Sauteed baby bella mushrooms or cremini mushrooms (also spelled as crimini mushrooms) with garlic and butter makes easy, delicious, healthy and quick mushrooms for a perfect vegetable side dish to serve with lunch or dinner.
If you haven't used baby bella mushrooms before, and if you wonder if baby bella mushrooms are different from white button mushrooms which we will also explain it here in this post.
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Baby bella mushrooms are simply little older version of white button mushrooms but younger than portobello mushrooms.
In fact, white button, baby bella and portobello are all different stages of the same mushroom variety.
Baby bella mushrooms are also known as cremini mushrooms.
When the mushrooms are picked at their stage of growth, they are known as white button mushrooms, when they are picked at a little older stage (middle stage of growth) they are known as baby bella and when they are fully grown they are known as portobellow mushrooms.
So they are all basically the same mushroom variety, but the difference is only based on at what stage of growth they are.
In brief, baby bella is at an older stage of growth than white buttons, so they have more firmer texture (not as much as portobello) than white buttons.
Portobello is fully grown white button mushrooms where as baby bella comes in middle with regards to their growth stage compared to white buttons and portobellow (baby bella is older than white button but younger than fully grown portobello mushrooms).
Baby bella is just perfect to be used in many mushroom recipes!
Substitutes for cremini or baby bella mushrooms in recipe:
White button mushrooms, portobello mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, oyster mushrooms are all great substitutes for cremini mushrooms or baby bella mushrooms!
In this recipe, we simply make sauteed mushrooms and so you may make sauteed mushrooms using other varieties of mushrooms too though the cooking times of mushrooms may slightly vary depending on the variety.
Health benefits of baby bella or cremini mushrooms:
These mushrooms are rich in nutrients like potassium, phosphorous etc and they are great for the health of bones, improves immunity and reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases.
You can read more about the health benefits of baby bella mushrooms here.
So here is how you can make easy, delicious sauteed mushrooms with garlic and butter using cremini mushrooms.
How to make sauteed baby bella mushrooms or cremini mushrooms with garlic and butter?
To make sauteed cremini mushrooms, we use the following ingredients.
ingredients
baby bella mushrooms (cremini mushrooms) 8 oz (sliced)
salt adjust to taste
oil 2 tablespoons
butter 2 tablespoons
garlic powder 1 teaspoon
lemon juice 1 teaspoon
soy sauce 1 tablespoon
Step by step instructions
If the baby bella (cremini) mushrooms are not already cleaned, clean the mushrooms very well using a damp cloth or mushroom brush.
You may rinse too if the mushrooms have still dirt, but it is not recommended to wash the mushrooms in too much water since they may absorb water.
However, it is important to make sure the mushrooms are clean before you cook them, so you may rinse them clean as needed.
Add the cleaned sliced mushrooms to a frying pan.
Add salt and oil, cook in high heat for couple of minutes until water is released from the mushrooms.
Stir the mushrooms, reduce the heat to medium and cook for another 4 to 5 minutes so the water released from the mushrooms is all evaporated.
Add garlic and butter, saute the mushrooms in medium heat for another 5 minutes until the mushrooms are lightly fried and browned.
You can flip the mushrooms carefully and cook the other side too for a couple of minutes so they are lightly browned on both sides.
Add lemon juice and soy sauce also to the pan, stir well to coat the mushrooms and sautee for another one more minute.
Serve the sauteed baby bella mushrooms hot for best results!
Below you can get the details for sauteed baby bella or cremini mushrooms with garlic and butter.
Sauteed Baby Bella Mushrooms (Cremini) With Garlic And Butter
Ingredients
- 8 oz baby bella mushrooms cremini mushrooms (sliced)
- salt adjust to taste
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
Instructions
- If the baby bella (cremini) mushrooms are not already cleaned, clean the mushrooms very well using a damp cloth or mushroom brush. You may rinse too if the mushrooms have still dirt, but it is not recommended to wash the mushrooms in too much water since they may absorb water. However, it is important to make sure the mushrooms are clean before you cook them, so you may rinse them clean as needed.
- Add the cleaned sliced mushrooms to a frying pan.
- Add salt and oil, cook in high heat for couple of minutes until water is released from the mushrooms.
- Stir the mushrooms, reduce the heat to medium and cook for another 4 to 5 minutes so the water released from the mushrooms is all evaporated.
- Add garlic and butter, saute the mushrooms in medium heat for another 5 minutes until the mushrooms are lightly fried and browned. You can flip the mushrooms carefully and cook the other side too for a couple of minutes so they are lightly browned on both sides.
- Add lemon juice and soy sauce also to the pan, stir well to coat the mushrooms and sautee for another one more minute.
- Serve the sauteed baby bella mushrooms hot for best results!
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