Sauteed mushrooms & onions with potatoes (Easy & vegan recipe)

Do you love mushrooms? Then make this quick and easy sauteed mushrooms and onions and serve it with potatoes. This recipe is very versatile, and you can serve this mushroom stir fry with pasta, bread, tortilla, or dinner rolls.

I love mushrooms, and this basic mushroom stir fry with onions and herbs makes a great side dish. In this recipe, I served it with potatoes. But this sauteed mushrooms goes well with sourdough bread and pasta as well. You can use this as a sandwich or burger filling.

Main ingredients

Mushrooms - I used button mushrooms and shitake mushroom powder in this recipe. You can use fresh or dried whole shitake mushrooms as well. If using sliced shiitake mushrooms, cook it for five more minutes. Shitake mushrooms will give earthy and umami flavor to this dish.

Onions - Onions and mushrooms pair very well. You can use spring onions as well in this recipe.

Herbs & spices - I used garlic and fresh thyme sprig in this recipe. Like an onion, garlic also goes well with mushrooms. If you do not like it, you can skip the garlic. Instead of fresh thyme, you can use dried thyme or other herbs like oregano, rosemary.

Potatoes - I love potatoes, and mushroom potatoes pair very well. By using potatoes, this dish can be a meal by itself. So ideal for busy days. You can use sweet potatoes or skip them altogether. In that case, this sauteed mushrooms will be a side dish that you can serve with bread, pasta, quinoa.

Instructions

• Finely chop the garlic and keep it aside. Slice the onions and mushrooms. 

• Boil or bake the potatoes and cut them into big cubes.

• Heat a pan and add oil. Once it is hot, add finely chopped garlic and thyme sprigs.

• Now add sliced onions and let them fry for a couple of minutes.

• Add mushrooms and let it cook for 2 minutes on medium to high flame. Mushrooms will start releasing their water.

• Now add shiitake mushrooms powder, black pepper powder, salt, and ½ cup water. Mix everything well and let it simmer for 3-4 minutes on medium flame.

• Add boiled potato cubes and let them simmer for 5 minutes in mushroom gravy. You can prick potatoes with a fork so that flavors go well into them. You can add more water to adjust the consistency as per your liking.

• Switch off the stove, and the sauteed mushrooms with potatoes is ready to serve.

Recipe Notes

• I have baked whole potatoes for 30 minutes. Baking time will depend on the size of the potatoes.
•  Steaming or boiling also works here. 
• Instead of potatoes, you can use sweet potatoes as well.
• Shiitake mushrooms powder is optional, but it will impart an earthy flavor. 
• You can use fresh or rehydrated shiitake mushrooms as well. If using whole mushrooms, cook them for five more minutes.
• Instead of water, you can use coconut milk to make this recipe. Coconut milk will taste good with mushrooms and make them creamy.

Variations

Mushroom tomato curry- Do you want to turn this recipe into quick tomato-based curry? Then skip the potatoes, add 1 cup of tomato puree, and cook it for 8 to 10 minutes. Adjust the salt and pepper, and delicious tomato mushroom curry is ready to serve with basmati rice or any flatbread.

Coconut mushroom curry - Coconut and mushrooms go very well. Add 1 cup of thick coconut milk and simmer it further for 5 minutes to make coconut mushroom curry. You can skip potatoes or use them. Adjust the spices, and a teaspoon of curry powder will make it more flavorful.

Mushroom soup - Skip the potatoes and add 2 cups of coconut milk. Simmer it for 2 to 3 minutes, and mushroom soup is ready. This soup will not be thick, but you can use half of boiled potato or tablespoon of flour to make it thick. After adding flour or boiled potato, simmer the soup for 5 to 10 minutes.

Mushroom Pasta - Instead of boiled potatoes, add cooked pasta and simmer it for 3 to 4 minutes to make mushroom pasta. You can even top this mushroom stir fry on the cooked spaghetti pasta. Simmering works well for small pasta like macaroni, fusilli, penne. 

Mushroom fried rice - Skip the potatoes in this recipe and add leftover rice. Let it cook for 3 to 4 minutes, and you can enjoy hot and flavorful mushroom fried rice. Before adding rice, make sure that the mushroom mixture is not watery as we are using cooked rice. Instead of rice, you could use cooked quinoa or cooked millet.

Serving suggestions

As we are using potatoes in this recipe, you can serve this mushroom potato as the main dish, and it will be a complete meal by itself.

You can easily convert this recipe into soup or curry and serve it along with any bread of your choice.

Storage

Mushrooms taste best when served immediately. So I like to consume the dish immediately. But you can store the leftovers for a day in the refrigerator.

When you want to have the dish, reheat the leftover mushroom stir fry in a pan and sprinkle a couple of teaspoon of water. Simmer it for 3 to 4 minutes and use the dish immediately.

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