I was given a lot of mushrooms and they were spending too much time in my fridge, so I decided to do a little test with my new slow cooker. I ripped apart the mixed mushrooms and added some butter and olive oil to them in the pot. A little salt and about 1/4 cup of chicken stock. I cooked this on high for 3.5 hours and then low until morning. I woke up to the most insanely delicious smell!
So breakfast was this mushroom mixture (can you help me come up with a name? “Slow Cooker Mushrooms” lacks romance.) Leftover Massa Organics Brown Rice and Domingo Rojo beans. Simple but super rich and I’d do it again in a heartbeat.
I don’t know that the chicken stock was needed. I had it so I used it but the mushrooms release plenty of liquid. I’ll experiment again and report back.
Sounds wonderful – especially for vegans. Approximately how many fresh mushrooms did you use? A pound? Could you explain your ‘ripped apart‘ technique?
Sorry. I’m such an imprecise cook! A pound sounds about right.
If there are extra, they’d be handy to have on hand.
I just pulled them apart with my hands.
Looks great! Where can we get this recipe?
There really isn’t a recipe. Cook the mushrooms in a slow cooker as described and later toss them with the beans and rice. Pretty easy!
“I cooked this on high for 3.5 hours and then low until morning.” Did you mean hours or minutes?
It’s a slow cooker, like a crock pot. High on a slow cooker is still pretty low.
Most have a setting where you can cook it on high and then it kicks into low after you set the timer, in this case, 3 and a half hours.
What a nutritious and simple (under 5 ingredients) recipe..Could also add some sauteed greens on the side, but thats it!!.Also, no animals had to be harmed to provide sustenance. This could be a 2-3 night a week supper..No child would go to bed hungry with this meal..thats for sure! 5 stars..
name idea:
Umami Morning
Best Name EVER! I’m A vegan. I love the name. Can’t wait to try this.
Did this today–all day long instead of overnight. The house smells incredible and the mushrooms were the best ever! I had some black beans and brown rice to put them on, but I ate some of them plain and they would of course be great on toast or in a crepe or a taco, maybe with some diced roasted potato. Thanks!! I never would have thought of this method for mushrooms.