How to Dehydrate Hickory Chickens in the Oven

As promised in my last Hickory Chicken video, "Hickory Chickens Sautéed with Fresh Asparagus", I'm back to show you guys how you can dehydrate Hickory Chickens in your oven.  We were lucky enough to get a second batch of Hickory Chickens, so this was the perfect opportunity to do this video for you guys.

The process couldn't be simpler.  Just prepare your mushrooms as directed in the first video and place them on a rack in the center of your oven for the first hour, turn, and then back into the oven for another hour on that side and you're done.  Of course you can do the same in a dehydrator if you have one. But if you are blessed with a large batch of these, you definitely want to preserve them and have them to enjoy over a longer period of time.  Although we forage these for free in the woods, if you were to get these from a grocery store, they are a very expensive, highly coveted, gourmet delicacy.  These mushrooms, known as Hickory Chickens to foragers, known as Morel Mushrooms in the culinary world, sell for several hundred dollars per pound, dried.  Through Walmart online, they currently sell in options of $59.99 for 1 oz., $107.99 for 2 oz., or $299.99 for 8 oz.  In fact, here are the links for reference (and in case you want to purchase them 😉🍄):

8 oz. dried Morels:   
http://linksynergy.walmart.com/deeplink?id=IYK4XPy546U&mid=2149&murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walmart.com%2Fip%2FMorel-Mushrooms%2F191771043%3Fselected%3Dtrue

2 oz. dried Morels:
http://linksynergy.walmart.com/deeplink?id=IYK4XPy546U&mid=2149&murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walmart.com%2Fip%2FMorel-Mushrooms%2F168985160%3Fselected%3Dtrue

1 oz. dried Morels:
http://linksynergy.walmart.com/deeplink?id=IYK4XPy546U&mid=2149&murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walmart.com%2Fip%2FMorel-Mushrooms%2F138167468%3Fselected%3Dtrue


To have these growing wild on our property is quite a blessing and we are thrilled to find these each year.  However, as always, I must warn you:  Before foraging for Hickory Chickens or any other wild foraged food, always be 110% certain that you know exactly what you are looking for.  False Morels are also found in areas where true Morels are found.  False Morels are highly poisonous!

Watch my YouTube video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJQYXaw8Pu0

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