Beer Battered Mushrooms Recipe
These Beer Battered Mushrooms are deep fried to a crispy golden brown with the perfect beer batter coating over delicious whole button mushrooms. Ready in 15 minutes!
Equipment
Ingredients
- 8 ounces whole button mushrooms
- 1 egg
- ⅔ cup flour
- ⅛ cup cornstarch (or rice flour)
- Pinch black pepper
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ tablespoon cooking oil (vegetable or canola)
- ½ teaspoon seasoning salt
- ½ cup beer
- For deep frying - Vegetable or canola oil
- Optional - Your favorite dipping sauce or dressing
Instructions
- Gently brush off any dirt from the mushrooms.
- Beat the egg well. Add black pepper, oil, and seasoning salt and mix well.
- Pour in the beer and add the flour, baking powder, and cornstarch and mix thoroughly. Let it rest for about 5 minutes.
- Heat the oil to approximately 375 degrees F (190 C} in a deep fryer.
- Dip a few mushrooms into the batter, allow excess batter to drip off.
- Carefully add some mushrooms to the hot oil. Leave plenty of room, don't crowd the cooking process.
- Let cook, attended, until puffed and golden, about 5 minutes. Use a wooden spoon or tongs to turn them over half way through cooking.
- Immediately drain the mushrooms on paper towel.
- Repeat with all mushrooms, giving a few minutes in between batches to allow oil to reach proper temperature again.
- Serve warm with Ranch dressing, Thousand Island dressing, Blue Cheese dressing, or your favorite dipping sauce.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1Calories: 303kcalCarbohydrates: 28gProtein: 6gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 20mgSodium: 598mgPotassium: 498mgFiber: 2gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 30IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 55mgIron: 2mg
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