The KFC-inspired dish was soo tasty, you know their new sandwich with the two pieces of fried chicken as the bun of the sandwich, bleh. The idea is basically to have the innards of the sandwich become the "outards." This is actually the first time I've ever bought portabella mushrooms to make at home. I've actual made a very huge taste revolution the past year or two with mushrooms. I used to hate them! But slowly I let them in my life, doing things like not picking them off a pizza or if they came with a meal, stopping myself from saying "hold the mushrooms." Now I love mushrooms! It's so strange, but I'm very happy about this:)
So the instructions are pretty simple: marinate the mushrooms for 15 min, cook on stove or grill (4-5 min on each side), and fill in with toppings.
Here's my marinade (make in plastic bag):
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 basil leaves, roughly chopped
- 1 big pinch of salt
- 4-5 grinds of black pepper
- pinch of crushed red pepper
- 1 T olive oil
- 1 T balsamic vinegar
Put the two portabellas (with stem and ribs removed) in the plastic bag of marinade and let sit for 15 min. I heated my pan of medium heat in the meantime.
I cooked my mushrooms on the inside first so that when it's ready to flip I could melt my cheese on the inside part. To flatten it I put a plate with a can of soup over it to flatten it:)
After 4-5 min, just flip to the other side and cook for another 4-5 min. This looks charred, but it's just carmelization-turned out really dark in the photo:
Add the cheese now. I had this baked garlic cheese on hand so I used that, but mozzarella, goat, or feta would've been awesome!
Then I added tomato and basil, but really you could just add whatever you usually add to a sandwich/burger. I was also thinking about doing tomato, lettuce, and spinach.
Another view...
Aerial view...
I paired mine with some roasted asparagus with garlic and parmesan.
