Vegan Chanterelle Recipes to Delight your Tastebuds (2024)

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Looking for some delicious ways to use your precious chanterelle mushrooms? You've come to the right place. Enjoy their unique flavour with this collection of vegan chanterelle recipes

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Every year we eagerly await the arrival of chanterelle season. When these bright yellow mushrooms start appearing in the woods and local markets, our bellies start rumbling...

We put on our boots and go off a hunting in the woods, and if we lucky, are rewarded with golden treasure to cook up a vegan chanterelle feast.

Chanterelles are also known by the names: Girolles, Pfifferling, Eierschwammerl and Cantharellus cibarius. Here's a handy guide on the Identification of Chanterelle Mushrooms. Our top tips are to look closely at their 'false gills', their golden yellow colour and their slightly apricoty scent. Always be 100% sure of the ID before you eat any wild mushrooms.

Chanterelle mushrooms have a unique flavour and taste. If you've never tried them before, then you need to! You'll soon find out why chanterelle spots are kept secret by those in the know, and why they go for such a good price on the market. Trust us, they're worth it!

And if you've have tried them before, then you'll know why we love them so much, and had to put together this feature of chanterelle recipes - vegan style!

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Chanterelle recipes to go wild for!

This collection of vegan chanterelle recipes features all of our Vegan on Board recipes made in our campervan travels as we travel across Europe. And delicious recipes from our blogging friends that have also discovered the wonders of chanterelles! We hope you enjoy it, and find lots of tasty ways to enjoy your special chanterelles.

Happy cooking

Sophie and Paul

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Wild Chanterelle Mushroom Goulash

Enjoy a taste of the forest with this chanterelle goulash. Delicious wild mushrooms in a richly flavoured paprika sauce with soy chunks and marjoram. This was the first dish I ever tried chanterelles in, and every year I eagerly await mushroom season so I can enjoy it again - it's that good!

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Easy Vegan Carnitas

We love this cruelty free twist on a Mexican classic. Chanterelles shred really easily, so they work perfectly in this vegan carnitas recipe. Get ready for Taco Tuesday!

The unique flavour of chanterelles really shines in these vegan wild mushroom ravioli. We love making our own pasta from scratch. If you've never tried it before this recipe will show you how easy and worthwhile it is. Topped with sage and rosemary oil, these chanterelle ravioli are a foodgasm waiting to happen!

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Vegan Holiday Roast

If someone served me this at a roast dinner, I'd be delighted! Hearty and comforting, this vegan roast is packed with tempeh bacon, wild mushrooms and apples and covered in a flaky filo pastry. Perfect to use up a variety of wild foraged mushrooms, including your tasty chanterelles.

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Gluten-Free Vegan Chanterelle Gravy

This simple chanterelle recipe is vegan, gluten-free and oil-free, but full of delicious wild mushroom flavour. You can use this chanterelle gravy to make a quick pasta dish or drizzle it over salad in a Buddha bowl. It would also be amazing paired with the holiday roast above!

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Vegan Mushroom Pâté Recipe

Full of flavour, this wild mushroom pâté is always a hit. Serve it at parties, or spread on your favourite bread. Make it with chanterelles or a combination of mushrooms for a rich taste.

Looking for a super easy, super quick vegan chanterelle recipe? This soup is ready in just 15 minutes and full of rich wild mushroom taste. With just a few simple ingredients you can have a delicious bowl of this creamy soup ready in no time!

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Vegan Wild Rice Mushroom Soup

Wild rice and wild mushrooms make the ideal companions in this Italian soup. This vegan recipe uses chanterelle, hen of the woods, and enoki mushrooms to create a cozy and comforting meal. Just what you want when Autumn starts to arrive, especially if you've been out foraging in the woods!

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Pumpkin Rösti with Chanterelle Mushrooms & Spinach

Another great vegan chanterelle recipe for autumn. This pumpkin rösti is based on the Swiss classic. Imagine you are in a cozy Alpine cabin whilst you enjoy this delicious dish!

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Vegan Chanterelle Risotto

Chanterelles make such good risotto, because their flavour flows throughout the whole dish. Every mouthful is filled with delicious wild mushroom flavour. Nutritional yeast makes this vegan chanterelle risotto, creamy, nutty and 'cheesy'.

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Chanterelle Barley Risotto with Mung Beans

This vegan risotto switches the classic rice for barley, and adds mung beans for an extra protein hit. With added kale, this vegan chanterelle recipe is healthy, full of nutrients and flavour.

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Chanterelles for breakfast - how gourmet is that! This vegan breakfast scramble has wild mushrooms, fried potatoes and a vegan 'egg' coating. This makes a brilliant start to the day, whether you are camping in the forest, or at your kitchen table.

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Lemon Linguine with Chanterelle Cream Sauce

Our friend Denise and fellow vegan campervan foodie created this chanterelle recipe to celebrate her love of these unique wild mushrooms. Recipe is in German so you can brush up your language skills too! Or read the English translation.

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A hearty and rich stew. This vegan chanterelle recipe is a nourishing meal to enjoy after an energetic mushroom hunt!

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FAQs

What's the difference between a chanterelle and a false chanterelle? ›

Chanterelles have forked ridges (not true gills) that are light in color and kind of rubbery to the touch. False Chanterelles have forked orange gills that can be separated (they move when stroked and are deeper than those of true Chanterelles).

What is a good substitute for chanterelles? ›

Chanterelles are some of the most coveted mushrooms and can cost upwards of $25 per pound or $200 if dried. Fortunately, hedgehog mushrooms are an affordable alternative.

What do chanterelles taste like? ›

Chanterelles are highly prized for their flavor, which is often described as a mix of fruity, nutty, and peppery notes with a mild and delicate aroma. They have a meaty texture that can hold up well in cooking.

What is the difference between scaly chanterelle and chanterelle? ›

The scaly chanterelle should not be confused with the highly sought-after, edible chanterelle (Cantharellus) species. Chanterelles have regular ridge-like veins on their lower surfaces and are never as vase-like as the scaly chanterelle.

Why is chanterelle so expensive? ›

The main reason for chanterelles' $224-per-pound price is that they're infamously difficult to cultivate. They mostly grow in the wild, meaning they must be foraged, and they require a period of heavy rainfall in a coniferous forest, followed by several days of continuous heat and high humidity.

What does fake chanterelle look like? ›

The false Chanterelles cap can be yellow, orange or brown which starts as convex until it becomes funnel shaped with an inrolled margin. Its gills are orange and run down the stem. The mushroom averages between 5 and 8cms.

Can you eat too many chanterelles? ›

Chanterelles can store heavy metals such as cadmium, lead and mercury, which can damage organs like the liver and kidney in large doses. For this reason, the World Health Organization (WHO) advises eating only about 250 grams of chanterelles once a week.

How healthy are chanterelles? ›

Chanterelle mushrooms are an excellent source of polysaccharides like chitin and chitosan. These two compounds help to protect your cells from damage and stimulate your immune system to produce more cells. They're also known to help reduce inflammation and lower the risk of developing certain cancers.

What flavors go with chanterelles? ›

Their firm texture and strong earthiness go well with herbs like sage, rosemary, tarragon, and thyme. They are good in stews with rich stocks and go very well with roasted corn and with mild, creamy goat cheese.

Should I eat chanterelle stems? ›

They're prized for their delicate flavor. Both the stems and caps are edible. Nutritionally, chanterelle mushrooms are high in fiber, and contain vitamin B and D–and some trace minerals, as well.

Did Native Americans eat chanterelles? ›

Though a staple food source for Native Americans, chanterelles are not noted as a culturally significant species among North American Native tribes. Many european colonizers brought along an appetite for wild harvested mushrooms to North America.

Should I store chanterelles in the fridge? ›

Chanterelles keep best in the refrigerator in a sealed plastic container. Use paper towels to prevent the mushrooms from touching plastic. Change the paper towels when they become wet from condensation. The total time you can store chanterelles varies, depending on the condition of the mushrooms when they were picked.

What is a rainbow chanterelle? ›

How do you know that you're in possession of Rainbow Chanterelles, rather than another gold-toned chanterelle? According to the literature, Rainbows are distinguished by bright orange veins or false gills. Their caps are a duller color than the Pacific Goldens and often exhibit a pinkish bloom near the edge.

Is chanterelle a psychedelic? ›

Are chanterelle mushrooms psychedelic? While chanterelles do have a certain "magic" to them, they are not hallucinogenic.

Is there a poisonous mushroom that looks like a chanterelle? ›

Jack O'Lantern mushrooms also known as foxfire mushrooms or Omphalotus species, are a poisonous mushroom commonly confused with edible chanterelles.

What is a toxic chanterelle look alike? ›

These descriptive details distinguish chanterelles from their main poisonous look-alike, the Jack O'Lantern mushroom (Omphalotus illudens).

How to tell if it's a chanterelle? ›

The most important feature when identifying chanterelle mushrooms is the presence of false gills--or in some cases no gills at all. The smooth chanterelle has no gills, which makes it a safer, even beginner mushroom. But we aren't talking about that in this post, maybe sometime later when I get some good pics.

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