Stir-fry. A quick question

[presta]

Never cooked/done couscous so don't know what's involved with it. I will find out though.

It must be the simplest thing of all, you just tip it into a jug of boiling water, stir it, and leave it to soak for 5 minutes. Don't buy Tesco's though, it just congeals into a sticky lump (I thought it was me that was doing something wrong until I switched to Sainsburys).

 

[raleighnut]

It must be the simplest thing of all, you just tip it into a jug of boiling water, stir it, and leave it to soak for 5 minutes. Don't buy Tesco's though, it just congeals into a sticky lump (I thought it was me that was doing something wrong until I switched to Sainsburys).

Cous Cous is just Flour(double zero) and Oil rubbed through a sieve and then dried.

Mushrooms in a stir fry is easy, just get nice 11/2-2 inch 'closed cup' mushrooms and cut em into quarters. I do a lovely 'side dish' (or a meal for Vegetarians) of Mushrooms with Bamboo shoots, Water Chestnuts(sliced not whole) ,Baby Corn and Mange Tout the secret is not to overcook the Mushrooms, fry everything on the highest heat possible ideally in a proper 'High Carbon Steel' Wok not a non-stick one.

 

[Gwylan]

Never cooked/done couscous so don't know what's involved with it. I will find out though.

Cous cous, known volume with butter or oil. Sort of fry to get the colour changing.
Turn off heat, add the same volume of water. Sprinkle of vegetable stock powder, drizzle of garlic stir it up, put lid on pan and put to one side.
5 mins and fork it about. Good to go .

 

[Seevio]

As long as you don't add pineapple.

 

[screenman]

Do not use too many, as it will not leave mushroom for anything else.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Do not use too many, as it will not leave mushroom for anything else.

I can sort of get my head around eating an Ox's tail in soup, but I draw the line at a toads tool.

 

[slowmotion]

Very much this. If you're going to add mushrooms, cook them separately first...

Here's how....

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[PaulSB]

If we have mushrooms we use them. Pretty much anything goes in a stir fry.

 

[PaulSB]

Never cooked/done couscous so don't know what's involved with it. I will find out though.

Couscous is a great vehicle for other foods but I wouldn't use it with stir fry and certainly not for your guests without experimenting first.

It has many uses and is a great substitute, in the right situation, for rice, pasta etc. It works extremely well with Moroccan food and foods from that general area.

As couscous has no flavour it's what you add that creates the dish. A favourite of ours is a chilled couscous salad, basically very finely diced veg mixed with couscous, oil and vinegar alongside oven baked salmon.

 

[Dave7]

Do not use too many, as it will not leave mushroom for anything else.

Groan.

 

[raleighnut]

Here's how....

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3 mistakes
1 he didn't cut off the stale bit of stalk.

2 The mushrooms looked to have been 'washed', a big no-no. needed many years ago when they were harvested in fields but nowadays Mushrooms are grown in temperature controlled 'sterile' environments to control any other 'fungi' contaminating the crop.

3 The pan was too small and not hot enough either cut down the amount of Mushrooms or use a bigger pan.

 

[lazybloke]

As long as you don't add pineapple.

All the more for the rest of us!

 

[Gunk]

Stir fry is probably the worst thing to serve up to guests, they end up sitting in the living room like a couple of prunes whilst you stress in the kitchen.

something long and slow in the oven with some nice sourdough bread is the answer.

 

[PaulSB]

Here's how....

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I've never seen so much water come out of mushrooms. That has to be the growing method or excessive, uneccessary washing.

This cook has taken 20-25 minutes to fry mushrooms. It's far easier to slice the mushrooms, heat a little butter in a pan or frying pan. Then 7 - 8 minutes later they're ready.

 

[raleighnut]

I've never seen so much water come out of mushrooms. That has to be the growing method or excessive, uneccessary washing.

This cook has taken 20-25 minutes to fry mushrooms. It's far easier to slice the mushrooms, heat a little butter in a pan or frying pan. Then 7 - 8 minutes later they're ready.

It looked like they'd been washed to me, Mushrooms will absorb an incredible amount of liquid. Not stirfry but I make up Kebab skewers when I do a 'barby' using alternate pieces of Onion, Bell Peppers, Chicken and Mushrooms, before threading the Mushrooms onto the skewer I drizzle them in Olive Oil and you'd be amazed at how much they suck up.