Golden brown crispy exterior and juicy, tender, layered, and simply pulled aside inside, no these should not fried hen they’re air-fried oyster mushrooms! These mushrooms are dredged in a gluten-free vegan “buttermilk” batter and whole-grain breading.
I do know so many individuals would take one take a look at this dish and go “oh that is vegan fried hen”, nicely whereas they do look related and certainly some eating places and residential cooks would serve this as a substitute for fried hen, fried mushrooms is its personal dish, particularly frequent in Asian cuisines.
My mother made me fried mushrooms on a regular basis, generally with oyster mushroom, generally maitake, generally enoki and my household will not be vegan in any respect. We would additionally order fried mushrooms at eating places very often. So sure this can be a dish I’ve such fond reminiscences with and have been having fun with since lengthy earlier than I went vegan.
I’ve made the recipe totally gluten-free and entire grain, plus I opted for air frying as an alternative of deep frying so we will have this indulgent deal with as typically and as a lot as we would like!
INGREDIENTS:
8 oz oyster mushroom
Avocado oil spray for cookingÂ
For the buttermilk batter –
1 cup soy milk
1 tablespoon tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon sriracha sauce
1/2 cup oat flour, I grounded quaint rolled oats myself
1 tablespoon arrowroot powder
For the dry dredge –
1 cup oat flour
1 tablespoon arrowroot powder
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1 teaspoon candy paprika
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
TO MAKE:
– Make the buttermilk batter first, whisk the soy milk and apple cider vinegar collectively vigorously, the milk will shortly thicken and change into a “buttermilk” consistency;
– Whisk in the remainder of the batter substances till clean, put aside;
– In one other bowl, combine collectively the dry dredge substances;
– Clear your oyster mushroom and trim off any arduous roots, tear aside into items of your most well-liked dimension;
– Dip the mushroom first into the moist batter, coat your entire piece, shake off any extra batter;
– Switch the batter coated mushroom into the dry dredge, sprinkle the combination to coat the entire piece;
– Repeat with the remainder of the mushroom;
– Switch onto an air fryer rack, spray with avocado oil;
– Air fry at 400°F for 20 minutes, examine and monitor because it cooks, every air fryer is totally different so that you would possibly have to experiment along with your equipment;
– Serve along with your selection of dipping sauce, get pleasure from!
