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Anybody Have the Recipe for The Caterie's Fried Mushrooms?

Posted on 9/29/26 at 7:07 pm
Posted by Stadium Rat
Metairie
Member since Jul 2004
10269 posts
Posted on 9/29/26 at 7:07 pm
They were easily the best I've ever had.

To me, they tasted like they were coated in Popeye's batter.

Anybody?
This post was edited on 9/29/26 at 7:11 pm
Posted by TigerDave79
Member since Sep 2013
158 posts
Posted on 9/29/26 at 8:25 pm to
The fried mushrooms and the cheeseburger in paradise were my go to on a Friday night. Miss that place.
Posted by sleepytime
Member since Feb 2014
3950 posts
Posted on 9/29/26 at 8:48 pm to
I can't help you out with the recipe but maybe can lend some help with some techniques that will point you in the right direction.

1.lightly salt and par-cook the mushrooms until they are just barely done, drain and freeze. Mushrooms are full of water, shrink a lot and par-cooking them helps keep the batter tight after it's cooked. Freezing helps a lot if you use sliced large cap portobellos.

2. Dip them in a heavily seasoned buttermilk batter. Their mushrooms had a distinct tang to them that I'm pretty sure was buttermilk. There may have been a hint of mustard too but my memory has kind of faded.

3. Toss in a mixture of AP flour and cornstarch maybe 8-10 turns, sift, shake off the excess flour and fry immediately at around 375 - 400 until the outside is brown and crisp. I don't remember the exact ratios I used but there's tons of recipes online.

I went on a kick years ago trying to perfect a fried mushroom recipe and this technique got me pretty close to the Caterie's. Sorry I don't have the recipe, the flood took a bunch of them out in 2016.

If you really want to kick it up, add some beef tallow to your frying oil.
This post was edited on 9/30/26 at 6:40 pm
Posted by Disco Ball
Denham Springs
Member since May 2025
1862 posts
Posted on 9/29/26 at 9:07 pm to
The Caterie's Fried Cheese Logs recipe was posted here a few years ago
I wonder if they used the same batter for the shrooms
Posted by H. E. Pennypacker
Louisiana IceGators Fan
Member since Mar 2013
930 posts
Posted on 9/29/26 at 10:27 pm to
6:2:1 flour:corn flour:Tony’s

Dry
Wet (buttermilk)
Dry
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
35162 posts
Posted on 9/30/26 at 9:12 am to
quote:

the cheeseburger in paradise


My go to at the Caterie as well...

Loved playing music there... Some of the best JT and the Guttersharks gigs ever...
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