Nothing beats the excitement of finding a huge, bright orange flush of chicken of the woods mushroom (Laetiporus) growing on a stump or log in the forest.
For this recipe, you’ll want to use only the freshest of specimens—no pale, dry mushrooms here. If you cut the mushroom off of where it’s growing and it begins dripping water onto your hands, you know you’ve got the good stuff.
Since chicken of the woods resembles real chicken so much, it makes a great stand-in for chicken in recipes. That inspired me to make these Caesar chicken of the woods burgers.
Make sure that you’re 100% sure of the identity of any wild mushroom before you eat it. Some people have a mild adverse gastrointestinal reaction to chicken of the woods, so if it’s your first time eating it, only consume a small amount to start.
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