Cheese-Stuffed Fried Morels

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If you hit the jackpot on morels, you HAVE to try this recipe. It takes large morels with really wide, thick stalks. We slice off the “head” of the morel, stuff it with a cream cheese and crab filling, bread and then deep fry. The great thing about this recipe, is you can freeze the morels after they are stuffed, and deep fry them later, if you can wait that long! For the trial run, I served them as a side with deer burgers topped with pepperjack, bacon and of course sauteed morels. Garnished with some wild asparagus, this is the ULTIMATE springtime surf and turf!

You can also watch for this recipe in Illinois Outdoors News.

Ingredients:

  • 8-12 Large fresh morels
  • 24 Ounce Cream cheese
  • 12 Ounce Minced crab meat
  • 6 Small green onions
  • 2 Tablespoon Minced garlic
  • 1/4 Teaspoon Onion powder
  • 1/4 Teaspoon Garlic powder
  • 2 Fresh eggs
  • 2 Cup Bread crumbs

Cooking instructions:

  1. Wash morels, then slice where the head meets the stalk
  2. Mix cream cheese, crab meat, and powdered ingredients into mixing bowl
  3. Dice green onions and add to the cream cheese mix
  4. Once thoroughly mixed, place the cream cheese mixture into a one-gallon ziploc bag
  5. Squeeze the cream cheese into a corner of the bag, then cut the corner of the bag, forming a piping bag (like the cake decorators)
  6. Poke a small hole in the top of the morel, then squeeze the cream cheese into the hollow morel head until full
  7. Once all morels are “stuffed”, batter them by rolling in scrambled egg and dredging in the bread crumbs
  8. Once they are breaded, place them on wax paper on a cookie sheet and place in the freezer
  9. Put one inch of cooking oil in a black iron skillet, and heat oil to 350 degrees
  10. Remove the morels from the freezer and fry in the oil until golden brown
  11. Remove the morels from oil and place on paper towel to cool
  12. Serve as a side dish, or appetizer

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