Pan-Fried Mushrooms with Garlic

Cooking method

1. Step 1:

   

   How do you pan-fry mushrooms with garlic? Gather all the ingredients. You can use regular white button mushrooms or cremini. In fact, you can make this recipe with any mushrooms, even frozen ones — just thaw them well first and drain off the excess liquid.

2. Step 2:

   

   Wash the mushrooms — I recommend using a produce wash and a vegetable brush, since a lot of dirt collects under the caps. Cut the mushrooms into medium-sized pieces.

3. Step 3:

   

   Heat the vegetable oil in a skillet. It can be any oil, from inexpensive sunflower to premium olive. But if you're going to fry in it, it must be refined so it won't burn in the pan. Add the sliced mushrooms to the skillet.

4. Step 4:

   

   Salt the mushrooms. You can add some of your own favorite herbs or seasonings if you like. To my taste there's plenty of flavor here already — green onion, garlic, parsley, and lemon.

5. Step 5:

   

   Wash, dry, and chop the green onion.

6. Step 6:

   

   Add the chopped green onion to the skillet with the mushrooms.

7. Step 7:

   

   Peel and mince the garlic and add it to the skillet as well. I pressed the garlic, but you can grate it on a fine grater or chop it with a knife.

8. Step 8:

   

   Season the dish with pepper. I use a blend of hot peppers, but you could just as easily use a single ground hot pepper — red or black. If you don't like heat, add ground paprika instead.

9. Step 9:

   

   Wash, dry, and chop the parsley.

10. Step 10:

    

    Add the parsley to the mushrooms and remove the dish from the heat.

11. Step 11:

    

    The final touch is lemon juice. You can use bottled lemon juice. If you squeeze it straight from a lemon, I recommend washing the lemon in very hot water or even scalding it with boiling water first — it'll release much more juice that way. Also make sure no seeds fall into the dish; a small sieve helps.

12. Step 12:

    

    Enjoy!