Sautéed Winecap Mushrooms, A Simple Recipe
Here is a simple way to saute your mushroom harvest that is delicious either as a side dish, or to top a grilled steak or other meat, to serve on rice, or to preserve them by freezing.
Equipment
- Frying Pan, preferably cast iron with lid
- Spatula
Ingredients
- 1 pound winecap mushrooms
- 1 large onion
- 2-3 cloves garlic
- 2 tbsp butter
- Sea salt Try Redmond's Real Salt, Himalayan pink salt, or Celtic sea salt
- Pepper
Optional
- 1/2 cup red wine
- 1/2 bunch fresh parsley, chopped
Instructions
- Chop the mushrooms into the desired size. Chunks or slivers.
- Chop the onion into small pieces.
- Finely chop the garlic and mash with the back of your knife.
- Heat the pan on medium high and add the butter, let it heat to brown just slightly
- Add the onions and let them brown. Saute for a few minutes.
- Add the Mushrooms and saute for a few minutes.
- Add the garlic and saute for one minute.
- Add some salt and pepper to taste.
- You can add a little red wine at this point if you like. Once it simmers, turn the heat down and put a lid on the pan. Let it simmer on med-low for about 15 minutes.
- Take the lid off the pan and continue to saute till almost all the liquid has cooked away.
- You can now serve it, sprinkled with some fresh parsley.
Notes
Ideas for using your sautéed mushrooms:
There are so many ways to use this recipe.- It's great just as is, as a side for your meal.
- Or top some plain rice with it.
- Serve it with baked potatoes.
- On top of your grilled meats.
- Make a gravy by adding a little flour and some milk at the end of cooking.
- Top an omelett with these sautéed mushrooms.
- Mix with scrambled eggs.
- Add some chicken strips or other meat strips when you first add the mushrooms and serve with potatoes or rice as a main dish.
- Top a burger with this.
- Top a Philly style steak sandwich.
- Sprinkle on a pizza.
- Use it to make a mushroom stuffing.
- This list could go on and on. Do let me know your favorite way to use this dish!