These sauteed mushrooms are sliced button mushrooms cooked in butter, garlic and herbs until caramelized and tender. An easy side dish that takes about 15 minutes to make!
In my house mushroom recipes are always a hit. Some of our favorites include Instant Pot chicken with mushrooms, beef tips with mushroom gravy, sausage stuffed mushrooms and mushroom pork chops. These simple sauteed mushrooms pair perfectly with almost any protein and they taste like something you’d get a restaurant.
Whenever I go out to eat at a steakhouse, I have to order the sauteed mushrooms. They’re so buttery and delicious and full of savory flavor. Now you can make your own steakhouse style mushrooms at home with very little effort. You’ll be surprised at how easy they are to make! This is one of my all time favorite side dish recipes.
Table of Contents
Sauteed Mushrooms Ingredients
This recipe consists of mushrooms, butter, garlic, salt, black pepper and fresh parsley.
How Do You Make Sauteed Mushrooms?
The first step is to choose your mushroom variety. I typically use the standard white button mushrooms, but you can use other varieties such as cremini mushrooms (sometimes called baby bella mushrooms), chanterelle, portobello mushrooms or shiitake. Saute the mushrooms with butter, salt and pepper until tender, then stir in fresh garlic. Add a sprinkle of parsley and you’ll be ready to eat!
Tips For The Perfect Dish
- I cut my mushrooms into thick slices because I find them easier to eat that way, but you can leave your mushrooms whole if you prefer. Just be sure to adjust the cooking time accordingly.
- The mushrooms will release a lot of liquid as they cook. If you wait patiently, that liquid will evaporate off and when that happens, the mushrooms will get that great caramelized exterior.
- I typically add a sprinkling of fresh parsley to my mushrooms, but other great options are dill, chives or fresh thyme leaves.
- To make this recipe vegan, use 3 tablespoons of olive oil instead of the butter.
Quick Tip
I add the garlic towards the end of the cooking time so that it doesn’t burn.
Recipe FAQs
The best way to clean mushrooms is to use a damp paper towel to gently rub dirt from each mushroom. You can also rinse your mushrooms in a colander, but be sure to rinse them briefly; do not soak them in water.
Mushrooms are very healthy and contain many nutrients including Vitamin B, copper, potassium and Vitamin D. Mushrooms are low in calories, high in fiber and low in carbohydrates. While this recipe isn’t the healthiest choice because of the butter, you can cut the calories a bit by using half the amount of butter.
You should saute mushrooms for 7 minutes, or as long as it takes for them to get tender and golden brown.
FOLLOW ME
Flavor Variations
This is a basic mushroom recipe, but you can absolutely add other ingredients to customize your mushrooms to your taste!
- Spicy: Add 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes.
- Creamy: Add 2 tablespoons of heavy cream when you add the garlic, then simmer until cream has started to thicken.
- Cheese: Stir in 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese before serving.
- Onions: Add 1 thinly sliced onion when you put the mushrooms in the pan to cook.
- Flavorings: Feel free to add a touch of soy sauce, lemon juice or Worcestershire sauce.
How To Serve Sauteed Mushrooms
I typically serve sauteed mushrooms as a side dish, but there are so many different ways to use them!
- Pizza: Add the mushrooms on top of a chicken Alfredo pizza, or tuck them into a calzone or stromboli.
- Crostini: Pile the mushrooms on top of slices of garlic bread.
- Meat: Serve the mushrooms over a rib eye steak, rosemary chicken or baked pork chops.
- Pasta: Stir your mushrooms into pizza pasta, penne alla vodka, or chicken Alfredo bake.
No matter how you serve your mushrooms, they’re sure to be a huge hit! I make these sauteed mushrooms at least once a week and there are never any leftovers.
More Great Side Dishes
Sauteed Mushrooms Video
Love This Recipe?
Please leave a 5-star 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 rating in the recipe card below & a review in the comments section further down the page.
Sauteed Mushrooms
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1 pound button mushrooms cut into 1/2 inch thick slices
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
Instructions
- Melt the butter in a large pan over medium high heat.
- Add the mushrooms. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Cook, stirring occasionally, for 7 minutes or until most of the liquid has evaporated and mushrooms are caramelized.
- Add the garlic and cook for 1 more minute, stirring constantly.
- Sprinkle with parsley, then serve.
Notes
- I cut my mushrooms into thick slices because I find them easier to eat that way, but you can leave your mushrooms whole if you prefer. Just be sure to adjust the cooking time accordingly.
- The mushrooms will release a lot of liquid as they cook. If you wait patiently, that liquid will evaporate off and when that happens, the mushrooms will get that great caramelized exterior.
- Feel free to use other varieties of mushrooms such as cremini, oyster or shiitake.
I made your recipe today. I got a little heavy-handed with the salt so at the end I added a bit of red wine and that helped a lot. Taste very good and next time I will makes it even better by limiting the amount of salt I add. In fact, since the butter is salted, I won’t add salt until they’re cooked so that I can taste and add a little at the end if needed.
I made your mushroom recipe twice in the last 2 days. But the first time, I incorporated a couple of steps from the comments and added some of my own touches (added red wine and toasted flour per comment; added shallots and fresh thyme on my own). You know, it was good but I had a feeling I should have just followed your recipe as it was so I made it again today. Your recipe is the way to go! I don’t think it needs the red wine, shallots or thyme. The only thing I think worth doing is to toast the flour in the pan prior to adding the broth. I think your mushroom recipe is a keeper! Thank you.
These are so amazing! Thank you for this simple yet delicious recipe! My whole family loved them 🙂
I really love this recipe, will be making it for the weekend when the family comes over. It is an easy one for me as i love making different types of food. Thanks for sharing & will be looking out for more.
Simple and delicious! Everyone must make it
Yum Ym Yum! For most of my life I did not like mushrooms at all. Now I can’t get enough of them. 🙂
Delicious! I actually made this dish and just paired it with a caesar salad and sautéed green beans for a meatless monday. The family gave no complaints.
Oh wow! It looks new recipe for me. I love to make this and I am sure my son would this be favorite. Yummy!
Sounds exciting! I haven’t eaten anything liek that before. Mushrooms always work for me! SOld!
This looks like such a delicious side! I love mushrooms so will have to give this a try.
I love mushrooms, so this recipe is perfect for me! My partner doesn’t like garlic however, but I’ll make them for me!
I love cooking with mushrooms; I add them to any dish I can and they are actually one of the only veggies my kids will eat too! These sound awesome!
We love everything mushroom related. Making this. Thanks
I’m such a fan of mushrooms! YUM! I could eat them for every meal.
These look like such a tasty and flavourful side dish! I love mushrooms and garlic butter so that sounds like the perfect combination to me.
I love finding a new recipe to try. I’m always so scared I am going to mess it up somehow. This looks easy enough for me though. Thanks!
I absolutely love your videos! I eat mushrooms at least once a week and love them so this is something that I’ll try soon!
there aren’t a lot of things better than sauteed mushrooms. they are just so delicious and easy to make. and so good on so many things. even just toast.
I want to know how you cleaned (and sliced) a pound of mushrooms in 2 minutes. It would take me at least 15. Otherwise, this looks yummy.
I love mushrooms as a side. I usually serve them with potatoes and meatloaf or steak. I can’t wait to try this.