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Stewed mushrooms in sour cream in a frying pan with onions

Skillet Mushrooms Braised in Sour Cream with Onion

What's the best way to cook mushrooms? Braise them with onions! These sour cream mushrooms come together quickly from everyday ingredients. It's all very simple and very tasty! Enjoy them with bread or serve them over a side like potatoes, mashed potatoes, or rice.

Pirko Rita

Recipe author

Stewed mushrooms in sour cream in a frying pan with onions

Composition / ingredients

Servings:

White mushrooms

400

Onion

Carrots

Sour cream

150

Vegetable oil

Ground black pepper

Salt

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 17 % 3 g

Fats 67 % 12 g

Carbohydrates 17 % 3 g

130 kcal

GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Cooking method

Cooking time: 40 min

Step 1:

How do you braise mushrooms in sour cream in a skillet? Gather all your ingredients and equipment for the dish.
Step 2:

Start with the mushrooms. Wash them, pat them dry a little, and slice them. Small to medium mushrooms are best here — the dish comes out tastier, and they're juicier on their own.
Step 3:

Pour just a little vegetable oil into the skillet (you'll add most of it later, during frying) and set it over the heat to warm up. Then add the mushrooms and start cooking them over medium heat.
Step 4:

Meanwhile, prep the vegetables. Peel the onion and cut it into half-moons or quarters, depending on your preference and the onion's size. Just don't mince it — the size affects the whole dish, and here the onion pieces should be substantial.
Step 5:

Peel the carrot and grate it. I used the medium holes so it softens and browns faster, but you can use the large holes if you like.
Step 6:

When the liquid in the skillet has cooked off, add more oil and add the onion and carrot to the mushrooms. Stir the mushrooms and vegetables together and cook for 10–15 minutes, stirring now and then so nothing scorches and everything browns evenly.
Step 7:

Then add the sour cream and season with ground black pepper and salt.
Step 8:

Stir everything well again and check the consistency. If it's too thick, add a little water — but go easy, since too much water turns it into mushrooms in gravy. Braise the dish for 5–6 minutes.
Step 9:

Your skillet mushrooms braised in sour cream with onion are ready. Enjoy!

You can swap the sour cream for plain, unsweetened yogurt.
Use an oil with a high smoke point for frying! Every oil is only good up to a certain temperature — its smoke point, the point at which it starts to burn and forms toxic compounds, including carcinogens. Unrefined oils, with a few exceptions, have a low smoke point; they're full of unfiltered organic particles that scorch quickly. Refined oils stand up to heat better and have a higher smoke point. If you're cooking in the oven, in a skillet, or on the grill, make sure you're using an oil with a high smoke point. The most common high-smoke-point oils are refined sunflower, olive, and grapeseed oil.