Tournament of Champions was back with another wild season. This recipe came from inspiration from Kevin Lee. And as a mushroom lover, I had to try it!
While at the Asian store, I decided to buy a mushroom variety including king oyster mushrooms. The size makes them the easiest to cut into strips for the bacon look! I started by cutting off the cap (not wasting it just saving it for something else). Then cut the remainder into slices. From what I researched, you want to be thinner, close to a 1/6 inch. Which was hard to do and I think that my cook time needed to be longer because it wasn’t as thin.
Once sliced, I covered with EVOO and added a few dashes of liquid smoke and maple syrup and then seasoned with salt, pepper and paprika.
I popped them in the air fryer at 400 for about 8 minutes. I flipped them and did another 8 minutes. They were starting to crisp up nicely but not quite as crispy as bacon. So a few changes for next time: cut them thinner (maybe with a mandolin), add a bit more salt (maybe even after its done air frying) and then alter the cook time depending on how thin they are.
Taste wise – they were delicious. Love mushrooms, but you got the hint of smoky and maple of bacon. It needed to be a bit saltier and crispy to make it more bacon like. But I would definitely do it again, use it as a meat substitute or just add to burgers etc. You can’t go wrong! Let me know if you have a favorite way to make mushroom bacon!
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