Simple Fried Morel Mushrooms

Morels are so packed with flavor, they don't need a bunch of help otherwise. This is the way we always fix them, (except slight difference) I deep fry in 350 oil. Some people I know dips them in beaten egg and fine cracker crumbs. I have fried in butter, but I like the results with oil. Could always drizzle a bit of melted butter over them after frying, if desired. The most I've ever found is enough to fill a grocery sack. If you've found some I'm jealous.

We dip ours in egg first, then flour, but just dipping in flour is good, too. It's hard to do it wrong! This recipe is sure making me want some!

I use full fat butter. I find that it tastes even better than shortening.

Being a cajun its hard to eat other regions food. When I came here I wa's dissapointed in most food and just ate at home. I had some friends over and they brought these. It was the best thing I ate around here. I fix them a bit different. Flour is the best I agree. I use butter to fry in. Butter is always better in a skillet. Also I use Tony chacheres creole seasoning. If you haven't had it get it. It much better than season salt with more flavor less salt.

Can't go wrong using this method.

Perfect recipe for cleaning and frying fresh morels! Do not fry in butter unless you're willing to change the butter after every panful. Hot oil & fast frying to retain moisture!

This is how I have made them in the past and I should have stuck to this recipe. I thought I'd be smart and do half flour half cornmeal for a change. I should have stuck to all flour. Lesson learned! Until next Spring...

Good recipe but i prefer mine coated with saltines instead of flour! Good all the same though! Recommend!

I personally think they taste like a gourmet chicken nugget! Easy and absolutely delicious

Good base recipe! I usually soak them longer - overnight - and prefer to fry in butter or butter flavored shortening in a cast iron skillet, then salt liberally!

Delicious! Add garlic in the end and a few mushrooms.

In Missouri these are our local delicacy. If using butter (please) don't rinse your pan, fry up some eggs the next morning. Best fried eggs ever. My kids are mostly grown but their eyes still glaze over when I mention this.

This is the recipe I've always used to fry my morels. The only difference is, with wild morels, I soak them in salted water for abut 1/2 hour; then rinse thoroughly, squeeze out the excess water, then roll in the flour and fry. With the wild morels, there are a lot of very tiny bugs in them, hence the extra soaking and rinsing. And they do not fall apart when squeezed tightly between your palms to remove the excess water. Most delicious mushroom there is.

great recipe

I added half flour and half cornmeal to coat them.In the South they call these mushrooms Dry Land Fish!I don't know why.They are wonderful too bad you can only find them in spring.I love them they are only mushrooms that I will eat.

I cut off stem dirt, soak in cold/salted water to kill critters, then put on paper towels to dry. No step or putting in refer. I use butter to fry in and add garlic!

FYI: I would soak them a little longer than 5 minutes to get all of the bugs out...Anywhere from 1 hour to overnight should be alright. Also dip in egg before flower.