BBQ Pulled Mushroom Sandwiches

A delightful and delicious BBQ experience! This sandwich is rich, smoky, sweet and salty, and a little spicy! This sandwich is similar to a BBQ pulled pork sandwich. The mushrooms have a similar texture but are not quite as chewy and fibrous as real pork. It's also a lot easier and faster to mak ethan real pulled pork. It's missing the fattiness of the real deal, but it's still quite good!

Ingredients:

• 3 large oyster mushrooms

• 1/2 cup red onion, diced

• 1-2 Tbsp. oil

• 2 garlic cloves, minced (about 1 tsp.) (or 1/2 tsp. garlic powder)

• 1/2 tsp. paprika

• 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper (optional)

• Salt

• Pepper

• 1/4 to 1/2 cup BBQ sauce

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 400°F.

2. Shred the mushrooms using two forks or your hands.

3. Mix the mushrooms with the other ingredients (and only ~2 Tbsp. BBQ sauce).

4. Bake for 20 minutes.

5. Then remove from the oven and mix in the remaining BBQ sauce, as much as you'd like. Then broil for 1-4 minutes, or until it's crispy and delicious looking. This gives it a lovely flavor and helps with caramelization of the BBQ sauce.

6. Serve!

7. I like to serve it on a bun that's wither buttered or coated with mayo and toasted. For condiments I like a bit more BBQ sauce (don't overdo it) and mayo. Simple but delicious.

8. Makes 2 large sandwiches.

The three large king oyster mushrooms.

Shred them.

Mix with the other ingredients and some of the BBQ sauce. Before baking.

After baking 20 minutes. Next add more BBQ sauce and then broil for a few minutes.

After broiling. It's ready!

If making a sandwich, butter or mayo your buns and toast.

Bun first.

Then pulled mushrooms.

Then more BBQ sauce (not too much)

Then top bun and it's ready!

Oh la la!