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I've had an abundance of chanterelles recently and decided to share what I've been doing with them.

Chanterelles in saucepan

Cooking chanterelles is easy, I start by tearing them into evenly sized strips (they're stringy like chicken) and throwing them in a saucepan by themselves to boil off all the water. (Adding a bit of water at the start to cover the bottom of the pan lets you start it on high heat without burning them)

While the water boils off I start making Mexican yellow rice to serve on the side. I don't have fancy ingredients like saffron but turmeric, cumin, garlic, oregano, and a chicken stock cube gets the job done for me.

When the chanterelles are ready I add a bit of oil with onions and poblano peppers cut into strips, and season with cayenne pepper, cumin, garlic, and paprika (salt and pepper to taste). Cook that on high heat and stir until the texture of the veggies is just right. I stop stirring and let it burn a little while melting some cheese on top at the end.

And here is the result:

Chanterelle Fajitas

You can get some tortillas or just eat it as-is, it's delicious either way. Goes well with salsa or hot sauce. I've made this probably 5 or 6 times in the past month because I keep finding more chanterelles and I will never get bored of it.

Still would love to hear some more ideas on how to cook chanterelles, because I will probably find even more soon lol.

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[โ€“] technomad@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Maybe some 'authentic' ramen next?

Yours looks delicious btw!

[โ€“] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That looks amazing. Are those spindly white mushrooms enoki or something you foraged?

[โ€“] technomad@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago

Oh, no I'm not that fancy, those are just onions! (I had to look up what enoki was just now)

Ingredients was something like:

bone broth Chanterelles onions sprouts noodles egg

there may have been other stuff but I really can't remember, that was two summers ago on a whim :)