Turkey tail is a wild mushroom that has a good amount of scientific study and traditional human use behind it’s claim of boosting your immune system and being good for your overall gut health. It is used in traditional medicine in Asia and has a lot of press on it’s use as a supplement in cancer treatment. I’m a chef, not a doctor, so I make this soup because it tastes good and possibly has health benefits. My recipe for turkey tail soup is in the notes here, I hope you enjoy it. Turkey tail (Trametes versicolor) is easily mistaken for other look alike fungi so make sure you know what your harvesting if you choose to do so in the wild, otherwise, you can buy it in powder form and use that in the soup stock.
TURKEY TAIL SOUP RECIPE
serves 4
Ingredients
5 cups chicken or vegetarian broth, salted to taste
1 tbs sunflower oil
2 celery sticks, diced
1 med carrot, grated
1/2 med onion, diced
3 med garlic cloves diced fine
1/4 cup soy sauce
dash of lime juice
1/2 tsp pepper
1 can baby corn
1 cup cooked rice
1 cup wild or store bought mushrooms like shiitake, comb tooth (Hericium coralloides), button mushrooms, sliced
2/3 cup chopped fresh greens in equal portions like green onion, parsley, bak choy greens, cilantro for topping
4 small slice of lime as garnish
Directions:
If you have fresh turkey tail just wash them, roughly chop and add them directly into the stock, boil and then simmer gently for 30 minutes and then strain the mushrooms out. If you have powdered turkey tail just add them at the end of the recipe and simmer for 1 minute before serving.
Sautee all the vegetables and mushrooms in oil and then add to simmering broth. Add the lime juice, rice, soy sauce and turkey tail powder, season to taste with salt. Serve topped with fresh herbs and a slice of lime.
Optional: I really want you to taste the rich umami of the mushrooms so I don’t tend to add a lot of other spices, but you can play with adding yuzu lemon, rosemary or maybe even smoked paprika as an accent ie. 1/2 tsp if you like.
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