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How To Clean and Cook WILD Morel Mushrooms FREE Recipe!!!

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By drummer boy



Free Quick and Easy Mushroom, Morel guide to cleaning and cooking

Hello everyone, I have been finding morel mushrooms since I was a little kid. As mentioned in one of my other article's, I gave you a guide on how to find Morel Mushrooms, now I am giving you a guide on what to do with them once you have found the ever so popular morel mushroom.

First you want to start by taking a knife and chopping off any dirt that you find on the stem.

Second you want to get all of the bugs out of them, the first thing you want to do is split them down the middle long ways with a knife.

Next you want to run them under some water washing out all of the bugs. Once you have washed the bugs out you want to place them in a bowl of salt water. 2 Tablespoons of salt per bowl of water should be enough. You can use the regular salt found at your local grocery store.

After cleaning all of your mushrooms, you want to let them soak in the salt water over night. This will continue to clean off and kill any insects that you may have missed.

Once the soaking process is done, you need to determine how you want to cook them.

I like to take 3 bowls and fill one with flour, and the Second one with cracker crumbs and the Third one with beat up eggs.

The first thing you do is soak the morel in the egg bowl, then you roll the morel in the flour and last roll it in the cracker crumbs.

Once you have completed the Three bowl system, place your morels in a frying pan that has heated up on medium heat with about a quarter of a cup of vegetable oil in it.

I like to cook my morels until then are golden brown, but you can cook them less or more depending on your liking.

Last step is to take a plate and place a paper towel on top of it. This will assist you in absorbing the left over vegetable oil.

Use a fork or something to scoop the mushrooms out of the pan and place them on the paper towel.

I like to add salt to mine, but again you can use your personal preference.

Allow to cool and enjoy.

This concludes my quick and easy guide to cleaning and cooking morel mushrooms.

Last but not least remember that these treats are very rich and if you eat too many of them you can get sick.

I have heard that once you get sick on them, you will not want to eat them again for a very long time, so be sure to eat them in moderation.

Thank you and I welcome all positive feedback and comments that I can get. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me.

Morel, Mushroom, not cooked

This is a picture of a couple of morels before cooking.
This is a picture of a couple of morels before cooking.

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Chef Jeff profile image

Chef Jeff  says:
2 years ago

Where I used to live in Galena, IL, morels, or Hobies as the old folks called them, grew in abundance, wild and free, especially where ever there was downed timber or next to the old railroad ties were piled up.  The ties were non-creosoted, elm and oak, and the morels grew in fields like tupips in Holland!

I used to wash them in salt water to get the bugs out, then fry them up in butter or olive oil, and just eat them like there was no tomorrow!  Which, in the case of morels, may be more true than not, since they were often here today and gone tomorrow.

Of course, we also had wild asparragus, and if they happened to come at the same time, morels & asparragus go well together!

Bon appetit!

drummer boy profile image

drummer boy  says:
2 years ago

Thanks for the comment Chef Jeff. I am just south of IL, so I know exactly what you are talking about. I have never had asparragus with my mushrooms, but some fresh asparragus and butter does sound good right now. You are making me hungry lol.

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Decrescendo  says:
2 years ago

Great food. I so want to eat something now.

glassvisage profile image

glassvisage  says:
18 months ago

The bugs are the grossest part! It's so weird when they crawl out of the shrooms!

drummer boy profile image

drummer boy  says:
18 months ago

they are gross at times, but better to have them out of the shrooms instead of in them lol. Thanks for reading my hub.

linjingjing profile image

linjingjing  says:
8 months ago

How to clean and cook wild Morel Mushrooms free recipe

Very creative

robert  says:
8 months ago

chopped up and sauteyed in omelets is very tasty to

nancy   says:
8 months ago

i love them sooooo much and your recipe was good but u should try egg and then roll them in jiffy corn muffin mix and fry yum yum gives them a sweet and salty taste but doesnt take away from the natural

samantha  says:
7 months ago

Hi, I just picked about 24 Morel Mushrooms. How do you store them?

indy  says:
7 months ago

store them unwashed, uncut, and in a container with no water. they will keep longer this way...10-15 days. they are better if cooked sooner rather than later. when ready to cook: split in half, soak in salted water 8 hrs (to rehydrate and kill the bugs), rinse, roll in flour, fry in butter until both sides are golden, and add salt to taste

indy  says:
7 months ago

soak the mushrooms in the fridge, not at room temperature

drummer boy profile image

drummer boy  says:
7 months ago

Thanks for answering the questions Indy. I agree with you, and the fresher the better after you soak them in salt water that is. I went mushroom hunting yesterday but didn't have any luck. My sister found 14 in her yard though lol.

jj  says:
7 months ago

Thanks for the great advice! I just got 7#'s of them and my son is looking for more. They are huge! I read that there are also poisonous ones! Do you know what they look like? Thanks again

drummer boy profile image

drummer boy  says:
7 months ago

The poisonous ones have a reddish color to them. They just don't look right.

charles  says:
7 months ago

I live in central nebraska, a friend and I went to our boss's fathers house kinda out in the middle of nowhere and hit the jackpot, we picked about 40 lbs of these little beauties, some of them are about as big as a softball. Soaking them right now but looking for a technique to freeze them.

nikilou28  says:
7 months ago

is it okay to freeze them for later.

Millie   says:
7 months ago

Thanks so much for all the info regarding Morels. My husband and I found some in our yard today and wanted to know how to cook them. So glad I found this site!!!

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drummer boy  says:
5 months ago

You are most welcome. That is what I am here for. Thanks for the feedback.

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