Sautéed Mushrooms are an inexpensive way to add flavor, fiber, and texture to a meal.
My mom tells the story of taking two-year old me to a steak house with friends. They ordered a platter of sautéed mushrooms to go with their steaks, potatoes, and salads. While the adults were conversing, I ate all the mushrooms.
Yep, I’m a fan.
To this day, grilled steak and sautéed mushrooms ranks as one of my top favorites. Mushrooms won my heart early and have kept it all these years. They aren’t expensive, thank goodness, and a little goes a long way in terms of adding flavor, fiber, and texture to a meal. They are so simple to prepare, making the perfect addition to many a meal.
According to the Mushroom Council, mushrooms are “low in calories, fat-free, cholesterol-free, gluten-free, and very low in sodium, yet they provide important nutrients, including selenium, potassium (8%), riboflavin, niacin, vitamin D and more.”
One of the easiest and tastiest ways to prepare mushrooms is to sauté them in a little butter or oil with garlic and herbs. Yum!
Serve sautéed mushrooms with eggs, grilled meats and chicken, on pasta, or on pizza. They are delicious when prepped this way. Or of course, you could eat them straight from the dish. That’s how I like them!
Recipe: Sauteed Mushrooms
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 8 ounces sliced mushrooms
- 1 heaping teaspoon minced garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon herbes de Provence
- Fine sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- In a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat, heat the oil until shimmering. Add the mushrooms, garlic, herbes, salt and pepper to taste. Stir well to combine.
- Cook over medium heat until the mushrooms give up their liquid and the liquid starts to evaporate. Stir frequently to prevent burning. Once the mushrooms are golden brown, remove from heat. Adjust seasonings and serve.
Preparation time: 2 minute(s)
Cooking time:10 minute(s)
Number of servings: 1 to 4
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Yum, I love mushrooms! Thanks for the recipe.
Love mushrooms….usually add a pinch of cayenne to kick up the flavor!
Sounds like a great touch!
It took me over 40 years to like mushrooms, but now I love them cooked. I add them as a replacement for part of the beef in recipes. Sliced, so my teenaged daughter can remove them or diced tiny before sautéing so they blend in with ground beef, like in spaghetti sauce (she does not mind this). And they shine when puréed in homemade cream of mushroom soup. They add so much umami flavor! Fresh mushrooms make all the difference, as does cooking them in a hot pan until carmelized in butter or a combination of butter and olive oil; the texture of canned or poorly sautéed wet and slimy mushrooms were what made me dislike them when I was younger. A part of my fruit and vegetable budget each week is spent on mushrooms, if I have extra I make Omelets stuffed with sautéed mushrooms, carmelized onions and cheese.
Yum, it all sounds great!
I have a gravy that I make with finely chopped mushrooms. My kids love it, but they don’t think they like mushrooms. Ha!
I love mushrooms too. I eat them in any form. My favorites are portabella and shitake. They add so much flavor to whatever they go in. Portabellas are great on the BBQ too.
This post took me back to a really important food memory I have. I was raised with no mushrooms in my diet because my dad really doesn’t like them (my mom does, but she would only eat them out). When I was 17 I spent a summer as an exchange student in Belgium. Needless to say, spending a summer in Europe was formative food-wise. My host family took me on a week’s vacation to the swiss alps. One morning we hiked to a hidden restaurant on a beautiful little mountain lake. It was there I ate the most memorable soup I have ever eaten in my life, a wild mushroom soup that was out of this world delicious. I fell in love with mushrooms right then and have loved them ever since. Once I left for college a year later, I started cooking with mushrooms and will until I die. 🙂
What a beautiful memory!
Thanks for sharing.
Huge mushroom fans here. In fact, I just bought some more the other day, pantry challenge or not. They do add flavor to other dishes, make a nice side dish, and definitely help boost beef dishes/quantities. Sometimes I use broth instead of oil/butter, and if I want a beefier flavor, I will add a splash of Worcestershire sauce to them.
When I was younger, any kind of mushroom was just fine with me. Nowadays, I am not at all enamored with canned mushrooms. The kid is even pickier: if we are out somewhere, he will often pass on mushrooms completely if he knows they will be the canned variety.
As a kid I used to prefer canned mushrooms. The shame! I love sautéed mushrooms in anything I can think of to add them to.
My hubby likes canned mushrooms. One of the few canned foods we buy. I don’t get eating canned mushrooms, not my taste. Fresh though are yummy (as fresh as we can get in a supermarket here…)