How to cook fried mushrooms correctly and tasty
Mushrooms are a versatile product that goes well with meat, chicken, vegetables and rice. Fried mushrooms are a tasty and well-known dish that can be prepared from any kind of mushrooms. Sauces based on sour cream or mayonnaise are best suited. To obtain an excellent aromatic dish, you can add various spices - garlic, onions, black pepper go well with mushrooms, basil, dill and parsley.
For frying, you can use any edible mushrooms fresh, as well as processed ones - dried, pickled, frozen.
Most mushrooms need to be boiled in boiling water for up to half an hour before cooking, depending on the variety.
Cooking with fresh champignons
Here is a basic recipe for fried mushrooms, on the basis of which you can prepare a lot of dishes by adding additional ingredients:
- The mushrooms should be rinsed well, and the edge of the stem should be cut off (if it is dirty). Then fold in a colander or lay out on napkins to dry completely.
- Cut into plates (or in half if the mushrooms are medium-sized).
- Put the prepared mushrooms in a preheated pan, with the addition of oil (which one to take depends only on your taste). Cook over medium-high heat.
- At the end of cooking, you can add a little butter and herbs to the fried champignons - this will give the dish a special zest.
Add salt and spices at the end of frying!
How to fry frozen mushrooms
Frozen mushrooms can be fried too! To get a tasty and aromatic dish, it is better not to defrost them, but to boil them for several minutes in boiling water with the addition of salt. Then dry and send to a prepared preheated frying pan.
The most delicious mushroom recipes
Almost all types of mushrooms can be cooked separately or together with different vegetables.
Fried mushrooms with onions
What you need:
- 0.5 kg of mushrooms (you can use any fresh;
- mushrooms - champignons, chanterelles, porcini and others);
- 1 large onion;
- salt;
- pepper;
- some fresh or dried dill greens.
How to cook:
- Prepare mushrooms - rinse, if you need to boil, dry and cut in a way convenient for you.
- Peel, rinse, dry and chop the onion - finely chop or large half rings - depending on your preference.
- In a preheated frying pan, fry the onion separately until it becomes transparent. After that, you can add mushrooms. Stir occasionally, fry until moisture evaporates. Then add salt.
- Cover the pan with a lid and cook for another 7-8 minutes, remembering to stir from time to time. At the end of cooking, add herbs (if dried 5 minutes before cooking).
Can be served as a side dish for meat; the main dish, supplemented with potatoes, rice, vegetables or an independent dish.
Fried mushrooms with onions and cheese
What you need:
- 0.5 kg of mushrooms;
- 1 large onion;
- 2-3 cloves of garlic;
- about 300 g of any cheese;
- 200 ml of cream;
- salt;
- black pepper.
How to cook:
- Prepare food: rinse the mushrooms, dry and cut into large pieces; finely chop the onion; cut the garlic cloves in half; grate cheese.
- Fry the garlic cloves in a preheated pan, then remove them. Put the onion in the same oil and cook until transparent, then add the mushrooms. Fry, stirring occasionally, for about 10 minutes.
- Add spices and cream. Bring to a boil, then remove from heat. Next, move the dish to a baking dish, sprinkle with cheese and bake in the oven until a blush appears on the cheese.
If there is no oven, you can continue cooking in the pan - sprinkle the mushrooms with cheese and cover. Cook for 7-8 minutes over low heat.
Fried mushrooms with onions and potatoes
You can take any mushrooms, the main thing is that they are edible. You can use fresh, frozen, and even pickled mushrooms. To cook delicious fried mushrooms with onions and potatoes, you need to pay attention to the features of the heat treatment of each component of the dish:
- if you use forest mushrooms, boil them for up to half an hour in salted water before frying;
- first the onion is fried, then mushrooms are added to it - otherwise the onion will be boiled;
- mushrooms are fried separately from potatoes - they release a lot of liquid;
- sliced potatoes before cooking, you need to additionally rinse with cold water to wash off excess starch;
- potatoes do not need to be covered when frying.
What you need:
- 0.8 kg of potatoes;
- 0.5 kg of mushrooms;
- 1 large onion;
- salt;
- pepper;
- dill greens.
How to cook:
- Prepare products: rinse the mushrooms (if the variety requires - boil), dry, cut in any way; cut potatoes into thin slices, rinse with cold water, dry; cut the onion into half rings.
- First fry the onion in a preheated pan, then put the mushrooms and cook together until the liquid formed from the mushrooms evaporates.
- In a second pan, fry the potatoes until golden brown. Then add mushrooms and onions to it, carefully combine and continue to fry until the potatoes are ready.
- Add spices a couple of minutes until ready.
Important points in cooking fried mushrooms in a pan
Mushrooms are a complex food that is considered heavy food. It is not recommended to give mushrooms to children under three years of age and to persons suffering from digestive problems. For better assimilation by the body, the mushrooms must be finely chopped for meals and chewed thoroughly. Crushed mushrooms are absorbed by the stomach by 70%.
- You should not fry mushrooms and onions until they crunch - all the protein is lost, the dish will not bring any benefit to the body, and the severity after eating will be significant.
- You don't need to pour too much oil into the pan. To prevent the mushrooms from sticking, you need to run them in heated oil and stir immediately.
- To make the dish more tender, you can add a little sour cream or milk at the end of cooking.