Recipe: Basic Mushroom Sauté

Hi everyone! Earlier this evening my mom brought home some Shiitaki mushrooms and asked if I wanted to make dinner. Being in culinary school I've been learning a lot about flavors and cooking. My chef made us sautéed mushrooms last week and I absolutely fell in love. So when my mom brought home the mushrooms tonight I quickly read the recipe that went with it and made a delicious mushroom sauté dish to go with our sausage!

To make the mushroom sauté you will need:

• one package of Shiitake mushrooms
• 2 tbsp. unsalted butter
• 1/2 onion diced
• 2 cloves garlic finely chopped
• salt and pepper (to taste)
• fresh (or dried) thyme
• (optional) fresh lemon juice

Start with a sauté pan, turn heat to medium and melt butter. If your mushrooms come whole, slice them about 1/8"-1/4" thick and throw them in the sauté pan. Stir and combine the butter with the mushrooms. Dice half an onion (I will be posting a knife skills tutorial soon!) and finely chop two cloves of garlic and mix in with mushrooms and butter. If you have fresh thyme, chop it up and stir in. If you have dried thyme, you can just throw it in immediately. Turn heat to low/medium and let sit for two minutes. Stir and season with salt and pepper, to taste depending on your personal preference. You can also add fresh lemon juice if you wanted a lighter citrus flavor as well!

I hope you enjoy this quick recipe, it is absolutely delicious and you can use this base to make some amazing dishes. You could add some cream and cook that together and add some chicken, or make a mushroom risotto! There is so much you can do to turn a simple base dish into something extravagant and delicious.

Have fun experimenting with this new recipe!

xo,
Bekah!