Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 6 ounces small, fresh oyster mushrooms
  • ½ tablespoon toasted sesame oil
  • 1½ tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
  • ½ teaspoon liquid smoke
  • ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
  • ¼ teaspoon onion powder
  • ⅛ teaspoon black pepper
  • ⅛-¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper ((optional; skip if you don't want heat))
  • cooking oil spray

Instruction

  • Clean your mushrooms and cut them into strips that are ¼-½ inch (0.64-1.27 cm) thick. Try to get them all about the same thickness so they'll dry more evenly.
  • Stir the sesame oil, soy sauce, rice vinegar, liquid smoke, garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, and crushed red pepper together in a small bowl.
  • Put your mushrooms in a small food-safe container with a lid. Pour the marinade over the slices and stir the mushrooms to coat them with the marinade. Put the lid on the container and refrigerate.
  • Let marinate overnight. Stir the container's contents or give it a (gentle) shake every few hours if the marinade is pooling on the bottom. The mushrooms should absorb all of the marinade.
  • The next day, mist your air fryer trays with cooking spray. Spread the mushroom pieces out on the trays in a single layer.
  • Air fry the mushroom jerky at 180°F (82°C) for approximately 2 hours total. Flip the mushrooms over and switch the positions of the racks in the air fryer oven after cooking for: 30 minutes, 1 hour, 1½ hours, and 1 hour 50 minutes.
  • After 2 hours of air frying, you can air fry any mushroom pieces that are not done to your liking for an additional 10 minutes. Let cool and enjoy!
  • Note: If you are making a half batch that all fits on one air fryer tray, put the tray in the oven's top rack position. In this case, the jerky may only take one hour since the mushrooms are spending the entire cook time close to the oven's heating element.