Creamy Garlic Mushrooms or Mushroom in Garlic Cream Sauce is an easy-to-make, delicious, and flavorful recipe with mushrooms that can be enjoyed as a starter (appetizer), side dish, or main course for your next dinner. This mushroom recipe is ready in less than 25 minutes.
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About the recipe
This creamy, garlicky mushroom is a delicious and simple dish where the fresh mushrooms are sauteed and cooked in a cream sauce infused with garlic and spices. Add this to your Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner table for your vegetarian friends and family. A total crowd-pleaser mushroom recipe.
What to serve with creamy garlic mushrooms?
- This creamy mushroom sauce can be served with toasted baguette bread, dinner rolls, or yeast rolls.
- Serve this creamy garlic mushroom gravy as a side with chicken, steak, and seafood.
- Use this sauce to make a creamy mushroom risotto, or toss your favorite pasta.
- You can also serve creamed mushrooms with your favorite salad recipe.
Ingredients
Mushrooms: Firm white button or brown cremini mushrooms work the best for this recipe.
Onion and garlic: Enhances the flavor of the dish and makes it addictive.
Cream: Heavy whipping cream makes your dish rich and creamy. For a vegan version, use coconut cream.
Olive oil: Mushrooms bring the best flavor when sauteed in olive oil over butter.
Seasoning: Pizsa seasoning, pepper flakes, pepper powder, and salt as needed.
Fresh herb: For garnish
See the recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.
Step-by-step instructions
- You can put them in a colander and wash and drain them immediately. Use a damp paper towel to remove any dirt if you still find any after a quick wash. Now chop the mushrooms lengthwise.
- Add olive oil and garlic cloves in a non-stick pan and saute in medium flame until garlic becomes light golden in color. Do this on medium to medium-low flame. This step gives unique flavor when done right.
- Now add the onion and a pinch of salt, and saute till the onion becomes translucent.
- Next, add the chopped mushrooms and saute for 4 to 6 minutes till they are cooked and develop some color.
- Add seasoning, pepper flakes, cream, salt, and pepper powder, and bring this to a nice boil and simmer for 3 to 5 minutes.
- Finally, add the grated parmesan cheese and mix. Garnish it with cilantro or parsley if desired.
Tips
- Skip the pizza seasoning and pepper flakes if you want to keep the recipe simple.
- You can use 1 tablespoon of fresh parsley, thyme or oregano.
- To know how to cook garlic without burning, check this post on garlic butter shrimp.
- Store any leftovers in an air-tight conatiner for 2 to 3 days. Any leftovers can also be added to your blender and blended to make a thick creamy soup.
Recipe FAQs
One serving of creamy garlic mushrooms contains 146 calories.
For the best results, always use heavy cream while making sauce, and do not substitute it with half and half or milk. The richness and the flavor come from the addition of heavy cream.
Mushrooms contain macronutrients that help the immune system. They contain an antioxidant called selenium that protects from cell damage. They are low in calories and are a good source of dietary fiber.
You can freeze them, but the texture of the mushroom may not be appealing. The best way you can do this is to make the sauce without adding mushrooms and freeze it. Defrost when needed. Saute the mushrooms and add them to the sauce, and warm it.
You can put them in a colander and wash and drain them immediately. Use a damp paper towel to remove any dirt if you still find any after a quick wash. Never soak or submerge the mushroom in water, as they will absorb water easily and lose their taste and texture.
Mushrooms are so versatile that it tastes good with many spices and herbs. You can use cilantro, rosemary, thyme, dill or parsley, onion powder, garlic powder, dried herbs, and cheese to make Italian or American dishes or to make any Indian dishes like butter masala, ghee roast or Mangalorean mushroom sukka. The options are endless.
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Recipe card
Creamy Garlic Mushrooms | Mushrooms in Garlic Cream Sauce
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 ½ tablespoon Olive oil
- 8 oz Mushrooms
- 6 to 8 cloves Garlic finely chopped
- ½ medium Onion chopped
- 1 teaspoon Pasta / Pizza seasoning ( or dried thyme - ½ tsp, dried parsley - ½ teaspoon dried oregano - ¼ tsp)
- ½ teaspoon Red pepper flakes
- ½ cup Cream
- 2 to 3 tablespoon Parmesan cheese
- Salt to taste
- Black pepper powder to taste
- Parsley or Cilantro, for garnish
Instructions
- You can put them in a colander and wash and drain them immediately. Use a damp paper towel to remove any dirt if you still find any after a quick wash. Now chop the mushrooms lengthwise.8 oz Mushrooms
- Add olive oil and garlic cloves in a non-stick pan and saute in medium flame until garlic becomes light golden in color. Do this on medium to medium-low flame. This step gives unique flavor when done right.2 ½ tablespoon Olive oil, 6 to 8 cloves Garlic
- Now add the onion and a pinch of salt, and saute till the onion becomes translucent.½ medium Onion, Salt
- Next, add the chopped mushrooms and saute for 4 to 6 minutes till they are cooked and develop some color.
- Add seasoning, pepper flakes, cream, salt, and pepper powder, and bring this to a nice boil and simmer for 3 to 5 minutes.1 teaspoon Pasta / Pizza seasoning, ½ teaspoon Red pepper flakes, ½ cup Cream, Black pepper powder
- Finally, add the grated parmesan cheese and mix. Garnish it with cilantro or parsley if desired.2 to 3 tablespoon Parmesan cheese, Parsley
Notes
- Skip the pizza seasoning and pepper flakes if you want to keep the recipe simple.
- You can use 1 tablespoon of fresh parsley, thyme or oregano.
- To know how to cook garlic without burning, check this post on garlic butter shrimp.
- Store any leftovers in an air-tight conatiner for 2 to 3 days. Any leftovers can also be added to your blender and blended to make a thick creamy soup.
What to serve with creamy garlic mushrooms?
- This creamy mushroom sauce can be served with toasted baguette bread, dinner rolls, or yeast rolls.
- Serve this creamy garlic mushroom gravy as a side with chicken, steak, and seafood.
- Use this sauce to make a creamy mushroom risotto, or toss your favorite pasta.
- You can also serve creamed mushrooms with your favorite salad recipe.
Nutrition
This post for a creamy, garlicky sauce with mushrooms for everything was first published in June 2016. Updated with information, calories.
Helen at the Lazy Gastronome
Garlic and mushrooms are like soup and sandwich - a perfect pairing. And this recpe is perfectly delicious!!!
Maggie
Garlic and cream! yum. I love this combination. I'm going to save it for another day. I know my family will love it too.
Jamie
Oh my, this mushroom dish looks incredibly delicious! Its creamy sauce makes it so enticing and very tempting! Plus we only need 25 minutes to have this amazing dish on our table!
Ann
I added some chicken and pasta to this dish, and it turned out super tasty! Thanks for the recipe share - will definitely make this again!
Amy Liu Dong
This is one of my favorite dishes to make.
It's easy, delicious, and so simple to make.