Chicken-Of-The-Woods (Mushroom) Pie 

The takeaway: Chicken of the Woods is substantial.

I made some chicken of the woods pie inspired by you when a friend recently showed up to my house with some he foraged.

I appreciate how well you execute the flambe in a lot of your dishes, especially the amethyst deceiver video.

I am vegetarian and my mom is vegan, so we might have to try these mushrooms in some recipes!

Aaand, I'm hungry again..this looks so tasty, and I love both chicken and mushrooms, so this is must-have dish. No wonder this is such a high-valued fungus; considering its texture, it is great to use in dishes that require high temperature/extended cooking time. I can picture this sliced finely, arranged on foil to mantle some kind of, preferably fatty, farce, then steamed like a sausage. It would soak up all the moisture and flavour, while still retaining shape and sturdyness.

You have pretty great technique as a cook, the only thing I've noticed is that you sometimes don't let your pan come up to temperature before you add the food. It really pays, especially for meats, to allow the pan to come up to temperature before searing/sautéing, it allows for maximum caramelization without risking overcooking as much (spoken as a former professional sous chef/culinary school grad)

I can almost taste that from here, looked very filling!

Me, watching this while eating my second bowl of cereal: "yes, yes. We definitely don't want burnt garlic" 💀💀

No chickens were harmed, just 🐖's 😂😂

How British of you to make a pie :-D. I wonder if pasties would be nice? Hopefully I'll find some COW this summer/fall (I live in Ohio USA). I found some last fall but it was a bit old and the flavor was a bit meh. We find a lot of Hen of the Woods/maitake which is the business because it is plentiful and remains prime for a fairly long time.

I've never seen or heard of a pie funnel. Cute!

The breading on the top at 9:53 looks just like the mushroom did before you got started

It's a shame they dont sell these mushrooms commercially.

A pie funnel!?

I love your channel. I was picking Stinging Nettles when my grandmother yells at me "What are doing those can sting you!" and I look all bewildered as she drinks tea made from the damn things. I am all "It is a tea harvest" also Rosehips which make the best jam if you have not had rosehip jam go buy some

another episode of “WHY IS THIS IN MY RECOMMENDATIONS???” but im not complaining

I once saw a bit on "this Morning" I think it was, they took a log, drilled half a dozen hols in the end and added dried mushroom spores and as far as I remember a splash ow water. they then planted the log pieces in a shady spot at the bottom of the garden. this would then produce a number of harvests of mushrooms in subsequent years. It might be worth your time attempting to replicate this either through grinding up less select portions of your harvest, or returning to the source log and attempting to harvest some spores by holding a piece of paper below the gills and brushing them with a soft brush. you might need more reaserch as to optimum timing, but I figure it has to be worth a go.

That does look appetising. I bought some Chicken In The Wood spores online for my brother's birthday several years ago, I have no idea if they ever worked for him, forgot all about it. I may have to have our annual chat and see if they ever sprouted. I can't even remember what format they were in, might have been plugs you had to drill into the tree.

That looks lovely! Been watching 1 or 2 videos a day since I've subscribed a week ago. Cheers!

Now that's a SUBSTANTIAL mushroom

This has convinced me to make a chicken pie today

It was pretty cool to see you drop in that Pie Bird. We don't see them much anymore in America. I remember my granny using them all the time when she was baking something that needed to be vented.

One of my favorites is chicken and mushroom pie. With this I'd be able to make it with just the mushrooms! 😁👍 .

Wow that looks absolutely delicious. Something id love to try thank you 😁

that looks sooooooo yummy i wish chicken of the woods wasnt so rare

Something about snipping meat with scissors is both satisfying and unsettling, both in ways I never knew I could feel

Why didn't you use Bacon of the Woods

IMHO, thyme and mushrooms are a match made in heaven.

Why don't we cultivate those on a large scale??? Should be fairly easy to do since all they need is rotting wood. We cultivate far too few mushrooms in general. There are so many amazing species that I'd love to find in convenience stores. Luckily I get enough of them from the forest but imagine the possibilities for the food industry! It'd probably even be cheaper than growing actual chicken (in acceptable conditions).

can you be my dad

"I don't want to be a pie… I don't like gravy."

Daaamnnn that looks delicious

Linking to part 1 of Atomic Shrimp's Chicken-in-the-Woods adventure, where he finds them in the wild. Couldn't find the link here, I hope he doesn't mind: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wYBruVj9jt8.html

i just love the way to talk

This looks absolutely wonderful. Wish I was your neighbor:)

This is definitely worth watching!

My whole being shattered when I heard that metal utensil scraping the bottom of the skillet!

I am still yet to find this mushroom whilst out forraging but i cant wait. Im suprised to not see Chicken of the Woods sold in the supermarkets yet as it seems a great substitute for chicken.

Looks delicious, thanks

I really hope I come across this fungus in my local woods sometime, I'd love to try this recipe 👍

Yummm 😋 i hope one lucky day i get to find a Big beautiful clutch of these. One of my friends is vegan, but she eats whatever is offered ❤

I love this channel

This may just be the Australian in me talking, but that ain't no pie A pie NEEDS to be a base with a lid, I'm sorry......... that I'm not sorry Though, I will admit, this and the other vid in this fungi, has made me wanna try it, and I absolutely hate mushroom, I wouldn't make it into a pie (one like this or a proper pie) prolly just fried up with some kind of dipping sauce, or maybe done on the Barbeque, as it is my nation's culture to put EVERYTHING on the BBQ, so mission accomplished, I think

god these videos make me hungry

What i would give to have dinner at shrimps house

*rough n ready rustic chicken pie effect*

Looks tasty 😋

whats that outro-song called? I quite like it

"No chickens were harmed in the making of this video" Proceeds to brutally scissor a dead pig

An almost perfect recipe. I'd probably skip the mushroom, vegetables, brandy, seasoning, cream, pastry and substitute in a couple of slices of bread, some butter and several dollops of HP sauce. Otherwise, excellent!

I tried chicken of the woods on Saturday and boy is it dry but it certainly tastes like chicken but really dry 😁

Are you putting that skillet onto a glass cutting board? I had no idea we could do this! I always enjoy your recipes and this looks like a good one :)

Here's a saying I'd l like to share with you. "You've got to be like an Italian midget hospital... and have a little patients. (Insert obligatory Italian hand gesture. Don't listen to me, I don't... Love, Richard from Lubbock Texas

Why didnt you wash the mushrooms out of interest?

i wonder why the foodindustry dont use those mushrooms for vegan/vegetarian chickenexchange products. seems pretty much cheaper than the stuff they use right now.

It looks really good, i wanna try it so bad, but that spit at 5:28, if i do that, i don't think my guests will like it, cheers mate!

I do wanna ask about the pastry, can you tell me about the recipe? I'm not really familiar with those...

I have so many questions: Why did we not get to see black and white animals eating when you dug in? Is that salt in a bottle? Why hadn't I heard of a pie funnel?

I do need to see you put the onion and bell pepper into the pan, how could you assume otherwise? I feel so offended by your presumption !

Only pigs were harmed in the making of this pie

9.9 out of 10, needs cheese!! lol but that looks amazing

You were full trough the first portion you didn’t take a second I could see it 🙃

why did he put that chicken clay figure in the middle?

Hello, what is that red thing he stuck in the middle of the pie?

I noticed in both of your videos you scrape the mushrooms clean with a knife. Why can't you wash them under water?

Invite me to your restaurant

mmmmm!!!!

I've never seen a pie made like that before. What is a "pie funnel" and what does it do?

But there's no chicken

What was that thing you put in the middle of the pie/pan before putting the pastry on?

I'd be wary using mushrooms like that. I'd be scared I picked the wrong ones and got poisoned 🤮

Chicken--mushroom chicken pie?

Whoever eats the most chicken of the woods eats the most pinfeathers- I mean dirty bits

I don't think you needed that pie-funnel..... lol

So I know why they say you ought not to clean mushrooms with water, as it can absorb it and become wet. But what's the trouble with that? All it means is it'll take slightly longer to cook and evaporate the water off, and maybe make it harder if you're searing them. If it means not chucking or wasting dirtier sections, the extra minutes don't bother me.

Where can I find these mushrooms, what type of forest do they live in?

har! dis be da mate we need for the next voyage!

why dont you wash it

yea "no chickens were harmed during the making of this video" ok bud did any woods got harmed I THINK SO

I bet you went back to the woods and got the other half maybe to share with others?

I mean, you put egg in it, and male chicks are ground live after hatching or gassed because they're surplus to the egg industry, so technically some chickens were harmed during the making of this pie.

No chickens were harmed but a pig was definitely massacred

30 bucks a pound tho

"That's a fine looking pie" Pie: *Is burnt*

But harming other living beings that can mostly feel pain is the fun thing about cooking

lmao dude, again! Again your here eating that meaty fungus! uuuuuggghhhhhhhh!!!!

At 5:27... Did you just spit in the pan???

"no chickens were harmed in the making of this video" sadly a sadly a pig was. Why take a perfectly tasty mushrooms and throw the dead flesh of an animal in there?

destroyed, unhealthy, mess....

The bacon was totally unnecessary. Perhaps next time olive oil with one drop of liquid smoke.

So with your herbs ... you have a thyme-tested pairing!