Golden oysters mushrooms are everywhere right now, and perfect for bringing home and making mushroom steaks if you find some nice bug-free clusters.
When you find those perfect clusters, one of the best golden oyster mushroom recipes you can make is oyster mushrooms steaks. It also makes a great vegan mushroom recipe if you omit the ramp butter and use an herb sauce.
Wild Mushroom steaks are one of my favorite things to serve as a mushroom meat substitute, or as a compliment to meat as you'd serve a side of sauteed mushrooms. All you need is a cluster of fresh mushrooms, a weight, cooking oil, salt and pepper.
How to cook oyster mushroom steaks
It's easy to make. You cut the mushrooms into thick slices, then brown the whole cluster of mushrooms in a pan.
For the best result you really need to use a weight here to press the mushrooms against the pan. I use a bacon press but many things will work. Putting a pan on top of the mushrooms works too.
Cooking multiple steaks at once
I served mushrooms steaks first for a tasting dinner I did, and we had to do about 30 at once. Pressed for time, I put a baking sheet with a cast iron skillet on the mushrooms as they cooked on a flat top grill. If you want to make multiple steaks at a time use a pancake griddle and a cookie sheet with a heavy pan on top.
Other Mushroom Steaks
This is a good wild mushroom recipe for many different mushroom varieties. Here's a few others that work well. Cultivated varieties like king oyster mushrooms work, but I don't press them under a weight.
What to Serve with Oyster Mushroom Steaks
There's lots of things you can do with mushrooms steaks. Here's a few ideas of how I serve them.
- For a simple version, serve with a lemon wedge and a salad or cooked greens.
- Spread aioli or another creamy sauce, on the plate and put the mushroom steak on top.
- Spoon over an olive oil-based vinaigrette or infused butter is good too. Chimmichurri, salsa verde, melted ramp butter, and other herby things are great.
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Equipment
- 1 10-12 inch pan, preferably cast iron
Ingredients
- 2 4-6 oz very clean, clusters of oyster mushrooms wild or cultivated are both fine
- 2 tablespoons cooking oil
- Kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper
- Optional
- 3 tablespoons ramp butter optional
- 8 oz cooked leafy greens like watercress
- A squeeze of fresh lemon juice
Instructions
Cooking Oyster Mushroom Steaks
- Heat the oil in a large pan on medium high heat.
- Add the clusters of oyster mushrooms and cook until lightly browned.
- Put a weight like a bacon press or another pan on top of the mushrooms and cook for a minute or two more until golden brown.
- Flip the mushrooms, put the weight back on and cook for a couple minutes more. Remove the press from the mushrooms, season the mushrooms lightly with salt and pepper, then serve.
Serving as pictured
- Warm the ramp butter if using. Arrange the mushrooms on top of a bed of cooked leafy greens, drizzle the ramp butter over, along with a squeeze of lemon juice, and serve.
Brian
This was AWESOME. Most moles I have tried to cook have been disappointing. Everything melded beautifully. I couldn't taste cherry, but definitely a thick, fragrant sauce with notes of fruit (not obscenely fruity, though). Pressure cooked it twice for 30 minutes, then hand pulled it. Thanks
Jacob Klaameyer
Lions mane is an excellent steak-able as well!
Alan Bergo
Yes but not as good. The most common variety near me are Hericium coralloides and they're too loose for steaks really. Basically only works with H. erinaceous or a freakishly tight (and clean) clump of H. americanum.