A popular Irish fast food dish found in Chinese takeaways throughout Ireland. Crispy fried oyster mushrooms served with spiced chips, onions and peppers.
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Prep Time 20 minutesmins
Cook Time 40 minutesmins
Course Main
Cuisine Irish
Servings 2
Equipment
Pan for deep frying
Thermometer
Ingredients
Fried Oyster Mushrooms
200goyster mushrooms
1cupall-purpose flour
½cupcornflourcornstarch
2tablespoonsbaking soda
½teaspoon5 spice
½teaspoonwhite pepper
½teaspoonsalt
1 ½cupsunsweetened plant-based milk
1tablespoonapple cider vinegar
Oil for deep frying
Spice Mix
¼teaspoon5 spice
1teaspoonchilli flakes
¼teaspoonwhite pepper
¼teaspoongarlic granules
½teaspoonsalt
Vegetables and Chips
1tablespooncooking oil
1medium onionsliced
1red bell peppersliced
1red chillithinly sliced
700goven chips
1spring onionthinly sliced
Instructions
Fried Oyster Mushrooms
Tear the oyster mushrooms into small bite-sized pieces.
Prepare the dredging station. Add the all-purpose flour, cornflour, baking soda, 5 spice, white pepper, and the salt to a bowl and mix well.
Add the unsweetened plant-based milk to a different bowl with the vinegar. This should make the milk thicken slightly and curdle. This will make it easier to coat the mushrooms.
Heat enough oil to deep fry in a pan. It should be at least 2cm deep. Heat the oil to 180°C and maintain.
Once the oil is hot enough start coating the mushrooms. First, drop a batch in the plant-based milk. Then transfer to the flour and coat well. Remove excess flour then add back to the milk before coating in flour again. Add the coated mushrooms in batches to the hot oil. Don’t overcrowd the pan as this will cause the temperature of the oil to drop. Use a thermometer to help maintain a consistent temperature.
Drain each batch of mushrooms on kitchen paper to remove excess oil.
Once all the mushrooms have been cooked gently remove the pan from the heat.
Spice Mix
Mix the ingredients for the spice mix in a small bowl.
Vegetables and Chips
Cook the chips as directed on the packet.
When the chips are 5 minutes from being cooked, heat the oil in a pan over high heat. Once hot add the sliced onions and red bell pepper and quickly stir fry for 2 minutes. Turn off the heat then add the chillies.
Once the chips are cooked add them to the pan with the vegetables together with the fried oyster mushrooms. Sprinkle over the spice mix and mix well to coat everything.
Serve immediately garnished with sliced spring onion and your favourite spicy sauce.