There's a good reason that mushrooms are called "meat for vegetarians." They are an excellent meat substitute, both in flavor and texture, as well as nutritionally. They are one of the most significant sources of iron apart from red meat, and also contan more vitamin B12 than most vegetables. You can usually substitute dried mushrooms or fresh mushrooms for meat in your recipes, but they are always better when they are specifically designed to team up with other ingredients. So today we bring you 4 of our favorite vegetarian recipes using fresh or dried mushrooms!
This is a very quick recipe -- only ten minutes to prepare, and around 20 to cook, and perfect as either a side dish or a main for a family of vegetarians. It specifies button mushrooms, but you can use any type that you like. Button mushrooms tend not to be very strongly flavored, so look away from the shiitake dried mushrooms, and towards varieties like dried candy cap mushrooms.
Another great all-rounder. You can add as many different veggies as you like, and if you want you can cook everything but the mushrooms, split the dish into two, and use mushrooms in half and meat in the other half. Put a bit extra kecap manis in if you’re increasing the vegetables.
Om nom nom nom! The blandness of the rice and pumpkin mean this is a great dish to try out strnger tasting mushrooms like dried porcini mushrooms.
This dish is a great way to introduce kids to mushrooms -- it has many flavors that they are already familiar with, and the mushroom-y flavor and texture can be toned down, or partially replaced by minced meat. It takes a while to cook, but that combination of dried pearl oyster mushrooms, bocconcini cheese and parmesan is just divine!
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