Name: Fried Portabella Mushrooms
Yield: Makes about 30 hors d'oeuvres
Ingredients: 4 cups fresh rye bread crumbs (from 6 large oval slices of rye with seeds, finely ground in a food processor); 3 large eggs; 2 (6-ounce) packages sliced portabella mushrooms or 5 large portabella mushroom caps, cut crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick slices; About 4 cups vegetable oil; Accompaniment: lemon wedges; a deep-fat thermometer

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Fried Portabella MushroomsRomulo Yanes

Cooks' note:

·Mushrooms can be fried 2 hours ahead and kept, loosely covered with foil, on fresh paper towels at room temperature. Transfer to a large baking sheet, arranging in 1 layer, and reheat in a preheated 350°F oven until warm, 10 to 15 minutes.

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