Obama's Inaugural Shroom Burger

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 1/2 cups olive oil (or peanut oil)
• 2 tablespoons sea salt
• 1 tablespoon cracked black pepper
• 1 bunch thyme (about 2 tbls.)
• 8 portabella mushrooms, stems removed
• 8 slices cheddar cheese
• 8 slices muenster cheese
• 1/2 cup breadcrumbs (panko is best)
• 2 cups flour
• 6 eggs
• 6 potato buns (or hamburger buns)
• 4 leaves lettuce
• 1 tomato
• 1 pickle
• 1 red onion
• 2 cups mayonnaise
• 2 tablespoons ketchup
• 1 ounce molasses
• 1 ounce rice vinegar
• 1 pinch sea salt

Recipe

• 1 to make sauce:.
• 2 in a food processor pour all ingredients and blend for 5 minutes, until well blended. set aside. you will only need 1 cup sauce for this recipe.
• 3 to make 'shroom burgers:.
• 4 preheat oven to 400 °f.
• 5 in a bowl, toss together 2 tablespoons of olive oil, 1 tablespoon sea salt, 2 tablespoons of fresh chopped thyme, 1/2 tablespoon of cracked black pepper.
• 6 in a roasting pan, place mushrooms, stem side up. roast for 20 minutes or until soft.
• 7 remove from oven and let cool.
• 8 take 1 mushroom and stuff with 2 slices of each cheese and place another mushroom on top, to make a sandwich.
• 9 place a sauté pan on medium heat with 2 cups of olive oil(or peanut oil).
• 10 lightly beat eggs in one bowl.
• 11 set up another 2 bowls, 1 of flour and 1 of breadcrumbs.
• 12 flour mushrooms, put into egg mixture to coat, then into breadcrumbs.
• 13 gently place breaded mushrooms into hot oil with slotted spoon, being careful not to splash yourself.
• 14 cook until golden brown on each side. remove and place onto a paper towel lined dish.
• 15 sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• 16 slice tomato into 4 slices. slice the pickle into small rounds, and cut onion into thin slices.
• 17 in the meantime, toast buns in a toaster or a pan with a tablespoon of butter.
• 18 to assemble burger, on the bottom bun place a mushroom patty, top with 1 lettuce leaf, 1 slice of tomato, sliced pickles and thinly sliced onion.
• 19 take top of bun, spread 1 tablespoon of good stuff sauce and place on top.
• 20 ready to serve and enjoy!