Sauteed Portobello Mushrooms with Wine and Thyme (2024)

A simple portobello side dish, prepared with white wine and flavored with thyme.

TL;DR

Portobello mushrooms are grown out of button mushrooms. They taste very umami and somewhat earthy.

They are also much fleshier and resemble in consistency pan-fried King oyster Mushrooms.

This particular recipe aims to highlight all the beautiful flavors of Portobello mushrooms.

My recipe achieves that by deglazing the sautéed mushrooms with wine. Additionally, fresh thyme complements the aroma.

I would say, it tastes like a walk in the forest.

Ingredients

For this particular portobello mushroom side dish, you won't need that many ingredients.

The mushroom is going to lend the dish the flavors it requires, and you certainly don't want to mask these wonderful mushrooms with anything else.

• Portobello Mushrooms — sliced. The younger, the better! Look out for hyper fresh, blemish-free, mushrooms.
• Butter — Unsalted or Salted. If you use salted butter, decrease the salt quantity.
• Onion — sliced. You can use yellow, white, red or purple onions. Also, mild shallots are acceptable.
• Black Pepper Ground
• Garlic Cloves — pressed or finely chopped
• Saltto taste
• White Wine — Pick a wine that you like. I like a sweet Moscato wine, but a dry wine is ok too. I encourage you to experiment with white wines!
• Thyme — Fresh and a few sprigs. Dried thyme isn't the same, but if you can't get fresh thyme, use dried one instead.

To make this Vegan, switch the butter with olive oil.

How to sauté the mushrooms?

Step 1

Prep all ingredients.

Sauté onion slices in a skillet, and then garlic and mushrooms

Cook the mushrooms down until they lose some liquids and reduce size.

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Step 2

Season and Pour in your white wine to deglaze.

Step 3

Add the thyme sprigs.

Stir cook and continue to cook down mushrooms.

Step 4

Cook until the liquids have been absorbed or dissolved.

Serve hot.

Serving Ideas

I think the best way to enjoy this side dish is by pairing the sautéed portobello mushrooms with a meat dish.

Serve the portobello fry with chicken, beef, veal, pork, or even fish.

Here some meal pairing ideas:

• Herb flavored Beef Tenderloin Roast
• Whole roasted Chicken with Thyme and Rosemary
• Parchment baked Salmon en Papillote

Yet, of course, you are free to serve the side dish with vegetarian dishes.

• German Potato Pancake
• Stuffed Spiced Cabbage Roll
• Spaetzle
• Baked Paremsan Zucchini Sticks

Storing

In case you are left with some leftovers, you can pack them into an airtight container in your fridge.

The cooked mushrooms keep well for 3 days at least and because they taste rather neutral, you are free to serve them with a large array of meals.

I like to store my cooked sautéed Portobello mushrooms in a rectangular glass container, like the ones you get at IKEA.

That way you can stack them in your fridge, saving space, and you can see the food so that you don't forget about it.

The best part is, that the boxes can be used to reheat the food in the oven or microwave, without you having to transfer the content.