Air Fryer Mushrooms and Onions

Easy air fryer mushrooms recipe in Ninja Foodi or Cosori! No breading, just olive oil, seasonings and parmesan cheese on top makes this the best side dish. Amp it up with a mixture of air fryer onions and you have a great hamburger topping too!

Air Fryer Mushrooms and Onions Recipe

It was time to make sauteed mushrooms in our hot air machine! Then I could serve it with almost any type of main dish for dinner since it is my newest favorite vegetable to eat. If you make as a Ninja Foodi recipe you will need the lid that is attached with the air crisp button on front.

Cook Time

Here’s a printable free air fryer cooking time chart here for your fridge. You literally only need 5 minutes for these babies. If you left them whole you would need to add maybe another 60 seconds but it is fast y’all. I may create crunchy breaded mushrooms in an air fryer recipe later but this time I just wanted them sauteed essentially.

I don’t know about you but it took me into adulthood to like air fryer vegetables. Now I add them to chicken and beef tips dishes all the time. As a kid my mom didn’t really buy or make them, I think because it was more expensive than other veggies.

You can use either baby bells as white button, the white becomes much softer though. Bellas I typically use in dishes where the other would become too soft and just fall apart. They’re much firmer and won’t fall apart so that is what I use in Instant Pot mushrooms too.

Substitutions

You can of course omit the onions all together, the same timing and temperature wouldn’t change though. Avocado oil would be second best to oil if you’d rather. We have made air fryer stuffed mushrooms before. Those were good but more like an appetizer than a side dish. You can fill these with cheeses, crab and breading to amp it up.

Cooking Tips

• The key to air frying mushrooms and getting them to reach perfection is they need to be dry. This is the case for anything really
• If you leave water on the outside it won’t allow the outside to get to the right consistency.

There are many different types of mushrooms out there but I stick to white and baby bellas. Both are defined as different colors of the basic white button mushrooms because of their shape but have a very different texture. Now since there is no breading here you won’t get a crunchy exterior. That wasn’t my plan. I just wanted tender bites of buttery goodness in less than 15 minutes.

I like these garlic mushrooms because well I add garlic and onions to everything I make really. If you’re used to deep frying food this method is so much better! It’s the same cooking time generally but much healthier.

How to cook mushrooms and onions in air fryer

• Gently rinse your mushrooms with cold water to remove any dirt on outside. Lay on a few paper towels down to remove water from outsides.
• Cut in half and put into a bowl with all other ingredients, gently mix with olive oil and seasonings.
• Preheat air fryer to 400 degrees for 5 minutes.
• Pour into air fryer basket in one single layer.
• Set to 400 degrees and air fry for 5 minutes total, toss after 3 minutes.
• Serve with a sprinkle of parmesan cheese!!

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in Ninja Foodi

If you use this pressure cooker and air fryer machine you are just going to use the air crisp mode to make this easy side dish. Goes well with just about any protein really. Some like a few drops of soy sauce on top when they’re served. That is up to you. Use whatever seasonings you really love but I will tell you that this comes out amazing.

Do cooked mushrooms freeze well?

YES, they can be frozen. For the best outcome you’d do so as any other dish. First allow them to cool completely, then transfer to an airtight container or freezer bag. Suck the air out and lay flat in freezer.