The most amazing thing is that it is not an elaborate or complicated recipe. Easy for bachelors, students and single people. If you have leftover rice then you could use it right away to make this recipe. To make this mushroom rice, I have only used the following ingredients – mushrooms, garlic, scallions in this recipe plus dried herbs and seeds like oregano, thyme and crushed white sesame seeds. But you could use other dried herbs like rosemary, parsley, sage or whatever you are fond of. This mushroom rice Is more European style than Chinese or Indian style. It is not all spicy but yet flavorful and tasty. If you need some spice in the rice, you could add tobasco sauce or paprika or more of black pepper. If you like the combo of mushrooms with rice then you can make few mushroom rice recipes like:
How to make Mushroom Rice
- Measure all the spices, ingredients and keep them ready before you start to make the dish. You need to cook ⅔ cup of rice before you begin this recipe. You can choose to cook the rice in a pan or Instant pot or stovetop pressure cooker adding water as required. Overall we need 2 cups of cooked rice. Preferably try to use basmati rice or any good quality long-grained rice for this recipe. Make sure the rice does not become sticky after cooking it. Once the rice grains are cooked then cool them completely in a strainer.
- In a pan heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Add 1 teaspoon of chopped garlic and saute for some seconds. You don’t need to brown the garlic. You can use any neutral flavored oil instead of olive oil.
- Then add 3 to 4 chopped small to medium-sized scallions or spring onion whites (about ½ cup). You can also use shallots or regular onions instead of spring onions.
- Begin to saute the spring onions stirring often. 6. Saute till the spring onions become translucent and softened.
- Now add 400 grams of chopped button mushrooms. Start sauteing them on medium-low to medium heat stirring at intervals.
- Initially the mushrooms will leave a lot of water. Saute till all the water dries up in the pan. The mushrooms should be completely cooked by this time.
- Then add the following herbs and spices to sauteed mushrooms:
¼ teaspoon of ground black pepper or white pepper1 teaspoon of crushed white sesame seeds – The sesame seeds can be lightly crushed using a mortar pestle.½ teaspoon of thyme ½ teaspoon of oregano
- Stir and mix well. You can also add your preferred herbs or spices.
- Now add 2 cups of cooked rice. The rice has to be completely cooled when you add it at this step. You can also use any leftover cooked rice.
- Mix and then saute the cooked rice with the mushrooms for a couple of minutes.
- Add salt as required.
- Stir gently and mix well. Switch off the heat.
- Garnish with scallions greens or cilantro. Serve Mushroom rice hot or warm with a salad or you could just drizzle some extra virgin olive oil to the rice and enjoy the bowl of mushroom rice. It makes for a healthy and comforting lunch or dinner.
Tips for making mushroom rice
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title: “Mushroom Rice " ShowToc: true date: “2024-10-11” author: “Joe Wells”
The most amazing thing is that it is not an elaborate or complicated recipe. Easy for bachelors, students and single people. If you have leftover rice then you could use it right away to make this recipe. To make this mushroom rice, I have only used the following ingredients – mushrooms, garlic, scallions in this recipe plus dried herbs and seeds like oregano, thyme and crushed white sesame seeds. But you could use other dried herbs like rosemary, parsley, sage or whatever you are fond of. This mushroom rice Is more European style than Chinese or Indian style. It is not all spicy but yet flavorful and tasty. If you need some spice in the rice, you could add tobasco sauce or paprika or more of black pepper. If you like the combo of mushrooms with rice then you can make few mushroom rice recipes like:
How to make Mushroom Rice
- Measure all the spices, ingredients and keep them ready before you start to make the dish. You need to cook ⅔ cup of rice before you begin this recipe. You can choose to cook the rice in a pan or Instant pot or stovetop pressure cooker adding water as required. Overall we need 2 cups of cooked rice. Preferably try to use basmati rice or any good quality long-grained rice for this recipe. Make sure the rice does not become sticky after cooking it. Once the rice grains are cooked then cool them completely in a strainer.
- In a pan heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Add 1 teaspoon of chopped garlic and saute for some seconds. You don’t need to brown the garlic. You can use any neutral flavored oil instead of olive oil.
- Then add 3 to 4 chopped small to medium-sized scallions or spring onion whites (about ½ cup). You can also use shallots or regular onions instead of spring onions.
- Begin to saute the spring onions stirring often. 6. Saute till the spring onions become translucent and softened.
- Now add 400 grams of chopped button mushrooms. Start sauteing them on medium-low to medium heat stirring at intervals.
- Initially the mushrooms will leave a lot of water. Saute till all the water dries up in the pan. The mushrooms should be completely cooked by this time.
- Then add the following herbs and spices to sauteed mushrooms:
¼ teaspoon of ground black pepper or white pepper1 teaspoon of crushed white sesame seeds – The sesame seeds can be lightly crushed using a mortar pestle.½ teaspoon of thyme ½ teaspoon of oregano
- Stir and mix well. You can also add your preferred herbs or spices.
- Now add 2 cups of cooked rice. The rice has to be completely cooled when you add it at this step. You can also use any leftover cooked rice.
- Mix and then saute the cooked rice with the mushrooms for a couple of minutes.
- Add salt as required.
- Stir gently and mix well. Switch off the heat.
- Garnish with scallions greens or cilantro. Serve Mushroom rice hot or warm with a salad or you could just drizzle some extra virgin olive oil to the rice and enjoy the bowl of mushroom rice. It makes for a healthy and comforting lunch or dinner.
Tips for making mushroom rice
More Tasty Rice Recipes
PulaoBiryaniKhichdiVeg fried rice
Please be sure to rate the recipe in the recipe card or leave a comment below if you have made it. For more vegetarian inspirations, Sign Up for my emails or follow me on Instagram, Youtube, Facebook, Pinterest or Twitter. This Mushroom Rice post from the archives (May 2011) has been republished and updated on 21 September 2021.