Gourmet Portabella Mushroom Burger Food

GRILLED BALSAMIC PORTABELLA MUSHROOM BURGER

Steps:

• Clean mushrooms with a damp cloth and remove their stems. Place in a glass dish, stem (gill) side up.
• To prepare the marinade, in a small bowl whisk together the vinegar, water, sugar, garlic, cayenne pepper and olive oil. Drizzle the marinade over the mushrooms. Cover and marinate in the refrigerator for about 1 hour, turning mushrooms once.
• Prepare a hot fire in a charcoal grill or heat a gas grill or broiler. Away from the heat source, lightly coat the grill rack or broiler pan with cooking spray. Position the cooking rack 4 to 6 inches from the heat source.
• Grill or broil the mushrooms on medium heat, turning often, until tender, about 5 minutes on each side. Baste with marinade to keep from drying out. Using tongs, transfer the mushrooms to a plate and serve immediately.

PORTOBELLO MUSHROOM BURGERS

Steps:

• Place the mushroom caps, smooth side up, in a shallow dish. In a small bowl, whisk together vinegar, oil, basil, oregano, garlic, salt, and pepper. Pour over the mushrooms. Let stand at room temperature for 15 minutes or so, turning twice.
• Preheat grill for medium-high heat.
• Brush grate with oil. Place mushrooms on the grill, reserving marinade for basting. Grill for 5 to 8 minutes on each side, or until tender. Brush with marinade frequently. Top with cheese during the last 2 minutes of grilling.

GOURMET PORTABELLA MUSHROOM BURGER

Steps:

• Heat oil 1 minute in a skillet.
• Lay mushroom in pan and sprinkle with garlic salt, Worcestershire sauce, and parsley.
• Cook 2 minutes on each side, or until lightly browned.
• Cover pan, lower heat to medium, and cook 5 minutes.
• Place cheese over mushroom.
• Cover and cook until melted.
• If you'd like, clean out the gills of the mushroom, but this is not necessary.

PORTABELLA MUSHROOM BURGERS

Steps:

• Cut stems off of mushrooms and place smooth side up in a shallow dish.
• Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper.
• Prepare the marinade by whisking together the vinegar, oil, basil, oregano, and garlic.
• Pour the marinade over the mushrooms and allow to stand at room temperature for 10 to 15 minutes, turning once or twice.
• Preheat grill to medium-high heat.
• Place the mushrooms on the preheated grill, reserving the marinade for basting
• Grill mushrooms for 5 to 8 minutes per side, basting frequently with marinade.
• During the last 2 minutes of grilling, top with cheese.
• Serve with the whole wheat rolls and condiments of your choice.

GRILLED PORTABELLA MUSHROOM BURGERS

Steps:

• Remove stem from portabella mushroom. Discard or reserve for later use.
• On a preheated barbecue, place portabella mushroom gill side down. Slather top of mushroom with 1/2 tbsp of barbecue sauce. Grill for 5 minutes.
• Turn portabella mushroom over, and slather with remaining 1/2 tbsp of barbecue sauce. Grill another 3 minutes.
• Place cheese on top of mushroom, and grill another 1-2 minutes or just until the cheese is melted. If you like your hamburger bun toasted, you may wish to place it on the grill at this time.
• Remove mushroom (and bun) from the grill. Place mushroom on bun, top with tomato and spinach. If using, spread mayo on top half of bun. Serve hot with fries, or other grilled veggies.

PORTABELLA AND GOUDA BURGER WITH GARLIC MAYO

Steps:

• Combine 2 tablespoons olive oil,sliced garlic clove and thyme in a zipper-lock bag.
• Add portabella mushroom caps, zip up and marinate for at least 30 to 45 minutes.
• In the meantime, combine the Garlic Mayo ingredients and allow to blend in the refrigerator.
• When mushroom caps are ready, heat a little olive oil in a skillet (maybe another tablespoon or so) and saute for about 5 minutes, stem side down.
• Try to include as much of the sliced garlic and thyme as possible in the skillet.
• Turn mushroom caps over and top with cheese.
• Cover skillet and cook for about another 5 minutes or until cheese is melted (it will melt very fast, keep an eye on it--).
• Alternatively, these are delicious on the grill as well!
• Serve with tomato on toasted rolls or French bread spread with garlic mayo.
• Really nice with some avocado on the side.

TERIYAKI PORTABELLA MUSHROOM BURGER

Steps:

• Place crushed ginger and garlic in a 1 gallon size plastic locking bag.
• Add soy sauce, sweetener and oil to bag, seal and shake well.
• Clean portabello mushrooms by wiping off dirt with a clean damp cloth. Cut off stem end of mushrooms.
• Place mushrooms in bag with soy mixture, reseal and let stand about 15 minutes. Heat nonstick skillet on range on medium high heat.
• Remove mushrooms from bag and place cap side down in hot skillet. Cook 2 to 3 minutes and turn mushrooms. If the skillet is dry add some of the soy sauce from the bag.
• Continue cooking until the skillet is almost dry and sauce caramelizes on mushrooms. Remove skillet from heat.
• Optional: If you do not like the taste of raw onions, you may remove mushrooms from skillet and set aside. Add 1-2 tablespoons of canola oil to skillet on medium heat and sweat sliced onions until translucent and caramelized.
• To assemble the sandwich, spread mayonnaise on each half of the kaiser roll.
• Place 1 lettuce leaf, cut to fit the bun on one half. Place cheese slice on top of lettuce and then 1 tomato slice on top of the cheese.
• On the other half of the bun, place 1 portabella mushroom and either the cooked or raw onion slice on top of the mushroom. Put the two halves of the buns together and enjoy.