Fried Oyster Mushrooms
Fried Oyster Mushrooms
This comes from a good friend, and this recipe is Chinese in origin, and my friend is Chinese as well, so I will take her word on this, and it not only sounds very good, it is delicious! Using Oyster mushrooms as the base and adding to this, this is wide open to adapt to your liking. Lot of photos here as I used 3 types and want to show how to prep these if you have not used these before. Link to the shortcut is listed in the Recipe Notes section.
Ingredients
- 400 grams fresh oyster mushrooms, (14 oz)
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 1 cup corn starch
- salt and pepper, as desired
- 1-2 cups lard, or cooking oil, for frying, OR make from a shortcut
Instructions
- Remove the root end of the mushrooms, rinse the mushrooms and squeeze dry. Using your hands, pull apart the mushrooms into 2 or 3 pieces and place in a mixing bowl.
- I misjudged the amount of Oyster mushrooms I had so I used two more types of mushrooms, first I used a package of white Shimeji mushrooms, 150 grams (5-6 oz). These are in clumps in the package. This photo is I just took them out of the package.
- To prep these, cut off about 1 inch of the root ends of the clumps as shown, rinse, squeeze dry, add to the bowl with the Oyster mushrooms.
- Next mushroom used was a package of Enoki mushrooms, 200 grams (7 oz), in the states, these are also known as Golden mushrooms, and can be found canned as well in the Asian markets there. This photo is the mushrooms taken out of the package, these grow in a large clump and are long slender stems.
- To prep these, cut off about 1 1/2 to two inches from the root end, and cut the mushrooms in half as shown, rinse, squeeze dry and to the bowl with the other mushrooms.
- Use your hands and toss the mushrooms together. This photo really shows how slender the Enoki mushrooms are.
- Sprinkle the corn starch onto the mushrooms and gently mix together to coat the mushrooms.
- Then add the egg, salt and pepper to taste, heavy handed with the pepper works well, and mix together to coat the mushrooms fully.
- Heat the lard or oil in a large non stick pan, when hot but not smoking, carefully slide or place (using tongs) the mushroom in the oil.
- Fry until golden brown, turning them often as you fry them.
- Remove from the pan and drain on paper towels.
- Place on a serving tray or large plate, serve with additional salt and pepper as desired.
Notes
Low cost.
Shortcut: Rendering Lard.
Variant: 1. Reduce the amount of Oyster mushrooms and add in other types of mushrooms.
This recipe for Fried Oyster Mushrooms is from China Sichuan Food.
I made these on 5 June 2018, was running a bit short on the Oyster mushrooms so added two more types, and the result was brilliant. Very well liked by the family, and the mother in law absolutely loved these. On my Go-To list now as a great way to prepare Oyster mushrooms.