Crispy Fried Potatoes with Wild Mushrooms

Name: Crispy Fried Potatoes with Wild Mushrooms
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Cuisine: Ukraine
Ingredients: 4 medium white potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch × ¼-inch sticks; 3 tablespoons lard or sunflower oil; ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon salt; Chopped fresh parsley to garnish; ¼ cup sour cream; 1 pound fresh wild mushrooms; 3 tablespoons lard or sunflower oil; 2 tablespoons unsalted butter

Prysmazheni kartopli z dykymy hrybamy

Preparation info

Makes
4
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The New Ukrainian Cookbook

By Annette Ogrodnik Corona

Published 2020

About

This intensely-flavored, soul-satisfying combination of crispy fried potatoes and wild mushrooms is the quintessential country dish. Chanterelles, meadow mushrooms, honey mushrooms, or morels are popular choices.

Ingredients

1 pound fresh wild mushrooms
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
3

Europe
Ukraine
Side dish
Eastern Europe
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Wipe the mushrooms clean with a damp cloth and separate the caps from the stems. Chop up the stems and slice the smaller caps in half and the larger caps into quarters.

Melt the butter in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add the mushrooms and stir until they start to give off their own liquid, then turn up the heat to medium-high and continue cooking until all liquid has evaporated, a