Spicy garlic mushrooms is a quick and easy appetizer or side dish recipe that tastes delicious. It pairs well with a lot of dishes from different cuisines. These spicy mushrooms get ready in less than 30 minutes and are vegan and gluten-free.
Today, I am sharing another very quick and easy recipe on my blog that tastes delicious. The recipe is for spicy garlic mushrooms.
This dish can be served in a lot of different ways. You can serve it as an appetizer or a side dish with Indian or any other Asian meal. There are a lot of other ways in which these spicy mushrooms can be enjoyed and I have shared a lot of serving suggestions in the post ahead.
It's a vegan and gluten-free dish that gets ready in less than 30 minutes.
What's needed to make spicy garlic mushrooms?
To make these spicy mushrooms you will need the ingredients shown below:
Ingredient notes and substitute suggestions
- Button mushrooms: White or brown button mushrooms both are fine.
- Onion: Preferably red onion.
- Garlic: These are garlic mushrooms and I love garlic so have used a lot of it. However, you can reduce the number of garlic cloves used if you prefer a milder garlic flavor.
- Coconut sugar: It balances all the flavors of the dish. You can also use brown sugar or palm sugar.
- Coriander powder: It's a very flavorful Indian spice made with dried coriander seeds. You can use any other seasoning of your choice to flavor this dish. I personally feel that coriander powder tastes the best in it.
- Olive oil: You can also use canola or vegetable oil.
How to make (step-by-step instructions)?
Step 1: Heat oil in a pan and add chopped onion.
Step 2: Saute until the onion starts turning brown.
Step 3: Add the chopped white part of spring onion and minced garlic. Saute for a few seconds or until the raw smell of garlic goes away.
Step 4: Add red chili flakes, red chili powder, coriander powder, and coconut sugar. Saute for a few seconds
Step 5: Add chopped mushrooms.
Step 6: Saute on a medium to high flame until all the liquid released by the mushrooms dries up and the mushrooms get nicely cooked.
Step 7: Add salt and ground black pepper. Saute for a few more minutes or until the mushrooms start turning brown.
Step 8: Finally add lime juice and spring onion greens. Mix everything.
Your delicious Indian-style spicy mushrooms are ready to be enjoyed!
How to serve?
The best thing about these garlic mushrooms is that it can be served in a lot of different ways.
You can serve them as an appetizer. Or, serve them as a side dish with meals of different cuisines.
For an Indian meal, you can serve them with any Indian flat bread like paratha or roti. It can also be served with rice and dal.
To enjoy it any other Asian style meal, serve it with fried rice or any noodle dish like chili garlic noodles or veg chowmein.
You can also stuff them in wraps or sandwiches.
Another way to use these spciy mushrooms is to use them to make stir fried rice or noodles. For that, once the mushrooms are ready add left over rice or cooked noodles and stir fry on a high flame. You can also add a few stir fry sauces to make these dishes.
How to store?
To store, put the leftover spicy garlic mushrooms in an airtight container and refrigerate. They will be fine for 3-4 days.
Recipe tips and tricks
- Use mushrooms of almost the same size for even cooking.
- Cut mushrooms into large bite-size pieces as they shrink in size after getting cooked.
- If you are using mushrooms that are small in size, you can use them whole too.
- Make this dish on a medium or high flame. If you cook the mushrooms on a slow heat, they will get boiled in their juices.
- You may also use soy sauce in spicy garlic mushrooms recipe for a richer flavor and color.
- Don't skip sugar in this dish. It won't make the dish sweet but will only balance the heat.
Frequently asked questions
Yes, you can use canned mushrooms in this recipe.
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Recipe
Spicy garlic mushrooms
Equipment
- Large cooking pot or skillet
Ingredients
- 500 grams button mushrooms Cut into bite size pieces
- 1 medium red onion
- 6-7 large garlic cloves minced
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 2-3 stalks spring onion finely chop and keep white and green parts separated
- 2 teaspoons coriander powder
- 2 teaspoons red chili flakes
- ½ teaspoon Kashmiri red chili powder
- ½ teaspoon coconut sugar or any sweetener of choice
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper adjust to taste
- Salt to taste
- 1.5 tablespoons olive oil or any neutral flavored oil
Instructions
- Heat oil in a skillet. Add chopped onion and cook until the onion starts turning brown.
- Add the chopped white part of spring onion and minced garlic. Saute for a few seconds or until the raw smell of garlic goes away.
- Add red chili flakes, red chili powder, coriander powder, and coconut sugar. Saute for a few seconds.
- Add mushrooms and cook on a medium flame until the moisture released by the mushrooms dries up.
- Add salt and pepper. Saute for a few more minutes.
- Finally, add lime juice and chopped spring onion greens. Mix and serve.
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Notes
- Use mushrooms of almost the same size for even cooking.
- Cut mushrooms into large bite size pieces as they shrink in size after getting cooked.
- If the mushrooms are small in size you can use them whole too.
- Canned mushrooms can also be used to make this dish.
- Make this dish on a medium or high flame. If you cook the mushrooms on a slow heat, they will get boiled in their juices.
- Don't skip sugar in the recipe. It won't make the dish sweet but will only balance the heat.
- More recipe tips and tricks are shared in the post above, please follow them to make this dish.
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