Buttered Mushrooms with Onion and Herbs


Anyone dislikes mushrooms over here ? Ever since I started buying and using fresh mushrooms in my cooking when I was in the United States, I find it hard to resist fresh mushrooms while I was in Taiwan or now when I'm back in Singapore. Not as if I have not eaten fresh mushrooms before since birth in Singapore. It's just that my association with mushrooms when I was younger was either dried shitake mushrooms or canned button mushrooms. Dried shitake mushrooms are still good for flavoring broths and braising with chicken while canned mushrooms can really come in handy when putting up a dish such as Mui Fan or Braised Noodles or when you really do not have the time to wipe-clean the mushrooms and slice or cut them.

Food in Colors - October 2008 is BROWN and what's better than MUSHROOMS to show off this color. Fresh mushrooms are really what I love when I cook pasta and stir-frys.



Buttered Mushrooms with Onion and Herbs
Ingredients:
some butter, olive oil, 1 red onion thinly sliced, fresh mushrooms(I used a mixture of white and brown), oregano, salt, freshly ground black pepper

Directions:
1. Butter and oil saute pan
2. Add red onions and saute till soft, dash some salt
3. Add in mushrooms and saute till onions caramelize and mushrooms turn soft
4. Add in freshly ground black pepper and herbs



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38 comments:

  1. ohhhhhhh butter + mushrooms = best friends forever!

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  2. I agree, butter and mushrooms are a perfect combi. I'm spoilt. Spending more money buying fresh mushrooms now compared to getting canned mushrooms.

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  3. we never like mushrooms of whatever color or wrinkle but since you like it we will learn now how to enjoy it too. and then also learn to tell the difference between them and some dried brown paper lying on the floor
    LOL !

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  4. I love mushrooms.
    That looks delicious. I might have to try it.

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  5. That's so funny! As I read what you said about eating fresh mushrooms in the US, I also started recalling growing up only knowing the canned buttons and the dried shiitake's.

    I've come to really appreciate the fresh ones now - that flavor is hard to beat. Although sometimes, the canned ones take me back.

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  6. I like to just quarter or halve these mushrooms and saute them with chopped parsley.

    *slurp slurp* now I have a craving for mushrooms!

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  7. I heart fresh mushrooms haha, I make them like this for breakfast too, very popular in London for bfast :)

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  8. oh those lovely shrooms...I love them, especially fresh ones! Like u, I also love to add them to my pasta, can't do without them...I also do stir frys a lot with mixed veggies, simply good :)

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  9. It always amazes me how good these humble button mushrooms are, just done simply like this.

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  10. This is one of my favourite light dinners ever. Thanks for posting the reminder!

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  11. the thing from stopping me from cooking mushrooms is the long time it takes for the moisture to come out from the mushrooms and soaked back into the mushrooms..

    some times im lazy, i just boil the mushrooms b4 quickly sateing it..

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  12. oH! i love butter mushroom hibachi style! hubby hate mushroom said it's fungus,yikess!!!

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  13. That sounds wonderful to this girl who loves mushrooms!

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  14. Perfectly done for a mushroom lover like me! Thanks for sending them to FIC-brown!

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  15. Yum, I love mushrooms no matter how you make them!

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  16. I'm so fond of mushrooms with thyme that I have 4 huge thyme plants in my herb garden!

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  17. button mushrooms (n buttered!) are my absolute fave ... what a great dish! ^^

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  18. I luv mushrooms! Esp those big, juicy and "meaty" shitake.

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  19. I love mushrooms too...I have started to use lots of fresh mushrooms in my cooking. I like this dish. :)It is simple to make.

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  20. I love love love mushrooms done like this.

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  21. I heart mushrooms! How can anyone dislike them?!

    I'm gonna try this!

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  22. Yummy! Yum-yum!

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  23. ohh.. mushrooms!! My all time favourate !!

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  24. Excellent posting!
    Good food! Thanks for your posting!
    Have a nice day.

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  25. Yummy! I like mushrooms cooked this way.

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  26. I heart mushrooms!! This exact meal (butter and mushrooms) is usually my quick lunch menu. Always have some fresh creminis or button mushrooms in fridge. Delicious.

    You are so right about canned button mushroom growing up! Me too! I used to call it 'telephone' - yeah..don't ask.

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  27. another simple combi: butter, garlic, mushrooms.
    Goes well with everything: rice, pizza, salad, croutons, crepes, silken tofu... i always cook a large batch and refrigerate. It's my instant dressing to make everything else taste better.

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  28. This, in my opinion is the best way to enjoy mushrooms.....simple, but the flavor of the mushrooms is the star of the show!

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  29. That looks really good. I love eating mushrooms. I even pick them from some dishes that I eat. :)

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  30. i don't eat dried mushrooms as i can't get them here. Suppose it isn't an English thing either BUT the gd thing is i can't live without mushrooms, be it button mushrooms, large cap mushrooms, oyster, shiitake, japanese inoke, etc. i love em all. but one day someone mentioned tht mushrooms give you thrush and that freaked me out a little! hasn't killed my love for 'em, fortunately ;) x

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  31. I definitely agree, fresh tastes better than canned ones *nods* :) And that mushroom dish looks like it would be killer on a nice crusty toast MMmm!

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  32. ooohhh la la... that really looks great... a definite must try for me... :)

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  33. Aiyoh . . . i am drowning, drowning onto you and the mushroom lol! wow did i say that!

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  34. We luv fresh mushrooms! Your buttered mushrooms look so delicious! Goes well with rice. Will surely give it a try.

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  35. I love mushrooms and I love picking mushrooms during mushroom season like right now. It has been raining on and off for the past week so there will be plenty of mushrooms coming up to be picked. My PIL picked 3 kg of delicious mushrooms during a 1 hour walk in the forest. :)

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  36. Simple. A great way to enjoy fresh mushrooms!

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  37. Mashroom is very healthy food one has eat it at least once in a week.


    Smith ALan

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  38. Keep it up!!! You are too good at your work… how do you manage to keep writing superbly each time. Is there some hidden secret which you do not want to share…

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