Marinated Mushrooms

Marinated Mushrooms

If you are Russian or Ukrainian then you know that in the Slavic community marinated mushrooms are very popular. Most Slavic weddings and many parties typically have these served as a side dish. However, every family has their own way of making marinated mushrooms. This is my mom's recipe. For this dish: salt, pepper, garlic and vinegar are added to taste preference. 

Ingredients:

Mushrooms (We used 2 packs from Costco - the mushrooms are big in size but they will shrink once they are cooked.)

4 small peppers (color is by preference)

1 medium onion

2-3 garlic cloves

4-5 tsp Vinegar

Dill

First, bring a pot of water to a boil and then throw in the washed and cleaned mushrooms. We cut a little bit of the stems on most of the mushrooms. Add 1 tsp of salt and a few drops of vinegar. Let the water boil again and leave it to simmer for 10 min. Afterwards, pour the water out and put the mushrooms in a strainer to let them cool to room temperature. While the mushrooms are cooling down, start chopping the rest of ingredients (onion, peppers, dill, and mince the garlic). 

Many people don't like onions in their food, not because of the taste necessarily but because of their texture. So what we do for this recipe is chop 1 onion into small cubes and cook it on a skillet with a little bit of oil (1-2 tbsp). Then add the juice from the onions to the mushrooms using a strainer. (Not pictured - press the cooked onions with a spoon and mix them around in the strainer. Continue to do so until all of the onion juices are in the mushroom mixture.) Add the the diced peppers, minced garlic, dill, salt, pepper, vinegar and vegetable oil. As you mix everything, taste it to see if you would like to add more salt and/or vinegar. As mentioned earlier, everyone has their own preference as to how much salt/vinegar they want in their marinated mushrooms.

Since these are marinated mushrooms, they do need to be in the fridge at least overnight so they can really soak up all the flavors. Then they are ready to be served!  We hope you enjoy this recipe. Comment below and let us know how your marinated mushrooms turned out! :)