How to Cook Chicken of the Woods Mushroom: Fried Chicken Fingers

This is chicken of the woods mushroom which we just found and harvested the other day and now we're going to make some fried chicken out of it. It is one of the most famous edible mushrooms because of its vibrant appearance and because its taste and texture is similar to chicken. Always make sure you know exactly what mushroom you have before trying to eat it. You can post pictures of it in a mushroom identification Facebook group to verify. The first thing we do is make sure all the dirt and bugs are off of the mushroom by rinsing it with water. Then we just use some paper towel to pat the mushroom dry. Once the mushrooms are cleaned and then patted dry we cut them into strips. The base of the mushroom tends to be more tough so you can just cut that off along with any other pieces that seem weird. Once all the mushrooms are cut into strips you can start preparing whatever batter you're going to use to fry up the mushrooms. My wife can't have gluten so we're using gluten-free flour and then just whatever spices we had in the cabinet. I think it was salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and paprika. So then we just whisk that together and then start preparing the wet ingredients. We mix together two eggs, one cup of flour, all the same spices, and a little bit of water. And also a little bit of cornstarch. Then we just fill a pan with some cooking oil and then dunk the mushrooms into the wet batter and then into the dry batter and then back into the wet batter and then finally into the pan. After flipping it a few times and waiting about five minutes it should be fully cooked and ready to eat. And there it is the chicken finger of the woods. Then we just do the same thing to another handful of the strips. Make sure to cook it thoroughly and if you've never eaten it before only eat a couple bites to see how your stomach reacts because some people can have some stomach problems. It all smelled so good I couldn't wait any longer so I took a bite and I was not disappointed. We're going to save the rest of the mushroom strips for another recipe but you can go ahead and freeze them in a bag or you can even dehydrate them in a food dehydrator. Let me know in the comments if you've ever eaten chicken of the woods and how you liked it and don't forget to subscribe for more videos just like this one.