Golden, crispy battered mushrooms, frying tonight! Whip up a light and crispy chippy style batter in just a couple of minutes and fry up these delicious takeaway style mushrooms.
When a visit to the chippy is on the horizon, a few classic chip shop menu items spring to mind – battered fish, maybe a steak pie or a sausage, some fritters even. For something a little different though, battered mushrooms are a great choice. Whilst not an option in absolutely every chip shop, they are often available, so if you see them on offer they’re well worth trying. Or, make them yourself with this easy chip shop style recipe!
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Ingredients For Chip Shop Style Battered Mushrooms
Like all good chip shop food, these battered mushrooms are coated in the lightest, crispiest golden crunchy batter. It’s so easy to make at home and fries up perfectly to make these delicious little mushroom bites.
Below is everything you’ll need to make authentic chip shop style battered mushrooms at home:
- Plain Flour
- Cornflour
- Bicarbonate of Soda
- Sea Salt
- Beer or Lager (I used 0.0%)
- White Mushrooms
- Sunflower Oil
How To Make Battered Mushrooms
Making chip shop style mushrooms in batter takes just a few minutes, and the batter is put together with a few simple ingredients.
The recipe steps are listed below:
Step 1: Batter Mix
Combine the batter ingredients in a large bowl and whisk until it just comes together and is smooth with the consistency of double cream. Set aside in the fridge for 10 minutes. When you’re ready to fry, check the consistency of the batter and give it another whisk with a touch more beer if required.
Step 2: Fry
Heat oil to 180C. Put the mushrooms on a plate and dust lightly with plain flour. Working in batches, drop the mushrooms in the prepared batter and then into the hot oil. Fry for about 3 minutes until golden and crispy.
Season with your choice of salt, vinegar or brown sauce and serve with pickled onions on the side if you like.
Battered Mushrooms Recipe Tips
Fry & Refry
These chippy style battered mushrooms can be refried in hot oil until crispy and piping hot. This is useful if you’d like to get ahead and get the first fry done ahead of time. Once the mushrooms have been fried once, set side to cool completely, then cover and set aside in the fridge until needed. Refry at 180C for 2 minutes until crispy and hot.
Serving Suggestions
These crispy battered mushrooms are great with garlic & herb dip.
Batter In
This chip shop style batter is universal, so feel free to dip other chip shop style favourites in it! Deep fried mars bars, hamburger, sausage – or potato fritters!
I hope you try this chip shop style battered mushrooms recipe. If you do, let me know in the comments how it went!
Battered Mushrooms – Chip Shop Style
Equipment
- 1 Deep Fat Fryer, Large Frying Pan or Wok
Ingredients
Batter
- 80 grams plain flour
- 40 grams cornflour
- pinch bicarbonate of soda
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 150 millilitres cold lager or beer I used 0.0%
Mushrooms
- 9-12 white mushrooms halved if necessary, depending on size
- 1 teaspoon plain flour
- oil for deep frying
Instructions
Batter
- In a bowl, add 80 grams plain flour, 40 grams cornflour, pinch bicarbonate of soda and 1/4 teaspoon sea salt. Mix briefly. Slowly add 150 millilitres cold lager or beer, whisking thoroughly. Add more beer or lager and continue stirring until the batter is smooth with a slightly thick consistency, something like double cream.
- Heat oil for deep frying to 180C. Arrange the mushrooms on a plate and dust with plain flour, mixing gently to coat. Working in batches, drop a few mushrooms at a time into the batter, mix gently and drop carefully into hot oil. (You can use a wooden skewer to do this). Fry battered mushrooms for about 3 minutes until golden and crispy.
- Drain any excess oil and arrange the battered mushrooms in a serving tray. Season generously with salt, vinegar or brown sauce and serve.
Got some questions about making chip shop style battered mushrooms at home? Here’s the answers to some that come up most often:
Chippy Style Battered Mushrooms Recipe FAQ
How do chip shops make batter so light and crispy?
Great question! Many chip shop owners swear by their own special, secret batter recipes. Others certainly use commercial products designed to produce a light, crispy batter. For home use, a batter mix made up of plain flour, cornflour, bicarbonate of soda and beer offers great results.
What else can I batter and fry?
Even better question! All manner of chip shop style goodies can be used with this batter – think fish, fritters, even pizza crunch.
Can I reheat battered mushrooms?
Yes – battered mushrooms will keep well in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 2 days. To reheat, fry in oil at 180C for 2 minutes until piping hot and crispy.