Recipes

Chili con Hongos (Mushrooms)  

Porcini and Lion's Mane Mushrooms

Ingredients

  • Porcini Mushrooms 1/3 oz
  • Lion's Mane Mushrooms 2/3 oz
  • Water (boiling) 4 cups
  • Olive Oil (high temp) 1/2 cup
  • Onions (diced) 2 med.
  • Tomatoes (diced) 2 large
  • Garlic (minced) 1 tbs
  • Cumin Seed (crushed) 1/2 tsp
  • Chili Powder 1/4 cup
  • Salt 1 1/2 tsp
  • Pepper 1/3 tsp
  • Madera Wine 2 oz
  • Black Beans 12 oz
  • Cocoa Powder (optional) 2 tsp
  • Green Onions (chopped) 1/4 cup

Instructions

Rehydrate Your Mushrooms

  1. Start by putting the dried mushrooms in a bowl, add the boiling water on top and push it down and toss gently in the water, let rehydrate for 15 minutes.
  2. (Porcini are wild harvested and may have some remaining sand or grit, this will float to the bottom of our broth.)
  3. After 15 minutes we're gonna take out our mushrooms from the liquid, being careful to not disturb the bottom of the broth.
  4. Put the mushrooms on a cutting board and rough chop them.

Build Flavor

  1. In a pan, put oil, and heat till smoking hot. add in your mushrooms and onions, sauté till the onions are transparent.
  2. Add in your cumin and chili powder, do not burn!
  3. Add in your 1/2 of the Madera wine, and reduce down.
  4. Add in your garlic, tomatoes, some of your salt and pepper, a little more oil, and sauté until the tomatoes are soft (3–5 min.).

Integrate Ingredients

  1. Add in your beans, crush 20% with the back of a large spoon.
  2. Add 50% of your broth from rehydration (decant— pour gently off the top, careful not to disturb the sediment), then simmer for 5 min.

Finish & Adjust

  1. Add in your green onions, sauté for less than a minute before serving.
  2. Adjust your Salt and Pepper.

Serve

Serve with shredded cheese, sour cream, Pico de Gallo, Tortillas, ETC...
ENJOY!!