Easy Air Fryer Mushrooms Recipe (Quick and Easy)
Insanely delicious and perfectly flavored with Italian seasoning and Worcestershire sauce, our air fryer mushrooms will become your new favorite side dish! If you’re a mushroom lover, then buckle up, as this will change the way you cook mushrooms forever. Juicy and bursting with flavor, these mushrooms are a must-make dish.
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Why you’ll love this easy air fried mushrooms recipe
- Bite-sized and deliciously tasty, air fried mushrooms make the perfect appetizer and can be dipped in your favorite sauce.
- Our flavorful air fryer mushroom recipe will compliment your main dish perfectly.
- You can experiment with the flavors and get the taste perfectly right for your palette.
- Serve them at a BBQ, games night, family dinner, or Thanksgiving dinner as an easy side dish.
Air frying mushrooms is so easy, in just 25 minutes, you’ll have the best mushrooms you’ve ever tasted ready and on your table.
Ingredients you’ll need
You’ll need all the ingredients shown in the photograph below.
How to cook the best air fryer mushrooms with step-by-step instructions
A complete printable recipe and the measurements in both US customary and metric are available in the recipe card below.
Preheat the air fryer to 400F/205C.
Cut your mushrooms in half and place them in a mixing bowl.
Add olive oil (or avocado oil), onion powder, garlic powder, vegetarian Worcestershire sauce, Italian seasoning, kosher salt, and pepper.
Toss to combine, and then place the mushrooms in your air fryer basket in a single layer.
Air fry the mushrooms until they have started to turn golden brown and crisp on the edges, approximately 10 – 15 minutes, shaking your air fryer basket to cook evenly when prompted by your machine.
If you have a smaller air fryer, you may have to cook the mushrooms in batches.
Remove from the air fryer basket, garnish with fresh chopped parsley and lemon wedges.
Serve immediately and enjoy!
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Recipe notes and expert tips
- Don’t overcrowd
Resist the temptation to put too many mushrooms in at once; the air needs to be able to circulate around the mushrooms. - Keep a watch
Different air fryers cook at different times, so keep a watch on your mushrooms; they may need more or less time. Larger mushrooms will also need a longer cooking time. - Storage
Keep your mushrooms in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
How to store air fryer mushrooms
You’ll want to ensure that the mushrooms have cooled to room temperature; if they are still hot, you’ll get condensation which will make them soggy.
Place a layer of ever so slightly damp paper towel in the bottom of an airtight container and store them in a single layer for up to 4 days.
You can freeze them for up to a month, but they don’t keep their texture and we don’t recommend this.
What to serve with air-fried mushrooms
We love how easy air fryer mushrooms are to cook and how they’ll lend themselves to so many dishes and occasions.
Air-fried mushrooms are so versatile you can dip them and have them as a snack or appetizer, or they can be a delicious side to your main course.
Try dipping them in BBQ sauce or garlic aioli. For a spicy kick, then, try dipping them in peri peri sauce, or for a sweet, spicy kick, try Thai sweet chili sauce.
If you’re serving them as an appetizer, they go great served alongside air fried jalapeno peppers and air fried sweet potato cubes.
You could even add them to air fried potato skins, or they would even work in an air fried cheese quesadilla – the skys the limit!
They make a great side for an air fried baked potato, spinach and ricotta lasagna, and they are a delicious accompaniment to air fried stuffed peppers.
And if you really love mushrooms, then you have to check out our mushroom Wellington; you’re going to love it!
What are the best mushrooms to cook in an air fryer?
You can use many different types of mushrooms, but the best way to cook them is to use fresh mushrooms.
We use baby Bellas (baby chestnut mushrooms).
But you could use regular button cremini mushrooms or white button mushrooms also.
Naturally, you can air fry most mushrooms, but the flavors and timings change.
Portobello mushrooms are lovely but need slightly longer in the air fryer.
Once you air fry mushrooms, you’ll never go back to the traditional way of cooking.
What is the best air fryer to use?
There are so many different makes and models of air fryers around these days, and we can’t claim to have tried them all.
This is the air fryer that we use and love.
Instant Pot Vortex 4-in-1 Air Fryer 5.7L
Our favorite air fryer is the Instant pot Vortex and we like this for its intuitive display, the filter stops lasting food smells, and you can see your food cooking through the glass panel and light function.
We love it because it cooks perfectly, is very quiet, and has a window so you can check on the food without having to open the air fryer.
Play with the flavors
We love our easy air fryer mushrooms recipe, but with all of our recipes, we encourage you to experiment!
Once you’ve cooked the recipe, see what you would add to make it perfect for YOU.
You may want to add a little soy sauce or garlic for garlic mushrooms.
Add a breadcrumb coating for crispy breaded mushrooms.
More air fryer recipes for you to try
If you love our air fryer mushrooms recipe, then you should give these easy recipes a go!
- Air Fryer Black Bean Burger
- Air Fryer Breakfast Potatoes
- Air Fryer Tortilla Chips
- Air Fryer Egg Bites
- Air Fryer Cinnamon Rolls
Easy Air Fryer Mushrooms Recipe (Quick and Easy)
Utensils
Ingredients
- 16 ounces baby Bella mushrooms (chestnut) cleaned and cut in half
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 tablespoon vegetarian Worcestershire sauce
- Kosher salt and black pepper to taste
- Fresh parsley chopped
- Lemon wedge to serve
Instructions
- Preheat the air fryer to 400 F/205 C.
- Cut your mushrooms in half and place them in a mixing bowl. Add olive oil, onion powder, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, vegetarian Worcestershire sauce, kosher salt, and pepper. Toss to combine and then place the mushrooms in your air fryer basket.16 ounces baby Bella mushrooms (chestnut), 3 tablespoons olive oil, ½ teaspoon onion powder, ¼ teaspoon garlic powder, 1 tablespoon vegetarian Worcestershire sauce, ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning, Kosher salt and black pepper
- Air fry the mushrooms until they have started to crisp on the edges, approximately 10 – 15 minutes, shaking your air fryer basket to cook evenly, when prompted by your machine. If you have a smaller air fryer you may have to cook the mushrooms in batches. Remove from the air fryer basket, and garnish with fresh chopped parsley and lemon wedges. Serve immediately and enjoy!Fresh parsley, Lemon wedge
Notes
Resist the temptation to put too many mushrooms in at once, the air needs to be able to circulate around the mushrooms. Keep a watch:
Different air fryers cook at different times, so keep a watch on your mushrooms, they may need more or less time. Storage:
Keep your mushrooms in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Nutrition
Disclaimer
Please note that nutrient values are estimates only. Variations can occur due to product availability and manner of food preparation. Nutrition may vary based on methods of origin, preparation, freshness of ingredients, and other factors.
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The air fryer makes life so much simpler! These were scrumptious and I never would have thought to use the air fryer until you posted. Thanks for sharing!
You had me at mushrooms… hehe such a yummy side dish or burger topper!
We loved these! We have been making a lot of nourish bowls lately, and these mushrooms made the perfect filling addition. So much flavor!
I think these are my new fav air fryer side dish! SO meaty and flavorful, these mushrooms were so easy to make and we gobbled them all up!