Tricks for frying crispy mushrooms so that they use minimal oil and stay crispy for up to 2 months

foto: YouTube/TheHasanVideo

Eating crispy mushrooms is even more satisfying because it is made with minimal oil and is not prone to going rancid using this method.

Brilio.net - Mushrooms have many types that are safe to consume, such as oyster mushrooms, enoki, ear mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, and buttons. One of the favorite mushroom dishes is crispy mushrooms, which often use oyster mushrooms as the main ingredient. Crispy mushrooms can be enjoyed as a snack or side dish with warm rice. You can also add your favorite spices to make it taste better. The presence of crispy mushrooms at home is guaranteed to increase your appetite.

However, crispy mushrooms are often only crispy when they are still warm. A few hours later, the texture can become soft and less delicious. There is a trick to keep crispy mushrooms crispy for up to two months. This trick was shared by a netizen named Hasan through an upload on his personal YouTube. In addition to making crispy mushrooms last longer, this trick also produces mushrooms with minimal oil. Hasan explained that this dish remains economical because it uses certain ingredients.

"It's economical because it's made without using eggs, milk, or coconut milk," he said, quoted by BrilioFood from YouTube TheHasanVideo, Thursday (30/1).

First, cut the tip of the mushroom root, shred the mushroom if it feels too wide, wash it in running water, and soak the mushroom in salt water. The function of this salt water is to help remove the unpleasant odor from the mushroom. Next, the mushroom can be drained by squeezing it so that the water content is lost.

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After that, make a dry flour mixture to coat the mushrooms later. Use high protein wheat flour, cornstarch, rice flour, chicken stock powder, salt, and pepper. Now, next, this dry flour mixture can be taken sufficiently and mixed with water to make a wet mixture. Make sure the wet mixture is not too thick or too runny.

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Dip the mushrooms into the wet batter, then into the dry batter, and the mushrooms are ready to be fried while stirring occasionally. Use medium heat to fry these crispy mushrooms. Then, if the mushrooms have started to stiffen, the stove heat can be reduced a little and continue the frying process until the mushrooms are golden brown or golden yellow.

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When the mushrooms are cooked, they can be lifted and drained using a strainer. Hasan also has a trick to drain the oil from crispy mushrooms so that the results are really dry. There are two tricks, the first is that the mushrooms can be baked in the oven at a temperature of 140 to 150 degrees Celsius for 40 to 60 minutes with top and bottom heat.

However, if you don't have an oven, you can also use another trick, which is to prepare a tightly closed jar lined with several sheets of tissue on the bottom. Then, put the crispy mushrooms in the container and let it sit for one full night.

"That way, the oil will be perfectly absorbed like this, the result is definitely crispy mushrooms that are more dry and stay crispy, and are not prone to going rancid," Hasan explained further.

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When the mushrooms are completely free of oil, you can store them in an airtight jar or ziplock plastic. According to Hasan, if the mushrooms are free of oil, then stored in an airtight container like this, the crispy mushrooms can last and remain crispy even if stored for two months.

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To make delicious crispy mushrooms, you need to choose fresh oyster mushrooms. Good mushrooms are pure white or grayish white, springy when held, and do not smell bad. Avoid buying mushrooms that are yellow, have black spots, or are watery because they are a sign that they are no longer fresh. If you want to store mushrooms that you just bought, don't wash them first. Store them in a container with holes or wrap them in clean paper so that the mushrooms don't rot quickly. Put them in the refrigerator at a temperature of 1-4 degrees Celsius, mushrooms can last 5-7 days. If you want them to last longer, you can freeze the mushrooms after boiling them briefly in boiling water for 2-3 minutes.

In addition to using a regular flour mixture as in the recipe above, you can try various other flour mixtures to make crispy mushrooms with different flavors. For example, adding bread crumbs for a crispier result. The flour seasoning can also be added with chili powder for a spicy taste, curry powder for a spiced taste, or seaweed powder for a Japanese-style taste. To make it more savory, you can add a little parmesan cheese powder to the flour mixture. You can also mix rice flour and sago flour for a crispier result. The important thing is, the measurements must be right so that the mushrooms remain crispy and last a long time. By trying various flour mixtures, you will not get bored of eating crispy mushrooms.

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