
15/10/2025
CHICKEN OF THE WOODS 🪵 After last week’s Hen of the Woods grilled cheese bomb 💥 , the market had another surprise for me. The Chicken of the Woods mushrooms. It’s texture is famously meaty. So I threw in a challenge.
I made the famous Indian chicken curry recipe. The marinade, ginger-garlic paste, the toasted whole spices, the vibrant red chili powder, everything. Then I marinated the ‘pulled’ mushroom chunks.
The mushrooms survive the intense marinade, they drank in the spices, and during the cooking process became tender yet remarkably firm, mimicking the very texture of pulled chicken. The final dish was very aromatic, complex, and had that same hearty satisfaction, but with an incredible, earthy base note!
Playful swap of a classic ;)
Listening to 🎶 Envious by Sault