Truth. Because then you have bacon fat to saute onions in 🤤
Is this true? I thought it would be mushrooms because it’s hard to overcook them.
Likewise, shouldn’t you put garlic in before onions?
Edit: I feel like I’ve learned a lot today.
While it is hard to overcook mushrooms, it’s also not usually necessary to cook them for long either. Onions, on the other hand, do tend to get tastier and tastier with time.
Garlic has a powerful flavour after only a little bit of cooking and is easier to burn than onion, so I’d usually put it in after
This is correct for most cuisines and applications.
Yeah, for me, it’s onions first and in for a long time. I like to get the onions a little charred before they start to soften, so I don’t want anything else in the pan with them. The mushrooms go in next, and it doesn’t really matter if they get direct contact with the bottom of the pan, I’ve never really noticed a difference there. Mushrooms and onions stay together until the onions are nice and soft. Once the onions are ready, I put in the garlic. I do want the garlic to have direct pan contact, so I’ll often push the mushrooms and onions over to the side to make room. That also lets me make sure there’s some oil or fat where the garlic’s going to fry.
This is very different if I’m doing a stir fry. In that case I don’t tend to use garlic, and I actually want the onions to be a bit crunchy. In that case, I might do mushrooms first, or do them separately.
^My mans either doesn’t cook or he burns his garlic. :p
People almost always overcook mushrooms to a dark color. No they aren’t burnt, but a lighter cook will have better, lighter flavor.
I love it when they have a crunchy outer side. Much stronger flavour
Spread that fried onyon goodness, let everything else soak it in. Garlic also goes in with the onyon
Onyo is always number first!
It is always the onions.
I almost always cook mushrooms in a dry pan first to get them to release their water, then set them aside to add to the dish at a later point. So I disagree
But why not cook the onions first, then remove them from the pan? Additionally, why have additional liquid in the pan when you would add the onions? I generally add mushrooms after cooking my onions and the liquid from the mushrooms is able to keep the onions from charring/burning.
In my experience, cooking the onion first is the always the right move. The only argument I could see against it is when frying peppers or carrots or potatoes or some other vegetables that may take longer to char or cook through. Even then, it’s not exactly wrong, just a higher risk of maybe charring the onions.
When I cook onions, I typically start with that and continually add things to it, including the wilted mushrooms. Cooking mushrooms in a dry pan doesn’t really leave any water, it all boils off and I wipe out any remainder prior to the onions
Mushrooms first.
They take way longer to soften than onions take to go translucent.
But also, onions can be overcooked. They can dissolve into mush. Meantime, mushrooms being a fungus and not a plant, is made of chitin. It’s basically indestructible, so they can hold out a lot longer.
I also do mushrooms first, but my understanding is that it’s very hard to overcook onions. It takes like 45 minutes just to properly caramelize them
Yeah, it takes a long time to caramelize them, but most of the time that isn’t the goal. I usually just want them translucent. Other times I just want the; to sweat them. Any longer than that and the texture not so great till you reach the caramelized stage.
I put onions and mushrooms together and add a little water. After some time when onions are soft I add oil and continue sautéing to caramelize released juices.
Cooked onions can sit a minute. Mushrooms go right from the pan to the plate if they’re going to have a chance as far as I’m concerned.
If you have a little shot of red wine to throw into it after you’re done cooking the mushrooms with maybe just like a drizzle of soy sauce for the umami? delicious.
Step 1. Throw the mushrooms in the trash.
Step 2. Saute the onions.
How dare you!!!
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Step 1.5. I intercept the mushrooms with my mouth
This is the way. Don’t leave the kale by itself in there.
I think it’s impossible to burn mushrooms, right? but onions first
You can’t overcook mushrooms, but you can burn them
I always put onions and bell peppers in at the same time when I make yakiniku. Why would these two be any different?
Mushrooms first, because I’m awful at cutting onions and it’s going to take like 20 minutes, and it’s not like I can overcook the mushrooms
saute onions, put aside, saute mushrooms, mix together
Not both at the same time?
yeah, I do both at the same time.
Always onions first because the fungus is going STRAIGHT IN THE GARBAGÈ. (งツ)ว
Lol.
A cheesesteak without sautéed onions and mushrooms is sacrelege, and I don’t love mushrooms, didn’t like them for the longest time. It was probably the cheesesteak that got me to like them at all.
(BTW, you got my upvote, because I have a sense of humor!)
lol I have a few friends like you, they just can’t eat mushrooms and they’ve tried so many varieties.
I think there’s the Chinese wood ear mushroom was the only ones that they enjoyed served Sichuan style.
I thought it was just one friend being picky but when I made more friends I realized it was a real thing.
Yea, I’ve tried them cooked a few different ways. Never really enjoyed them personally, although I would like to find a way I do enjoy them. Maybe I’ll give the wood ear one that you mentioned a try if I ever find it being prepared somewhere.
Also, I love how people downvote a lighthearted comment about throwing away mushrooms like I’ve offended their family lineage. Keep em coming, those shits are nasty! ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Shiitake mushrooms were my gateway mushrooms. It also depends how they are cooked.
Growing up my parents would barely cook the mushrooms, so when I’d find one by accident and bite into it I’d get gross earthy mushroom juice 🤢.
