For the novice cook, fungi can be weird because, well, they're fungi. However, if you've been afraid to get acquainted with mushrooms, you've been missing out. Vegetarians love mushrooms and with good reason.
Eating vegetarian isn't just for vegetarians. There are plenty of reasons, health and economics-wise, to consider forgoing the meat for a meal or three. Rather than get deep into the world of fake meat (although there's many a tasty alternative to be found there, to be sure), you should consider getting to know your humble-seeming fungal friend: the mushroom. Thanks to their hearty flavor, cooks tend to treat mushrooms like meat, albeit one with its own unique characteristics. Mushrooms are e...
Bioluminescence — the ability of an organism to produce and emit light — is nature's light show. Plants, insects, fish, and bacteria do it, and scientists understand how. Until now, though, we didn't know how fungi glow.
Most of us lead busy, work-filled lives, often clocking in a 9-to-5 five days a week. And when that clock signifies the hour to leave, the last thing on anyone's mind is: "Time to go to the grocery store to pick up more fresh produce!" (Well, to be fair... maybe more people are psyched about this, but I know with certainty that I am not one of them.)
Here at Wonder How To, we love pasta. It's probably not the best addiction to have, at least not for our waistline, but getting our daily load of carbs sure feels good for the soul (and the tongue). Which is why we're diging this recipe for a delicious, creamy pasta with chicken and mushrooms.
These lovely beef short ribs with wild mushrooms and tomato are just made for a cool fall or winter night. The succulent beef short ribs are slowly stewed in the earthy mushroom and tomato sauce until fork-tender, ready to then be piled on some mashed potatoes. Dried mushrooms are easy to find in any large grocery store, and just a small amount adds tons of flavor to this short ribs recipe.
Contrary to popular opinion, Chinese food does not only consist of orange chicken and friend rice (though, admittedly, they are quite delish). In fact, there exists quite a variety of elegant, delicate dishes for the picky gastronome.
Vincent Floderer creates the most amazing origami mushrooms and here he shows us how.
Veggie burger patties, or burger patties made of soy products and ground beans, are such a healthy alternative to your typical beef paties. But there's one big snatch: They taste like cardboard. If the taste factor is the one thing that's preventing you from eating these heart-healthy patties, then fret no longer.
Rick Stein prepares a classic Corsican Wild Boar stew in this great recipe from BBC cookery show 'Rick Stein's Mediterranean Escape'.
This video teaches you a wonderful alternative to eating ramen noodles, or eating on a budget. This creative easy to make dish is great for a college student, or anybody unfamiliar of the kitchen. Sick of those simple flavored ramen noodles? Well this tutorial shows you how to spruce up this dish in no time for yourself or your guest.
Karen Knowler demonstrates how to make a quick and easy recipe called Fried Mushrooms in this video. This dish can be eaten as it is or topped with your salads. She takes in a generous quantity of mushrooms and slices them (obviously after they are washed!). Then olive oil is drizzled over the mushrooms and they are mixed well. Next, the juice of a whole fresh lemon is poured over the mushrooms with olive oil, to give an added taste. Next, she crushes two whole garlic pods and adds them in. T...
This video shows you how to prepare Portabella Mushrooms in a Garlic and Herb Sauce. For this recipe, you will need the following: portabella mushrooms, olive oil, 1 glass of wine, salt, pepper, 1 clove of garlic finely chopped, juice of one lemon, flat leaf parsley (chopped), and a grill pan.
This video cooking tutorial shows how to prepare a thirty-minute chicken breast with marsala wine and mushrooms gourmet meal as instructed by the entertaining and charming Chef Dario, Southwest Florida's number one Italian Chef. The ingredients are red pepper, tomato, provolone, proscuitto, chicken, marsala wine, mushrooms, spinach, seasonal fruit, and sweet vermouth. Learn how to prepare this delicious dish by watching and following along with the step by step directions.
In this video, Chef Steve Ricci shows how to prepare a recipe called grilled polenta with wild mushrooms the easy way. The ingredients for the recipe are polenta, vegetable stock, butter, mascarpone cheese, parmesan, balsamic vinegar, mushrooms and olive oil. The polenta is added to boiling vegetable stock. To this is added butter, mascarpone and parmesan. The mixture is allowed to thicken and then refrigerated. Saute the mushrooms in a pan with some olive oil till its cooked. The set polenta...
The video shows us how to prepare stuffed mushrooms and for this you need to gather all the required items like spinach, mushrooms, some goat cheese, some parmesan cheese, onion, garlic, lemon juice, butter and fresh bread grams from fresh bread along with some pepper, salt and dry tine. Firstly using a spoon, remove the stem out of the mushroom and chop them and then stuff it up. And then take the mushrooms in a tray and pour the lemon juice over them and mix it up. And then in a pan add som...
Know the different types and varieties of mushrooms, what they taste like, and how to serve them to add an assortment of tastes, textures, colours and sizes to your meals. Profiles all Canadian grown mushrooms; white button, crimini, portabella, shiitake, oyster and enoki.
In this tutorial, Chef Anne Burrell shows you how to make a delicious pasta dish for any occasion. This Italian delight is filled with ricotta and taleggio cheeses and smothered in a homemade wild mushroom sauce and pancetta. You can almost smell the garlic watching this amazing clip. Get ready for a delicious comforting meal with this professional recipe from the Food Network.
Michael Symon, chef/author, says the biggest mistake people make when pan-roasting or pan-searing mushrooms is to overcrowd the pan. This causes the mushrooms to steam and go limp. Here's what you should do instead:
This instructional video shows how to make delicious scrambled eggs to eat alongside cooked cherry tomatoes, mushrooms, and sourdough bread. First cook up the mushrooms and cherry tomatoes in a heated skillet of olive oil with a dash of salt and paper. For a fluffier consistency, add butter and stir the eggs while heating them up, as opposed to pre-mixing in a bowl. Continue stirring while removing them from the heat to avoid overcooking. Serve on a plate along with the tomatoes, mushrooms, a...
Chef Elliot Prag of the Natural Gourmet Institute shows Sunita Reed how to make shiitake mushrooms taste like bacon and bring out their Umami flavor. All you need is olive oil and sea salt. Learn how to make shitake mushrooms taste like bacon - the concentrated umami flavor is key.
Matthew Accarrino of Craft Los Angeles gives you tips on how to clean mushrooms. Learn the spinning technique of washing mushrooms. Clean these veggies without washing away the flavor.
In Chinese, "moo goo" means mushrooms, "gai" means chicken, and "pan" means slice.
Preheat oven to 425. Place butter in 9 x 13 baking dish and place in oven as it preheats. Place chicken pieces in zip top bag. Add flour and shake to coat. When oven is warm, remove pan from oven and place the floured chicken in pan with the melted butter. Return to oven and cook for 30 minutes. Turn the chicken and continue cooking for 20 min. While the chicken bakes, chop onion. Saute' onion in a small skillet with a little olive oil. Chop mushrooms and add them to the onion. Saute' until t...
Take some peeled and cleaned mushrooms and put them in a bowl. Coat them really well with some extra virgin olive oil. Mushrooms are very porous and they soak up a lot of what you put on them so you have to make sure that you use enough olive oil to be sure that they are well coated. Then gently use your hands to toss them in the bowl. Next coat them with some Tamari Soy Sauce and gently toss them in the bowl with your hands one more time. Before you eat them let them sit for up to 24 hours. ...
If you're in a swamp biome in the new Minecraft 1.8 pre-release, and you happen across a mushroom or too, why not make it giant? This guide will show you how to make giant mushrooms in the Minecraft 1.8 pre-release. If you're interested, you could even turn them into a giant mushroom house!
Think you might like to cultivate mushrooms in your home garden? It's not so difficult as you might imagine it to be. And this gardener's guide from the folks at Growing Wisdom will walk you through the process from start to finish.
In this clip, see just how easy it is to create stuffed mushrooms. These tasty treats are perfect for appetizers and make delicious finger foods. Follow along with this video and see how easy it is to make this savory goodies, just like the Italians do!
In this how-to video, EJ prepares a filling stuffed mushroom dish. Watch and learn how to prepare tofu, bread crumbs, and Parmesan cheese to create a wonderful vegetarian stuffing for mushrooms. And guess what? She does it all under 10 minutes.
Singer Trish Murphy cooks up real food. She makes a simple yet delicious dish of spinach and crab stuffed mushrooms.
In this video from FusionGuy09 we learn how to make sautéed mushrooms. They use a morel mushroom here. They are at the Oregon Culinary Institute here with Chef Dan Brophy. He takes the morel and taps it gently to get the debris out, and then cut it length wise. For this he uses shallots, butter, salt, pepper, cream, stock, and brandy. First he cuts the shallot into thin strips. Add butter to the pan. You want it hot and butter melted before adding the shallots. Then add the shallots. Cook unt...
First, cook rice noodles by boiling them for a short amount of time. The amount of time needed to cook them will vary with the type of noodles, so check the package. Next, drain the noodles and cool them by pouring cold water over them. Then, make the dressing by combining: 2 T. hoisin sauce, 2 T. soy Sauce, 2 T. sesame oil, 2 T. rice vinegar, the juice of one lime, two cloves of garlic, and 1 and 1/2 t. grated or chopped fresh ginger. Mix with a whisk. Next, create your salad. Pour half of t...
Learn which mushrooms are edible and which are poisonous with this tutorial. Mushrooms are abloom in this search for wild mushrooms. Stay safe when camping or just when you are picking food off the ground with this plant identification video.
Portabella mushrooms add delicious flavor to a variety of dishes, and can also be used as a meat substitute. Learn how to prepare portabella mushrooms for meals and as a veggie burger. Portabella mushrooms are commonly found at the grocery store as caps or as slices. When you get home, take the mushrooms out of the plastic, and keep them in the fridge wrapped in paper towels. When you are ready to cook them, quickly rinse or wipe off portabellas with a squeezed damp towel. The portabella mush...
Stuffed peppers are delicious as an appetizer, side dish or even a full meal. Mix white rice, ground beef, onion and garlic together, then stuff into your peppers and simmer in tomato sauce.
In this video a young college student shows what you'll need to make marsala steak and mushrooms. She shows what pots you will need along with what kind of steak and mushrooms you need. She shows how to add everything to its specific cooking area. She tells why she is adding the ingredients as she adds them. She goes on to show the seasonings to use. She then shows how to prepare the steak and the sides that she cooked along with it.
In this episode of Show Me the Curry!, the guys take over and teach us how to barbecue some ribeye steaks and portobello mushrooms. You can get the recipe here. These recipes are perfect for summer parties, outdoor dinners, or any time you feel like pulling out the grill. Why not get started?
In Missouri squirrels are plentifully. Squirrel meat is delicious and versatile. This how to video shows you how to cook a squirrel skillet. Make squirrel a tasty treat with mushrooms, onions, and green peppers.
Learn how to sear scallops with sauteed mushrooms and crispy prosciutto by watching this video.
Learn how to make Matsutake Gohan Bimbo, a Japanese shitake mushroom dish.