These Garlic Butter Mushrooms are a quick and easy side dish to serve alongside chicken, steak, pork chops, or even over pasta. Sliced button mushrooms are sauteed in a delicious garlic butter sauce.
Button mushrooms are perfect for soaking up the buttery garlic flavors, although baby bellas and crimini mushrooms make great substitutes. These buttery mushrooms taste especially good with fresh herbs such as parsley, thyme, and chives.
Garlic Butter Mushrooms
Looking for a super simple side dish recipe? These Garlic Butter Mushrooms are tender, flavorful, and come together in just about 15 minutes. As an added bonus, the smell of mushrooms sauteed in garlic butter sauce is absolutely incredible.
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To get the most flavor out of these mushrooms, you’ll want to choose a variety that will soak up the most flavor. Mushrooms like button mushrooms, crimini, and baby bellas do a great job. Be sure to cut or slice them into pieces that are relatively the same size so that the mushrooms cook evenly.
I like to finish them with fresh herbs—fresh parsley, thyme, chives, and oregano all taste great. Serve along with grilled or oven roasted main dishes like Oven Roasted Chicken, Pan-Seared Steak, Pork Tenderloin and Potatoes, or these Slow Cooker Beef Short Ribs. You can also toss them with cooked pasta, use them to make vegetarian tacos, or add them to homemade pizza.
Key Ingredients
- Mushrooms – this recipe is made with white button mushrooms in mind. They are usually the most common and the most inexpensive mushrooms that you will find. While fairly bland, they are great at soaking up flavor. You could also substitute cremini mushrooms or baby bella mushrooms.
- Butter – butter adds amazing flavor to button mushrooms. If you want to use oil, either olive oil or avocado oil would also work well.
- Garlic – fresh garlic will always have the best flavor. The next best thing would be jarred minced garlic.
- Parsley – fresh chopped parsley makes a great garnish. It adds color and fresh flavor. Fresh thyme would also taste good.
How to Make Garlic Button Mushrooms
- Clean the mushrooms. Using a damp paper towel, gently wipe off the mushrooms.
- Saute the mushrooms. Heat a medium-sized skillet over medium high heat and add the olive oil. Once hot, add the mushrooms and cook for about 3 minutes, tossing occasionally.
- Add the garlic and seasoning. Add the minced garlic and stir to coat the mushrooms in the olive oil and garlic. Cook for another 3-4 minutes, stirring occasionally until the mushrooms are golden brown on several sides. Season with salt and pepper and stir to coat.
- Serve. Garnish with chopped parsley and serve warm. Enjoy!
Frequently Asked Questions
If you are looking for a substitute for sauteed button mushrooms, you want to use a similar size and texture that will absorb the garlic butter flavor well. Both crimini mushrooms and baby bella mushrooms would work great in this recipe.
When sauteeing button mushrooms, you want to cook them until they are golden brown but not soggy. The cooking time will depend on how thick the slices or halves are and how hot your pan is. In general, it should take between 7-10 minutes for your button mushrooms to cook and become golden and delicious.
Both butter and olive oil are great for cooking mushrooms, so which one you use depends on what you are going for. Cooking mushrooms in butter will give them a rich buttery flavor, while cooking them in olive oil will allow you to cook them faster and at a higher temperature which can make them a little more toothsome.
The best way to clean mushrooms is to wipe them gently with a damp paper towel. Because they absorb moisture so easily, washing them with water can make them a little soggy.
Tips for Making Sauteed Mushrooms
- Clean them properly: Gently wipe mushrooms with a damp cloth or brush to remove dirt; avoid soaking them in water.
- Slice uniformly: Cut mushrooms into even slices to ensure they cook evenly.
- Preheat the pan: Use a medium-high heat to get a nice sear without overcrowding the mushrooms.
- Season generously: Don’t skimp on salt and pepper, but for best results, don’t add the salt until the mushrooms are almost finished cooking. Adding salt will pull the liquid out of the mushrooms and make them a little soggy.
- Avoid stirring too much: Let the mushrooms sit in the pan to develop a golden-brown crust before tossing.
- Add fresh herbs: Enhance the flavor with herbs like fresh thyme, parsley, or chives.
Storing and Reheating Sauteed Mushrooms
- Refrigerator: store leftover cooled mushrooms in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
- To reheat: to reheat sauteed mushrooms you can either microwave or add them to a pan over medium heat.
Garlic Butter Mushrooms Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 pound (450 g) button mushrooms, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 1 tablespoon (14 g) butter
- 2 teaspoons (6 g) garlic, minced (about 3 cloves)
- 1 teaspoon (1 teaspoon) salt
- 1/4 teaspoon (1/4 teaspoon) black pepper
- 1/2 tablespoon (1/2 tablespoon) Italian parsley, chopped for garnish
Instructions
- Using a damp paper towel, gently wipe off the mushrooms.
- Heat a medium-sized skillet over medium high heat and add the butter. Once hot, add the mushrooms and cook for about 3 minutes, tossing occasionally.
- Add the minced garlic and stir to coat the mushrooms in the butter and garlic. Cook for another 3-4 minutes, stirring occasionally until the mushrooms are golden brown on several sides.
- Season with salt and pepper and stir to coat. Garnish with chopped parsley and serve warm. Enjoy!
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These Sauteed Mushrooms in garlic butter sauce are an easy side dish that can be made in just about 15 minutes. They’re perfect for mushroom lovers and have so much flavor.
