Mushroom Hunters Sauce Recipes

MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• In a medium saute pan, melt 1/4 cup butter over medium heat. Add sliced mushrooms; cook and stir until soft. Remove mushrooms from pan, and set aside.
• Add 1 tablespoon butter to pan, and melt . Add shallots; cook and stir until translucent. Add mushrooms, and cook until soft. Add thyme, bay leaf, and red wine. Reduce.
• In a small bowl, dissolve arrowroot in 1/4 cup cold beef broth. Stir remaining broth into sauce, and bring to a boil. Whisk in arrowroot mixture, and stir until thick. Add reserved mushrooms. Season to taste with freshly ground black pepper and salt.

CHICKEN CHASSEUR (HUNTER-STYLE CHICKEN)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Season chicken pieces on both sides with salt and pepper. Heat a few tablespoons of clarified butter in a Dutch oven over high heat. Place chicken in skin side down and cook until golden brown. Turn the chicken over and brown the other side. Remove chicken to a baking sheet and bake in the oven until just cooked through, about 12 to 15 minutes.
• Remove all but 2 tablespoons of the fat from the pan. Add the mushrooms, season with salt and pepper, and saute until golden brown. Add the shallots and cook for 30 seconds. Remove the pan from the heat and add the Cognac and cook until completely reduced. Add the wine and cook until completely reduced. Add the stock and tomato and bring to a simmer. Cook until the sauce is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon ("nappe") and then swirl in the butter ("monter au beurre"). Once the butter is added, the sauce can not be further reduced because it will break. Season with salt and pepper and stir in the tarragon and chervil.
• Remove the chicken from the oven and let rest for 5 minutes. Remove the breastbone from the breast. Cut each breast into 2 even pieces on the bias. Cut the legs into 2 pieces at the joint and on the bias and remove the thighbones. Serve 1 leg piece and 1 breast piece. Make sure only 1 piece contains a bone. Serve on hot plates, napped with the sauce.

HUNTER STYLE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet; brown chicken; remove. Add bacon and saute over medium heat for about 2 minutes.
• Add onions and mushrooms and continue to saute until onions are translucent. Return chicken to skillet; sprinkle with parsley, basil, salt and pepper. Add wine and tomatoes. Cover and let simmer for 25 to 30 minutes, turning chicken once during cooking. Remove chicken from skillet and pour sauce over chicken.

MUSHROOM HUNTER'S SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook noodles according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, saute the mushrooms in butter until tender. Add wine. Bring to a boil; cook until sauce is reduced by half, about 5 minutes. , In a small bowl, combine the cornstarch, broth and tomato paste until smooth. Add to mushroom mixture. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, about 2 minutes. Drain noodles; serve with mushroom sauce.

HUNTER'S SAUCE WITH MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Saute onions in butter until very tender.
• Add mushrooms and saute additional 2- 3 minutes.
• Add wine, simmer, and reduce by half.
• Add tomato puree and gravy and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Adjust seasoning to your taste with Maggi, salt and pepper.
• You can also add your favorite herbs to this sauce.

GESCHNETZELTES (CREAMY HUNTER'S SAUCE)

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a stainless steel skillet over medium-high heat and brown the pork on all sides. Transfer the pork to a plate and set aside.
• Add the onions to the skillet, adding more oil if necessary, and saute until translucent and beginning to brown, about 5-7 minutes. Add the mushrooms and saute until tender, about 5 minutes. Transfer the onion mushroom mixture to pork and set aside.
• Melt the butter in the skillet and whisk in the flour, continuing to whisk until the mixture is a rich caramel brown. Add the milk and heavy cream, whisking continually, until the mixture is smooth and thickened.
• Add the paprika and crumble in the beef bouillon and whisk until smooth.
• Return the meat mixture to the sauce and bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add more milk if the sauce is too thick, or add a flour slurry to thicken.
• Serve immediately with hot spaetzle or egg noodles and a fresh green salad.

SECRET JAGERSCHNITZEL - GERMAN HUNTER SCHNITZEL

Steps:

• I searched Google for Jagerschnitzel and found the top ranked recipes that were only reasonably acceptable. Many cooked the schnitzel improperly. Many used non-traditional ingredients, the sauce was thick and goopey instead of smooth and shiny and one recipe even used jarred gravy. Others result in a thick greasy coating. Yikes! A good schnitzel should have a coating that puffs up and separates from the meat when consuming and not adhere like glue. The sauce should be gently flavored, not over seasoned, and somewhat thin compared to thick western style gravy. Here's my version that when I tested reminded me of my last trip to Germany. Pre-heat the oven to 300℉ (150℃) for keeping schnitzel warm whilst you prepare any accompanying sides. Heat a skillet over medium heat and begin cooking the bacon until crispy. Meanwhile prepare the dredging for the schnitzel. In a small bowl whisk together the flour, salt, garlic powder and black pepper. Distribute on a plate and set aside. In the small bowl, whisk together the bread crumbs, salt, black pepper and garlic powder. Distribute on a plate. One secret to a good snitchzel is to use fine bread crumbs. This helps allow the coating to puff up and away instead of becoming glued to the meat. If your bread crumbs are coarse then toss them into a food processor and whiz until they are fine. Not too fine though or you'll end up with flour. In a shallow pie disk or pie plate whisk together the eggs along with a tablespoon of oil. Another secret to help create a crisp coating that won't adhere itself completely to the chop. Set this aside as well. flour mixture and bread crumb mixture."> Your bacon should be ready. Remove to paper toweling to drain. Reserve two tablespoons of fat in the pan. Add the onions and sauté until beginning to become translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the sliced mushrooms and continue to saute. Meanwhile, trim the pork chops of fat if desired. Place each chop between two pieces of plastic wrap and pound with a meat mallet or even a heavy pot until they are an even ¼ of an inch (7mm) thick. Season with salt and pepper. Your mushrooms should be ready for the next step. Add two tablespoons of flour to the skillet and mix, cooking for 1 to 2 minutes to make a roux. While stirring constantly add the red wine and the beef stock. Reduce heat to medium-low and stir frequently at a low simmer to reduce and thicken, about 5 minutes. Dip each pork chop, thoroughly coating, first in the seasoned flour. Using tongs dip in the egg wash and then into the bread crumbs. Set on a wire rack. The secret to obtaining the best coating is to use an ample amount of oil for frying and ensure that it is well heated to very hot, just before smoking. The hot oil will help ensure that steam will prevent the coating from absorbing a lot of oil and becoming greasy. Heat a cup of cooking oil in saucier pan (with high sides and big enough for frying) or a dutch oven. Once the oil is hot carefully lay in each prepared schnitzel, cooking one at a time. Shake the pot and keep the schnitzel moving (mind the hot oil) about two minutes or until golden brown. Turn the schnitzel over to brown the other side, about one minute. Remove, drain and place on a wire rack over a sheet pan in the warm oven to keep warm while you cook the rest of the schnitzels. Add half and half (10%) cream to the sauce and combine. Remove the sauce from heat and add a small pat of butter to give it some added sheen if desired along with a grinding of fresh black pepper. To serve: Place a schnitzel on each plate. Divide the mushroom sauce among the plates, spooning over each of the schnitzels. Top with the crispy bacon and parsley for color. Serving with spatzel for an authentic touch or egg noodles work equally as well.

SEMI-CLASSIC HUNTER SAUCE

Steps:

• Seed the tomatoes, reserving juices. Finely chop the tomatoes and set aside.
• Combine the beef stock in a three-quart saucepan with one cup of the wine, the reserved tomato liquid and the onion, celery, carrots, peppercorns and bay leaf. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered, for one to one-and-a-half hours, until reduced to about two cups. Strain the liquid into a bowl and discard the solids. Return the broth to the saucepan and hold over a low flame.
• While the broth is reducing, wipe the mushrooms clean and remove any tough stems. Cut the caps into quarter-inch dice.
• Heat three tablespoons of butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the diced mushrooms and optional mushroom powder and cook, stirring occasionally, until the mushrooms are tender and lightly browned, about five to seven minutes. Add the Cognac or brandy and cook, stirring, until the liquids are reduced to just a glaze. Set aside.
• Heat the remaining tablespoon of butter and the olive oil in a two-quart saucepan over medium heat. Add the shallots and sage and saute until soft but not browned, about five to seven minutes. Sprinkle with flour and cook, stirring constantly, until the shallots are coated. Raise the heat, pour in warm broth and cook, stirring, until well blended. Add the remaining half cup of wine, the diced tomatoes and sauteed mushrooms. Cook over medium heat for 10 minutes, until the sauce is slightly thickened and the flavors are incorporated.
• Serve with roast or sauteed chicken or veal, or over other meats.

MUSHROOM SAUCE FOR STEAK

Steps:

• The best way to make this sauce is something of a two-step: Sear the mushrooms first, then cook the steak in the same pan, then, while the steak is resting, finish the sauce. So start with a large saute pan set over high heat. Add all the mushrooms. Shake the pan and let them release their water, which should happen in a minute or three.
• Add the butter and toss to combine. Saute the mushrooms until nicely browned, then remove them to a bowl with any stray butter. Wipe out the pan and cook the steaks.
• When the steaks are resting, add the minced shallot to the pan, adding a little butter if it's too dry. Brown the shallot for a minute or two -- it will pick up any browned bits from the pan quickly -- and add the mushrooms and any juices from the bowl. Toss to combine.
• Add salt, pepper and thyme, then the tomato paste. Mix well and let this cook a minute. When the tomato paste is well incorporated, add the venison or beef stock and mix well. Pour in the brandy and bring everything to a boil. Let this boil until it thickens to the consistency of heavy cream, which will take a couple minutes depending on how big your pan is.
• Turn off the heat and stir in the heavy cream and the minced fresh herbs. Taste once more for salt and serve.

HUNTER'S SAUCE (SAUCE CHASSEUR)

Steps:

• Melt butter in a saucepan and add mushrooms, shallots, salt and pepper to taste, and cook about 10 minutes.
• Add the wine and simmer briefly over high heat.
• Add the tomatoes and beef broth, and tarragon.
• Cook about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Blend the cornstarch with the water.
• Stir into sauce and cook until slightly thickened.

JäGERSCHNITZEL - GERMAN SCHNITZEL WITH MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Clean and cut the mushrooms in halves or quarters, depending on size.
• Cook mushrooms: Heat the butter in a pan and fry the mushrooms on medium-high heat for about 3 minutes or until they release their juices. Remove from the pan.
• Cook: Heat the oil in the same pan and cook the bacon cubes and the chopped onion until the onions are soft and golden. Return the mushrooms to the pan, add the vegetable broth, cream, and thyme leaves.
• Simmer: Add salt and pepper to taste, bring to a simmer and cook for about 10 -15 minutes or until the sauce has thickened.
• Adjust the taste with salt and pepper and sprinkle the chopped parsley on top.
• Tenderize meat: Dry the meat with kitchen paper. Pound between two sheets of plastic foil using a meat tenderizer or a heavy pan. The schnitzel should be about 6 mm/ ¼ inch thick after pounding.
• Sprinkle them generously with salt and pepper on both sides.
• Breading station: Place the flour and the dry breadcrumbs in two separate, large plates. Beat the eggs lightly in a shallow, wide bowl.
• Dip the meat pieces into the flour, coat on both sides, and shake off excess flour.
• Bread meat: Dip them in the beaten eggs, coating on both sides, and then coat them with the breadcrumbs. Press the breadcrumbs very lightly, shake off the excess and fry the schnitzel immediately.
• Heat enough clarified butter or vegetable oil in a large pan. The schnitzel should be able to swim lightly in it. The oil or clarified butter should be hot but not smoking or anything.
• Fry: Carefully place the schnitzel in the hot oil and fry them about 2-3 minutes on each side or until the coating is deep golden brown.
• Remove from the pan and place on paper kitchen towels to remove the excess fat. Serve immediately with the sauce.

JAGER SAUCE (GERMAN HUNTER SAUCE)

Steps:

• Wash the mushrooms and slice them into 0.5 cm thick slices. Peel and finely chop the onion. Chop the parsley finely.
• In a frying pan heat up 1 tbsp butter/oil/lard. Fry the mushrooms until they start to brown. They should not start to "shrink" yet. Remove the mushrooms from the pan and set them aside.
• Using a further tbsp butter/oil/lard fry the onions. Add the tomato paste just when they begin to brown, and fry for a further minute. Deglaze with the vegetable stock/broth and cream.
• Add the mushrooms back in and season with salt and pepper to taste. Add the thyme, parsley and balsamic vinegar and cook the sauce until you achieve the desired consistency.
• If you like the sauce to be thicker, mix 1 tbsp of cornstarch with 2 tbsp of water. Add to the sauce. Bring the liquid back to a boil. If the sauce is too thick for your liking, you can add more vegetable broth or milk.

JäEGER SCHNITZEL AND MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• Make the white wine mushroom sauce and keep it warm while you prepare the pork.
• Set a wire cooling rack over a baking sheet and reserve
• Pound the pork slices between two sheets of plastic wrap to a 1/4-inch thickness. Season with salt/pepper.
• Combine the flour in one dish
• Break the eggs into another dish and lightly whip them with a fork.
• Add the Panko bread crumbs to another dish
• Dredge the pounded pork slices first in flour, then in the beaten eggs, and then in the bread crumbs. Press down gently so the bread crumbs adhere.
• Place the pork cutlets on the wire rack and let rest for 5 minutes.
• Set a cast-iron or heavy-bottomed skillet over medium-high heat, cover the bottom of the skillet with 1/4-inch of oil. If using an electric skillet, set the temperature to 350°.
• When the oil is hot, add the pork cutlets and cook for 2 minutes on the first side, turn with tongs and cook on the reverse side for 1-1/2 minutes. Do not crowd the pan, cook in batches adding additional oil as needed.
• As each batch is cooked transfer to the wire rack to drain.