Aplicación de métodos de cocción: ahumado, salteado y sous vide en la seta laetiporus sulphureus para el desarrollo de recetas de sal.

Abstract

The Mushroom Laetiporus Sulphureus or "the chicken of the forest". It is an edible mushroom with a peculiar taste of fried chicken. Which is quite consumed by people on a diet vegan or vegetarian because they use it as a replacement for chicken meat, and also for contain important nutritional contributions for human health. The fact that mushrooms are not valued by Ecuadorians is considered to be the lack of information about how to cook them which causes them not to be used frequently. That is why three easy and innovative ways of cooking are disclosed to prepare the mushroom: Sauteing is a cooking technique widely used in Asian cuisine, which is based on cook food cut into small portions over fat at high temperatures. It is an ideal technique for cooking mushrooms because there is no drastic change in the organoleptic properties. Another interesting cooking technique is smoking, which consists in exposing the food to smoke, which gives a special flavor to the product and at the same time keeps it. Finally, vacuum cooking is a cooking method in which the product is packaged in a specific container and all the oxygen is removed from it, this prevents pathogens can harm it. It has been used on the mushroom Laetiporus Sulphureus because with it there are not too many changes in the organoleptic characteristics of the mushroom. Keywords: Mushroom. Laetiporus Sulphureus. Sousvide. Smoked. stir fry.