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.
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.
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.