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Deep Fried Stuffed Mushrooms

Deep Fried Stuffed Mushrooms

Kate Battistelli
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Appetizer
Servings 16 -20 appetizers

Ingredients
  

  • 6 ounces cream cheese softened
  • 2 garlic cloves minced or put through a garlic press
  • 1/4 teaspoon of each: dill thyme & cayenne
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried onion
  • salt & pepper to taste
  • 1 pound button mushrooms 16-20 mushrooms
  • 1/2 cup flour I use spelt flour
  • 2 eggs beaten
  • 1 cup Panko or breadcrumbs of your choice
  • Oil for frying I use grape seed or coconut oil

Instructions
 

  • Mix the cream cheese, garlic, herbs and salt and pepper together in a small bowl.
  • Gently wipe each mushroom with a damp paper towel to remove debris.
  • Remove stems from each mushroom by wiggling stem back and forth. It will loosen and come right out.
  • Stuff each mushroom with about a teaspoon of the cream cheese mixture.
  • Now, put the flour, the eggs, and the breadcrumbs in their own separate bowls.
  • Dip each mushroom first in the flour, tapping off the excess, next in the eggs to coat and then coat evenly in the breadcrumbs.
  • Heat the oil to 375  in a deep fryer if you have one or, use a medium size pot and heat about 2 inches of oil in your pot till hot. Test by dropping a 1 inch piece of bread in the oil. If it sizzles and turns brown in a minute, the oil is ready.
  • Put 5 or 6 mushrooms in the hot oil and cook until golden brown, turning them over to brown evenly. This will take about 2 minutes per batch.
  • Continue until all the mushrooms are done.
  • Serve with a squeeze of lemon or a creamy dipping sauce. See Kate's Tips for an easy mustard sauce.