Jim’s Beer-Battered Portobello Mushrooms

Description

If you like portobello mushrooms and like them deep-fried, this is for you! Delicious! Serve with a chipotle-aioli sauce for dipping.

Ingredients

  • oil for frying
  • 2 cups bitter ale (such as Goose Island Honkers Ale®)
  • 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup sesame seeds
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 3 large portobello mushroom caps, cut into 1/2-inch slices

Instructions

  1. Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
  2. Whisk ale
  3. flour
  4. sesame seeds
  5. cornstarch
  6. and baking powder in a large bowl. The batter will be thick and slightly lumpy.
  7. Dip 7 to 8 strips of mushroom at a time into the batter
  8. shaking off excess.
  9. Fry mushrooms in batches in the preheated oil until golden brown
  10. 5 to 6 minutes.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 15 mins

Total Time: 30 mins

Servings: 4

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