Hot butter mushroom stir-fry is a favourite side dish to serve anytime.
This mushroom recipe turns your everyday plain mushrooms into an irresistible appetiser or side dish.

If you are looking for a vegetarian recipe with battered fried mushrooms tossed in an easy chilli garlic sauce, you’ll love this recipe.
These deep-fried butter mushrooms are the vegetarian version of the hot butter cuttlefish dish.
The batter-fried mushroom gives you an amazingly crispy, buttery must-try Sri Lankan recipe.

What to serve with hot buttered mushroom.

• Here are some rice dishes you can serve with hot butter mushroom fry.
  • Sri Lankan Yellow Rice(turmeric rice)
  • Easy chicken fried rice.
  • Easy lemon rice recipe.
  • How to cook rice on the stove.

• Pair with other vegetarian curries.
  • Potato curry
  • Pumpkin curry
  • Pineapple curry
  • wambotu moju.

• Try it with other meat dishes.
  • grandmother’s beef curry, or my mother-in-law’s beef curry
  • Spicy fish curry.
  • Chicken curry,

Tips and questions for hot butter mushroom fry.

• Tips.
  • Have all the ingredients you need prepared and ready.
  • The mushroom needs to be coated thoroughly in seasoned flour.
  • Keep the oil heat steady without smoking hot, and regulate the heat to keep it at low-medium heat.
    to do this I often turn the stove knob from medium heat to low and back to medium again.
  • Have all the utensils needed ready as well.
  • Substitutes for the mushroom recipe.
    • The egg can be omitted as the natural dampness of the mushrooms can still help coat the mushrooms with flour seasoning.
    • Chilli paste, which has dried baby shrimp, can be substituted with a vegan or vegetarian chilli paste or replaced with a few teaspoons of red chilli flakes.
    • Butter is a key ingredient that gives this fried mushroom fry its unique taste, but to make it vegetarian, substitute with oil or vegetable ghee.
• Questions.
  • Can I use any other type of mushrooms?
    • I’ve used oyster mushrooms; if using any other mushrooms(button mushrooms, etc), slice them thin so they fry quickly.
  • What other ways can I serve the hot butter mushroom fry?
    • You can serve this mushroom as a substitute for any type of meat dish.
    • Makes a great crunchy filling for a vegetarian burger or hot dog.
    • Make vegetarian wraps or tortillas, and top them off with your favourite sauces.
    • Serve as a simple starter or bite.

More mushroom recipes.

Canned mushroom curry.
Sauteed mushrooms and onions
Mushroom and peas masala curry.
Chickpeas, mushroom and pumpkin curry.

What you will need in the kitchen.

• Chopping board and knife.
• Large bowl.
• A large tray(a baking pan would do)covered in kitchen paper towels.
• Slotted spoon.
• Deep frying pan to fry the mushrooms.
• A large flat frying pan or a medium-sized wok is needed to assemble the hot butter mushroom stir-fry.

Storage, freezing and reheating guide.

Storing.
Can be refrigerated for 24 hours, but I do not recommend this as the texture and taste will change.
Freezing.
Avoid freezing.
Reheating.
Simply microwave for a few seconds to heat the fried mushrooms, but expect less crunch.
Stop food waste by adding the leftovers to a spicy egg stir fry or omelette.

RECIPE DIFFICULTY-LITTLE CARE NEEDED

Ingredients for hot butter mushroom fry.

• To coat and season.
  • Oyster mushrooms
  • Eggs(read substituting ingredients above for a completely vegetarian version).
  • Cornflour.
  • Turmeric powder.
  • Black pepper powder.
  • Salt to season.
  • Oil to fry.
• To make the hot butter sauce.
  • Oil.
  • Spring onion stalks.
  • Butter(substitutes for a fully vegetarian version given above).
  • Minced garlic.
  • Chilli paste.
  • Lime juice.

Step-by-step picture tutorial.

How to make hot butter mushroom fry.

Coating the shredded mushrooms.

Remove the oyster mushrooms from the package and shred them into strips. Avoid shredding into smaller strips.
Transfer the shredded mushrooms to a bowl.

Add the egg to the shredded mushroom.

Combine so the egg is incorporated into the shredded mushrooms.
Set aside.

In a separate bowl, add cornflour, pepper, and salt to season.
Combine the dry ingredients well.

Add the cornflour mix to the mushrooms.

Coat the mushrooms in the cornflour mix.
I used a disposable glove as the mixture tends to be slightly sticky and not easily removable with a quick wash.
This matters when you need to move on to the next step of making the fried mushroom stir fry(hot butter mushroom).

Place the kitchen paper towel-covered tray close to your frying pan.

How to fry the mushrooms.

Place a medium-sized pan over a low-medium fire and add the oil.
Gradually bring the oil to a temperature where, when you add a wooden stick(use a wooden spoon), bubbles appear around it.
Make sure to regulate the heat to maintain this temperature.
Now, in small batches, fry the mushrooms. Fry each batch until they are golden and crispy.
Drain oil completely before placing the crispy mushroom fries on the tray, and lay them in a way that the mushrooms are not stacked on each other.

If you are going fully vegetarian, then the fried mushrooms will look as below without the egg coating. still crispy and good.

Hot butter sauce for the fried mushrooms.

Place a large frying pan over low to medium heat and add the butter.

Let the butter melt and add in the garlic.

Cook over medium heat for 1 minute.

Then add the chilli paste. You can use my chilli paste recipe, which I’ve used here.

Reduce heat to low and cook for 2 minutes.

Add in the chopped spring onion stalks.

Cook until just wilted.

Assembling the hot butter mushroom.

Then add in the crispy deep-fried mushrooms and combine well.
Taste and season with salt if necessary and a dash of lime juice.

Serve the hot butter mushrooms(fried mushroom stir-fry)within an hour of making it or when still warm for best results.

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