How to cook oyster mushrooms

Select for frying fresh oyster mushrooms. Do not buy mushrooms and cracked edges of the hats. High-quality mushrooms have a uniform gray-blue color. The hat should not be yellow spots. Break off a small piece from the cap. The young oyster , the flesh is juicy, white, and old fibrous. Mushroom should not crumble.

Rinse the oyster mushrooms under running cold water to clean these mushrooms is not necessary. Drain on paper towel and cut into small strips with a thickness of about 1 cm to Cook oyster mushrooms before roasting is not necessary. Onion peel and chop in small cubes or fine half-rings. Heat the vegetable oil over low heat and sauté the onions for two minutes, stirring constantly. Along with onions you can optionally fry the grated on a fine grater carrots.

Sprinkle the chopped oyster mushrooms in another pan with boiling vegetable oil. Suitable for frying mushrooms sunflower or olive oil. On average, cooking oyster takes about 70 ml of oil, 0.5 kg of mushrooms. When the mushrooms warm up, they start to stand out liquid. Leave the mushrooms on the fire until, until all the water has evaporated. Cover the pan cover should not be.

Add the oyster mushrooms, fried onions, pour sour cream. Instead of sour cream you can use mayonnaise. Add salt and pepper to taste. Stir, reduce flame and fry the mushrooms for about another 15-25 minutes until Golden brown. Drain mushrooms in a colander to glass excess oil. Ready oyster mushrooms sprinkle with chopped parsley, cilantro, dill or crushed garlic cloves. But don't overdo it with the spices, otherwise they will kill the taste of mushrooms.

Serve with grilled oyster mushrooms served with vegetables and mashed potatoes. In addition, fried oyster mushrooms can be used for cooking minced meat, stuffings, sauces and as an ingredient in salads.