Alkaline Fried Mushrooms

These are by far my favorite thing to eat. I promise these taste better than any chicken nugget or processed vegan chicken nugget that you can find in the store. I never knew mushrooms could taste so good! I have to control myself because they are fried and if I didn't stop myself I would be frying them up every damn day. If you are trying to transition a picky eater to a vegan or alkaline diet I definitely recommend starting with these!

Ingredients:

2 cups of oyster or portabella mushroom chopped into the size pieces you desire.

2 cups of spelt flour

1 cup of garbanzo flour

2 cups of hemp milk

grapeseed oil

sea salt

cayenne pepper

onion powder

basil

dill

1/3 cup of aquafaba

Directions:

1. In a large bowl add both flours, sea salt, cayenne, onion powder, basil, and dill. Mix everything together well.

2. In a second large bowl pour about 1/2 a cup of the flour mixture and mix with hemp milk and aquafaba. This should give you a thin batter like consistency. If its too wet add more flour if its too dry add more milk.

3. In a large frying pan pour grapeseed oil about 2 inches deep and set heat to medium high.

4. To ensure a clean efficient frying area make sure you have everything you need on hand. You will want your mushrooms, dry mix, wet mix, tongs, and a plate covered in paper towels all lined up and ready to go.

5. Coat your mushroom in the wet mix, then the dry mix, then back to the wet mix, then back to the dry mix and set it in the oil, the oil should be hot at this point to where the mushroom immediately starts frying. If it doesn't you need to let it warm up more.

6. Repeat the process with all of the mushrooms they should take about 5 to 7 minutes to fry and you will need to flip them half way through frying. 

6. When mushroom is done remove from oil with tongs and place on paper towels to absorb excess oil.

7. If you want to keep them warm until serving place them on a baking tray and set in the oven on low temp.

 Make sure you make more than you think is enough because once these things hit the table they will be the first to go! You can eat these by themselves, top a salad with them, or wrap them in a spelt tortilla. There are so many ways to enjoy these delicious fried mushrooms!

Here they are as "chicken" strips

~Peace begins with your plate~