Description
This Sauteed Mushrooms with Garlic Butter recipe features perfectly cooked mushrooms with a golden brown sear, enhanced by garlic, butter, and optional flavorful additions like worcestershire sauce, balsamic vinegar, soy sauce, or white wine. A quick and delicious side dish or appetizer with a rich umami taste.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients
- 2 lb mushrooms – use any variety; cut big ones in half
- 2 Tablespoons butter
- 1 Tablespoon avocado oil
- 3 cloves garlic – minced
- Salt and pepper – to taste
- Chopped parsley or other herbs – for garnish
Optional Flavoring (Choose ONE)
- 1½ Tablespoons worcestershire sauce
- OR 1½ Tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- OR 1½ Tablespoons soy sauce
- OR 1½ Tablespoons white wine
Instructions
- Prepare Mushrooms: Wash the mushrooms thoroughly and cut any large mushrooms in half to ensure even cooking.
- Dry Saute Mushrooms: Heat a pan over medium-high heat and add the mushrooms in a single layer without any oil or butter. Stir occasionally and cook for about 3 to 4 minutes until mushrooms release their liquid.
- Evaporate or Drain Liquid: Either drain the liquid released from the mushrooms or allow it to reduce and evaporate completely to concentrate the flavor and enable a golden brown sear.
- Add Fat, Garlic and Flavoring: Once the liquid is gone, add the avocado oil, butter, minced garlic, and your choice of one optional flavoring (worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, or white wine). Continue sautéing for another 3 to 4 minutes until the mushrooms turn golden brown.
- Season and Serve: Turn off the heat, season with salt and pepper to taste, garnish with chopped parsley, and serve immediately.
Notes
- Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
- Reheat leftovers in the microwave for 30 seconds at a time until warmed through.
- Dry saute means cooking ingredients in a pan without oil or butter initially; this works well for mushrooms as they release moisture.
- Any mushroom variety is suitable: baby portobello (crimini), button, oyster, chanterelle, porcini, or shiitake mushrooms are all good choices.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/8 recipe
- Calories: 80 kcal
- Sugar: 1 g
- Sodium: 120 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 3.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 5 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg
