Vegan Shiitake Mushroom Gravy Recipe (2024)

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What do you eat with mushroom gravy? ›

Mushroom Gravy Serving Suggestions

Spoon it over my traditional roasted garlic mashed potatoes, or try an out-of-the-box mash instead. This vegan mushroom gravy would be a perfect topping for my mashed cauliflower or parsnip puree.

Never eat shiitake mushrooms raw. Cook shiitakes for at least 5-7 minutes until they are tender and lightly browned. Mushrooms must reach an internal cooking temperature of 266-293 degrees Fahrenheit. To make sure shiitakes are fully cooked, insert a candy thermometer into the meaty center of the mushroom.

Homemade mushroom gravy ingredients are simple. All you need is some butter, onion, sliced mushrooms, flour, salt, pepper, beef stock (I prefer stock over broth for gravies), heavy cream, and a little bit of Worchestershire sauce.

Mushrooms such as button mushrooms, shiitake, oyster mushrooms or king trumpet mushrooms can be eaten raw, but even these are difficult to digest in large quantities.

Soft, fragrant, sautéed vegetables lend a sweet, earthy, warm flavor to your store-bought gravy. Use any combination of onions, leeks, shallots, celery, carrots, and mushrooms cooked in butter, olive oil, or pan drippings.

Shiitake stems must be removed before cooking. Use a sharp paring knife to trim the stems where they attach to the cap—stems on shiitakes aren't easy to twist off. The stems are too tough to eat, but do save them: They'll add flavor to broth for soup or risotto.

Simply Organic Vegetarian Brown Gravy Seasoning Mix

For those who eschew mushrooms, this vegan brown gravy is your saving grace!

Original beef, chicken, lamb, pork & turkey

These flavours of gravy granules contain meat powder so they are neither vegan nor vegetarian. More recently, Bisto has released a vegan-friendly meat-free range of gravy granules, which includes chicken flavour and beef flavour.

A roux is a mixture of fat and flour, and it's an easy way to thicken a sauce. If you make a roux, it should also be added incrementally. A final option is making a beurre manié, which is made by rubbing flour into butter to create a dough or paste.

Special Precautions & Warnings:

“Auto-immune diseases” such as multiple sclerosis (MS), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), or other conditions: Shiitake mushroom might cause the immune system to become more active. This could increase the symptoms of auto-immune diseases.

Is shiitake mushroom good for weight loss? ›

Shiitake Reduces Weight Gain

Two key fat-reducing compounds including eritadenine and β -glucan have been reported in shiitake mushrooms. β -glucan is a key player in weight loss as it increases satiety which decreases the urge to consume food. If you aren't consuming calories, you'll definitely lose weight.

: a dark Asian mushroom (Lentinus edodes of the family Agaricaceae) widely cultivated especially on woods of the beech family for its edible flavorful tan to brown cap.

My family most often eats brown gravy, made from meat drippings and broth added to a roux, with mashed potatoes and a protein plus vegetables. In my family, it's often roast beef or turkey/chicken or meatballs. We also will do the gravy with meatballs and egg noodles instead of potatoes.

Throughout the United States, gravy is commonly eaten with Thanksgiving foods such as turkey, mashed potatoes and stuffing. One Southern United States variation is sausage gravy eaten with American biscuits. Another Southern US dish that uses white gravy is chicken-fried steak.