Impromptu Chicken Of The Woods snack

[barbourdurham]

I took the kids out for a bimble to get out of the house today. In the car on the way to a local spot I spied a bright orange lump on a tree by the road side. I turned the car around at a convenient spot and pulled alongside the little gem. A fresh, vibrant Chicken Of the Woods, bursting out of the trunk of an oak Tree. It was young, about the size of a grapefruit and really tender. I pulled out my pocket knife and sliced off a good handful, careful not to take anywhere near the whole specimen, as I now intend to return for more in a few weeks. After our bimble I got straight in the kitchen. Here's my recipe (stolen off t'internet......)

A cup of COTW.
A small onion, chopped.
A sprinkle of garlic powder.
A sprinkle of dried thyme.
Salt and pepper to taste.
A squeeze of lemon to finish
A slice of toast.

I tore up my harvest of COTW into small chunks and chopped the onion.

I warmed up some olive oil and chucked in the COTW to cook through for about 5 minutes, then threw in the chopped onion, garlic powder, S&J and thyme. I cooked everything for another 10 mins I think, on a gentle heat, stirring when I felt like it. Up popped the toast. I spooned my COTW onto the toast and gave it a good squirter of fresh lemon juice.

Result? Fabulous food. I highly recommend it.

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[Robbi]

Yum, that does look good

 

[JonathanD]

I've found a bit of woodland overflowing with the stuff. Gonna fry it in the wok with some venison and sour cherry butter later.

 

[baggins]

Delish!
Found a good haul a few days ago. had some in a beef strog, and tonight having it breadcrumbed and fried in butter with some honey duck breast and hogweed fiddles.

 

[Mesquite]

That does look delicious

 

[Nice65]

Seems to be a good year for it, there's a load of it on a Yew just down the road. I'll get a pic tomorrow. Strangely, nothing last year, but massive growth the year before.

 

[Paulm]

Haven't seen any this year yet, think I need to get out and about a bit more !

I expect you know Rich, opinions vary on whether it's sensible to eat it when growing on yew, personally I wouldn't, but doesn't sound like you were planning to ?

Amazing just to look at in situ as well