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Learn to make air fryer breaded mushrooms! This homemade air fryer fried mushrooms recipe is even better than the fried mushroom appetizer from your favorite restaurant. Make your breaded mushrooms in the air fryer irresistible with a little drizzle of butter and creamy ranch dip. You’ll love these easy mushrooms that are golden crisp on the outside and tender on the inside.
I created this recipe as a copycat of one of our favorite appetizers. These air fried breaded mushrooms are a healthier spin on the typical fried battered mushroom starter. The whole family LOVES them!
🍄 Air Fryer Breaded Mushrooms Ingredients
Here are the ingredients you need for air fryer crumbed mushrooms:
- 4 ounces cleaned and quartered whole baby portobello mushrooms (113g; AKA baby bella mushrooms or cremini mushrooms)
- ½ tablespoon flour
- 1 large egg
- ¼ cup fine textured bread crumbs (no seasonings)
- ¼ teaspoon each: garlic powder, onion powder, smoked paprika
- 1/8 teaspoon each: dried oregano, dried basil
- ½ tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese
- Salt and black pepper
- Cooking spray
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
- Ranch dressing or dip
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Keep in mind that cooking times may vary depending on the air fryer you are using. It’s a good idea to check the food early the first time you make this air fryer mushroom recipe just in case.
Chef’s Tip
With whole fried mushrooms, I often find the middles too squishy. Sometimes I even get burned by the hot liquid when I bite into one! Quartering the mushrooms resolves this issue, plus the ratio of crispy coating to tender mushroom is far more optimal this way.
➕ How to Make Breaded Mushrooms in the Air Fryer
Since we’re doing breading versus beer battered mushrooms (wet batter), you’ve got three things to do before air frying:
- Dust mushroom pieces with flour
- Dip in egg
- Coat in breadcrumb mixture
Rinse mushrooms, scrub off debris, and pat dry. Cut the mushrooms into quarters if they are medium-sized, or into eighths if they are very large.
Put the mushrooms into a bowl. Sprinkle them with flour and stir them to evenly distribute the flour.
Whisk the eggs in a second bowl. Combine the breadcrumbs, herbs and spice, and Parmesan cheese in a third bowl.
Mist your air fryer basket with cooking spray.
Dip the mushroom pieces first in the whisked egg and then in the bread crumb mixture. Place the mushrooms on your air fryer rack in a non-touching single layer. Coat all of the mushrooms!
Once you’ve got breading on all of the mushrooms, mist them with cooking oil spray and drizzle with butter.
Crumbed mushrooms cook for 8-10 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit (175C) in the air fryer. (Use the top rack if you have an air fryer oven.)
Air fry the mushrooms for 5 minutes. Then check on them (no need to flip) and mist them with oil spray if they look dry. Air fry for an additional 3-5 minutes at 350F (175C). Serve with ranch for dipping.
How to Reheat Air Fryer Fried Mushrooms
Reheat leftover breaded mushrooms in an air fryer at 375F (190C) for 2-3 minutes, or until warmed.
Watch How to Make It!
Air Fryer Breaded Mushrooms Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 ounces whole baby bella mushrooms, cleaned and quartered (113 grams; cut them into ⅛ if very large)
- ½ tablespoon flour
- 1 large egg, whisked
- ¼ cup breadcrumbs (fine texture)
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon smoked paprika
- ⅛ teaspoon dried oregano
- ⅛ teaspoon dried basil
- ½ tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese
- salt and pepper, to taste
- cooking oil spray of choice
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
- ranch dressing (for dipping)
Instructions
- Put your washed and quartered baby bellas in a bowl. Sprinkle with the flour. Stir gently to evenly distribute the flour.
- Whisk the eggs in a second bowl. Combine the bread crumbs, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, oregano, basil, Parmesan, salt, and black pepper in a third bowl.
- Mist your air fryer basket with oil spray. Dip the mushroom pieces first in the whisked egg and then in the bread crumb mixture. Place the mushrooms in your air fryer basket in a single non-touching layer.
- When all of your mushrooms have been coated, mist them with the oil spray. Drizzle the melted butter over the mushrooms.
- Air fry the coated mushrooms for 5 minutes at 350°F (175°C). Mist with oil spray if they look dry (no need to flip them). Air fry for an additional 3-5 minutes at 350°F (175°C). (Your cooking times may vary depending on the air fryer you are using!)Serve with ranch dressing for dipping.
Notes
💭 Expert Tips from Dietitian Summer Yule
This is a level 2 recipe (transition or weight maintenance). Breading and battering foods tends to add a lot of calories. If you want a lighter appetizer, serve raw mushrooms with the dip. It’s still tasty and will save you quite a bit of kitchen work! On the positive side, mushrooms count towards the veggie group on the MyPlate. But we all know the real reason to choose this one is that it is just so gosh darn delicious. 🙂 For a different spin on this recipe, use Italian seasoning and dip the air-fried mushrooms in marinara sauce. Nutrition information is for one serving of the recipe without dip, and varies depending on the brand of breadcrumbs you use.
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All recipes on this website may or may not be appropriate for you, depending on your medical needs and personal preferences. Consult with a registered dietitian or your physician if you need help determining the dietary pattern that may be best for you.
The nutrition information is an estimate provided as a courtesy. It will differ depending on the specific brands and ingredients that you use. Calorie information on food labels may be inaccurate, so please don’t sweat the numbers too much.
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🌱 More Vegetarian Air Fryer Recipes
Expand on your vegetarian air frying adventures with these recipes:
- Air Fryer Tofu Bowl
- Air Fryer Whole Carrots Recipe
- Roasted Air Fryer Butternut Squash
- Air Fryer Jicama Fries
- Air Fryer Frozen Vegetables (A reader favorite!)
👩🍳 Other Easy Mushroom Recipes
Mushrooms are full of delicious umami flavor, rich in B vitamins, and are a wonderful addition to myriad dishes! Here are a few more recipes using mushrooms that you may enjoy:
- Oyster Mushroom Jerky Recipe
- Smoked Portobello Mushrooms
- High Calorie Pasta for Weight Gain (Pasta with Mushrooms)
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Hello! I’m Summer, a registered dietitian and home chef who loves to cook, eat, and create recipes for you! Every recipe on this site has been tested by me to help ensure your success in the kitchen. All eaters are welcome here 🙂
Can I also use this recipe for pickles?
Hi Claire, I haven’t tried it, but I love the idea! I think it would be a worthy experiment 🙂 The dip with this recipe would be great with breaded pickles.
I made these low-carb by using almond flour for dusting and crushed pork rinds in place of the bread crumbs. They were delicious.
That sounds delicious! Thank you for leaving a review!
Marvelous, Summer. You’ve managed to square so many circles (or circle so many squares – not sure which) with this creation.
First and foremost, is recreating the whole fried mushroom reverie while using but the merest whisper of oil. Total let-it-all-go indulgence, but without the indulgence,
Because of that, precisely, you’ve returned “fried” mushrooms to my culinary universe. Generally speaking, I avoid fried foods, as they tend to be heavy and, all-too-often, oversaturated. Not so this time. Thank you! Perfection, I’m sure.
Oh, and please tell me you surprised your husband with these. The ideal reply to “What are you making, Summer?” is, “Just one of your absolutely favorite foods, which you haven’t had in years.”
Well, I had the mushrooms all over the counter while preparing them so it was tough to keep things a secret! lol Since we’ve all been home I don’t get the kitchen to myself quite as much as I used to,
I agree with you about trying to avoid the fried foods. It was funny, I found a small deep fryer tucked away in a hard-to-reach cabinet early in the pandemic when I gave the kitchen a thorough cleaning. I have no idea how long I’ve had it for, or whether I’ve ever even used it!