These delightful sauteed mushrooms and onions are the perfect balance of semi-sweet, tangy, salty, and earthy flavors! They're also super easy to make which makes them a perfect simple side dish for any dinner!
This easy side dish is the perfect complement to steak dinner, burgers, meatloaf, and grilled mains!
A hearty side dish like this combination of tender, tasty mushrooms and caramelized onions is just what you need when serving up some amazingly satisfying meaty main dishes! Of course, since this is such a versatile side dish they're also equally wonderful with practically any main dish!
Serving your sauteed mushrooms and onions with lighter fare like vegetarian or vegan dishes is also an excellent way to add rich, savory flavor!
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🥘 Ingredients
All you need for this fabulous side dish is some mushrooms, onions, and flavor enhancers! Just a few basic ingredients combine to serve up this dish with huge flavor!
- 2 tablespoons Olive Oil (extra virgin)
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce (see tips for substitutions)
- 1 pound Mushrooms (white button mushrooms or cremini mushrooms - cleaned and sliced, quartered, or halved depending on size)
- 1 large Sweet Onion (Walla Walla and Vidalia sweet onions are the best for flavor)
- 1 teaspoon Garlic (minced)
- Salt & Pepper (to taste)
*Be sure to see the recipe card below for ingredients, amounts & instructions!*
🔪 Step-by-Step Instructions
Prep your tasty onions and tender mushrooms then grab a skillet! You'll have these sauteed mushrooms and onions ready in time to serve with dinner!
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- Heat. Bring a large skillet or non-stick frying pan to medium-high heat with the olive oil. Once the oil begins to shimmer stir in the Worcestershire sauce and add the mushrooms.
- Saute. Start with sauteing the mushrooms for about 5 minutes on their own, until they start to turn golden brown, stirring about every minute and a half or so.
- Add the sliced sweet onions. Then continue to saute with the mushrooms, stirring occasionally, until caramelized. This should take about 10 minutes.
- Season. Once the mushrooms and onions are browned and almost ready to serve, reduce the heat to low, stir in the garlic, and season with salt and pepper.
- Finish and serve. Saute for 30 seconds to a minute more then remove from heat and serve immediately.
Serve these tasty pan fried mushrooms and onions with a meaty main like my tomahawk steak, grilled lamb chops, or grilled marinated pork chops! Enjoy!
💭 Tips & Recipe Notes
- You can substitute the Worcestershire sauce with equal amounts of either soy sauce, red wine (a good quality dry red wine works best), balsamic vinegar, or beef stock.
- When cooking the mushrooms it is important to not rush. Allow them to cook off their water content.
- Choose sweet onions for better caramelization and flavor.
- A splash of fresh (not bottled) lemon juice takes this tasty mushroom and onion side dish from amazing to out-of-this-world!
- To quickly clean your mushrooms (without getting them water-logged) brush them off with a damp towel or dry brush OR place them into a colander and spray them using your sink sprayer.
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Sauteed Mushrooms and Onions
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon olive oil (extra virgin)
- 2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 lb mushrooms (white button mushrooms or cremini mushrooms - cleaned and sliced, quartered, or halved depending on size)
- 1 large sweet onion (Walla Walla and Vidalia sweet onions are the best for flavor)
- 1 teaspoon garlic (minced)
- each, salt & pepper (to taste)
Instructions
- Bring a large skillet or non-stick frying pan to medium-high heat with the olive oil. Once the oil begins to shimmer stir in the Worcestershire sauce and add the mushrooms.2 tablespoon olive oil, 2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce, 1 lb mushrooms
- Saute the mushrooms for about 5 minutes on their own, until they start to turn golden brown, stirring every minute and a half or so. Add the sliced sweet onions and continue to saute, stirring occasionally, until caramelized. This should take about 10 minutes.1 large sweet onion
- Once the mushrooms and onions are browned and almost ready to serve, reduce the heat to low, stir in the garlic, and season with salt and pepper. Saute for 30 seconds to a minute more then remove from heat and serve immediately.1 teaspoon garlic, each, salt & pepper
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Notes
- If you cutting your mushrooms into quarters and/or halves, be sure to try and get them approximately the same size so that they will cook evenly.
- Sweet onions truly do have a sweeter flavor than your standard yellow onion variety. If you have them on hand, they're much better when sauteed with mushrooms.
- You can substitute the Worcestershire sauce with equal amounts of either soy sauce, red wine (a good quality dry red wine works best), balsamic vinegar, or beef stock.
- When cooking the mushrooms it is important to not rush. Allow them to cook off their water content.
- A splash of fresh (not bottled) lemon juice takes this tasty mushroom and onion side dish from amazing to out-of-this-world!
- To quickly clean your mushrooms (without getting them water-logged) brush them off with a damp towel or dry brush OR place them into a colander and spray them using your sink sprayer.
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Angela is an at home chef that developed a passion for all things cooking and baking at a young age in her Grandma's kitchen. After many years in the food service industry, she now enjoys sharing all of her family favorite recipes and creating tasty dinner and amazing dessert recipes here at Bake It With Love!
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