Vegan Calamari Lettuce Wraps
 
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Recipe type: Snack, Appetizeer
Cuisine: Vegan
Serves: 5-6 servings
Ingredients
  • Calamari:
  • 5-6 pieces trumpet mushrooms thinly sliced using a peeler, or sliced horizontally, core removed using an apple corer
  • ¼ - ½ cup glutinous rice flour
  • ½ - ¾ cup water
  • ⅛ teaspoon salt
  • ⅛ teaspoon paprika (optional)
  • ½ cup bread crumbs
  • cooking oil (for frying)
  • Lettuce wrap:
  • 6-8 pieces lettuce leaves
  • bowl of mushroom calamari
  • ¼ red onion, slivered
  • 1 roma tomato, slivered, seeds removed
  • sauce of choice (I used assorted sauces like hoisin, dijon mustard, and cocktail sauce)
  • cilantro (optional)
Instructions
  1. In a bowl, mix glutinous rice flour and water. Add salt and paprika. Mix well.
  2. Prepare your frying station starting with the bowl of mushrooms, then bowl of glutinous rice flour mixture, and plate of bread crumbs.
  3. Heat a small frying pan over medium heat. Once hot enough, pour at least two inches of cooking oil.
  4. Test if the oil is hot enough by frying a small piece of mushroom. If it bubbles instantly, it's ready.
  5. Dip the mushroom in the sticky rice mixture then roll the mushroom on bread crumbs then fry it in hot oil until golden brown.
  6. Repeat steps for the rest of the mushrooms.
  7. Serve hot.
  8. Suggested Serving:
  9. Place 2-3 tablespoons of "calamari" mushrooms on lettuce leaf
  10. Top with tomatoes, onions, and cilantro.
  11. Drizzle with your favorite sauce on top.
Notes
Having the mushrooms in lettuce wraps is just one of the many ways you could enjoy this vegan calamari. You could also enjoy the mushroom by itself as appetizer or snack.

You could use other kinds of mushroom but I find that trumpet mushroom is the best for this recipe.
Recipe by ASTIG Vegan at https://www.astigvegan.com/vegan-calamari-lettuce-wraps/