounds awesome.
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BitterSweet says:
May 26, 2010 at 2:32 pm
This is so cool! I’ve never been lucky enough to find these mushrooms myself, but they sound so delicious and versatile… I hope I can get my hands on them some day!
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David T. Macknet says:
May 26, 2010 at 2:57 pm
Wonder if I could do this with portobello mushrooms….
Sounds yummy!
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sensiblecooking says:
May 26, 2010 at 5:22 pm
First of all southern fired chicken of the wood looks great and reading it made me crave for it. Sad thing is here we will have to wait till July for farmers market to start.
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jessy says:
May 26, 2010 at 5:25 pm
i have totally gotta find those mushies, Jes. deep frying them sounds crazy & awesome! oooh, yay! i looooove that you’ve got sriracha in this as well. did you say you found sweet cherries? now i’ve gotta find cherries, too. i haven’t had fresh ones in forever…. man, i loooove them so much & could totally see making some into a pie with your gluten-free crust recipe. happyanddeliciousface!
not too sure what’s going on this weekend here. i’ve got a 5K run on saturday, but i think with the long weekend ahead most richmonders will be headed down to the river for sunbathing on the rocks & swimming and such. w00t!
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renae says:
May 26, 2010 at 5:51 pm
Believe it or not, I’ve actually put aside my seething hatred of mushrooms and looked for these chickeny things based on your posts about them. I might actually be able to choke them down if they were deep fried – this looks and sounds delicious. I don’t know if I want to find them or not!
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Barbara says:
June 3, 2010 at 10:09 am
I was just talking about these mushrooms with friends, Jes. Your recipe sounds perfect for them.
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Kathy says:
September 22, 2012 at 12:02 pm
Just made this recipe and served it with our favorite wing sauce. Outstanding!
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Vera says:
September 27, 2012 at 6:35 pm
I love love chicken of the woods. And I’m glad I found this recipe after imagining pretty much the same dish! Finally found them this year after years of searching. Just a note to chicken of the woods newbies – 1 in 10 people is very allergic to them! as in, barfing all night long allergic. Tread with caution!
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Wen Thornton says:
October 14, 2012 at 6:14 pm
Just tried them for the first time today. Mine were fresh and had a lemony chicken flavor and texture. Only ate about six french fry size pieces in case of an allergic reaction. It’s been 3 hours and none thank God. I love these things. I am looking forward to trying your recipe sounds scrumptious. I found mine it’s probably about three or four pounds. I found one hunting last year had to be four or five times larger than this one but I didn’t know it was safe to eat much less delicious. Thank You.
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Rachel says:
June 8, 2014 at 6:47 pm
Aw, I had found plenty of these growing wild in my woods, I was hoping I could sell them for a decent profit… all I see are recipes and different ways to cook them
guess I’ll leave them be unless I get curious about cooking them,
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Diana says:
October 14, 2014 at 4:35 pm
This was INCREDIBLE!!! We came across some of these mushrooms last week at our local co-op and had to try them… We didn’t know how to best prepare them, so when I found your recipe, I knew it was our answer! Can’t believe how much this tasted like fried chicken – and it’s way better, in my opinion! Really want to get more of these!! Thanks for an awesome recipe!
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