Move over fried pickles, mushrooms are having their moment.
Chef Ryan Wiebe shares his easy recipe to whip up these crunchy snacks using our Black Magic Cajun Blackening blend with the perfect amount of kick.
His trick for the perfect better? Add soda water to create a light and airy crunch factor.
Black Magic Fried Mushrooms
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 2–4 servings 1x
Ingredients
Scale
- 1–2 lbs of button mushrooms
- 2 cups flour, divided
- 4 Tbsp divided., Spiceology Black Magic Cajun Blackening seasoning
- Club soda/soda water, as needed. Make sure it’s cold.
- Canola oil for frying
Instructions
- Large dice your mushrooms into bite sized pieces.
- Divide your flour into 2 separate bowls, seasoning both with 2 Tbsps of Spiceology Black Magic.
- Toss your mushrooms in one of the bowls of flour, set aside.
- In your other bowl of flour, add enough soda water to make a batter, you want the consistency to be a bit looser than pancake batter. Roughly 1 small can of soda water (around 1 cup of soda water to 1 cup of flour).
- Heat your oil to 350° F.
- Once oil is hot place your flour covered mushrooms into the batter and make sure to cover the whole mushroom, letting the excess batter drip off the mushrooms.
- Carefully place mushrooms into the hot oil, one at a time and don’t over crowd your pan.
- Flip after about 1-2 minutes, frying for 3-4 minutes total.
- Place on a wire rack or paper towel.
- Season with more Spiceology Black Magic and serve with your favorite ranch as a dip! Enjoy.
