Lobster mushroom rolls are a great way to enjoy your harvest, and one of my favorite vegetarian mushroom recipes. This is an easy lobster mushroom recipe for beginning foragers or people new to this mushroom, if you haven't had it yet, it's time.
Lobster rolls are usually a pretty simple thing: really fresh lobster, mayonnaise, and maybe some chives or celery, since it’s all about the lobster. But lobster mushroom rolls, if they’re going to taste like anything, need some extra attention, lobster mushrooms having a much lighter flavor than true lobster.
How to make it
To make lobster mushroom rolls, dice lobster mushrooms and cook in oil until thoroughly cooked, about 10 minutes.
Cool, then mix the mushrooms with a healthy amount of chopped fresh herbs, mayonnaise and or sour cream, lemon, a dash of hot sauce, and a bit of celery for texture.
I taste and season the mixture until I like the flavor, then I stuff it in a toasted bun.
For the record, if someone tells you it’s fine to not toast your buns, that person is not your friend. Buns are almost always toasted or griddled in my world. If you don't want to toast them, you can warm them gently and cut a V out of the top as pictured below.
The end result will look a bit like curried mushroom salad, the color coming from the lobster mushrooms colorful reaction that stains the oil yellow, a bit like paprika. They're deliciously rich, and the perfect sort of thing for a warm summer evening after a day of hunting.
Other mushrooms you can use
Lobsters are my first choice here, but there's a number of different wild mushrooms you could use. Stick to firm, meaty mushrooms without gills. Here's a few ideas:
- Chicken of the woods mushrooms
- Hen of the woods
- Chanterelles, preferably small, whole buttons
- Albatrellus
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Equipment
- 1 Medium mixing bowl
- 1 2 quart cooking pan or skillet
Ingredients
- 1 lb lobster mushrooms diced ½ inch
- ¼ teaspoon smoked paprika
- ¼ cup cooking oil
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Lobster mushroom salad
- ½ cup mayonaise or half mayo and half sour cream, or more to taste or use vegan mayonnaise
- Fresh lemon zest to taste—a few good scrapes
- Fresh lemon juice a few dashes to taste
- 2 tablespoons of your favorite herbs like mint, basil, tarragon, or dill
- 1 tablespoon chives to garnish
- 2 tablespoons ¼ inch diced celery
- ¼ cup ¼ inch diced green onion
- ½ teaspoon sriracha or other hot sauce
For serving
- Potato chips for serving
- Your favorite hot dog buns for serving
- Cooking oil or soft butter as needed for toasting the buns
Instructions
- Sweat the lobster mushrooms with the oil and salt on medium high heat for 10-15 minutes, or until they’ve released their water and are staring to brown.
- Add the garlic and smoked paprika to the pan, stir for a minute, then transfer the contents of the pan to a bowl, scraping to harvest the residual oil. Cool the mushrooms.
- When the mushrooms are cool, mix them with the lobster salad ingredients, Taste and season the mixture repeatedly until you're happy with the flavor. Pay attention to the video here as I go over some options.
- Serve on the hot dog buns that you’ve spread generously with butter and griddled/toasted, with potato chips on the side. You can also gently warm the buns and cut a V out of the top as shown in the video.
- Just before serving generously season the lobster salad with cut chives.
- The mushroom salad will last for 4 days in the refrigerator.
Video
Notes
Variations
This is a really basic lobster mushroom recipe-one of the simplest I've made. Depending on what you have on hand and the flavor profile you want, you can switch things up in a number of ways. Here's a few ideas.- Adding some curry powder to the mushroom salad.
- Sometimes I make it extra spicy by adding hot sauce.
- Use a mix of different herbs as I show in the video tarragon, mint, lemon balm or rau ram are all great choices.
- Add diced fresh hot or sweet peppers
- Taste and season repeatedly until you like the flavor.
Nutrition
Alanna Abramsky
WOWZA. I will definitely be making this again. I keep my RV on some land with so many lobster mushrooms and I wasn’t sure what to do with them all. This recipe was a crowd pleaser and definitely one I’ll make again. Super simple and had all of the ingredients on hand. Thank you Alan:)
Alan Bergo
Thanks Alanna. One of my favorite lobster mushroom recipes.
Nurit Sonnenschein
So I went totally off book here, but OMG was it ever good, and I need to credit you with giving me the basics! I sweated my lobsters dry for 10 minutes, then added truffle oil (which I haven't loved in anything else, so I'm not sure what made me try it here, but I'm glad I did!), shallots & garlic, as well as 5 sprigs of thyme, salt, and old bay, and cooked for 5 more minutes. They were still a little too crunchy for me, so I covered the pan and cooked for another minute, then I took off the heat, added a tablespoon of lemon, and covered again for another minute. The resulting cooked lobster mushroom tasted so good and so similar to seafood that I went to work on the salad. I love crunch, so I added a lot more celery, did a half and half mix with light mayo and light sour cream, added mint and basil, thai chili sauce - and - perhaps this is a cheat - added 8 oz of imitation crabmeat. I added in the cooked mushies and chilled for an hour. Then I put in buttered, toasted (of course!) buns and OMG! So good! Thank you so much!
Alan Bergo
Thanks Nurit, glad it worked for you.
Dhyana W
Delicious! I found this recipe after lobster season ended last year, so I saved it for this year. Well worth the wait! I finally got to make it earlier this month--I loved it and have recommended it to a few people cause I know they will enjoy it too.
Alan Bergo
Thanks Dhyana. I love this one.
Chris Rice
I would definitely make this again! Delicious! You have the best recipes Chef Allen!
Alan Bergo
Thanks Chris.
Chelsie
Yum! Would do again!
Alan Bergo
Thanks Chelsie, glad it worked for you.
Jes
Hi! Could I sub some fresh lion’s mane for lobster mushroom? Thanks
Alan Bergo
Yes that's fine, but they wouldn't be my first choice. Make sure to cook them down well to get the water out and concentrate their flavor. It will not have the orange hue to the finished product either, but it's not the end of the world. Enjoy.
Fred Beshara
Hello. I have dried lobster mushrooms coming my way. How would I make these using dried? Would I reconstitute first, then squeeze most of the liquid out and then saute, adding the liquid back as I sautee?
Alan Bergo
Hi Fred. I would choose another recipe, the texture won't be the same. Personally I'd make this one. https://foragerchef.com/lobster-mushroom-breadcrumbs/
Fred Beshara
Thank you for the suggestion and your quick response.