Spanish Mushrooms Tapas-Style

Submitted by COOKGIRl

"Known as champinones al ajillo. You'll find this item on any Spanish tapas' bar menu. Use the best quality ingredients you can find! Serve the mushrooms with crusty bread and a glass of Spanish wine...that's an order! Source: Chef Miguel Cueto as found online. So easy to prepare!"

 

• Ready In: 14mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 2

ingredients

• 3 tablespoons extra virgin Spanish olive oil
• 1⁄2 lb medium mushroom, stemmed, quartered (I used standard brown mushrooms)
• 4 garlic cloves, peeled and thinly sliced
• 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons dry spanish sherry wine (NOT cooking sherry!)
• 1⁄4 cup chicken broth or 1/4 cup vegetable broth
• 1⁄2 teaspoon spanish smoked paprika
• 1⁄4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• salt, to taste
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste

• Garnish

• 1 tablespoon fresh Italian parsley ("flat leaf")
• 2 lemon slices

directions

1. In a sautè pan, heat the olive oil until hot but {NOT} smoking. Sautè the garlic for about 1 minute, being careful not to burn!
2. Add the mushrooms and cook 1 minute.
3. Add the remaining ingredients except for the parsley and lemon slices and simmer for 2 minutes.
4. Garnish with the fresh parsley and serve immediately. Serve with lemon slices.
5. Heaven is these mushrooms scooped up with crusty bread! Trust me!

Reviews

[cookin woman]

This recipe worked out very well and everyone enjoyed them! My friend and I made it as a tapas dish for 20 people. The only change we made to the recipe was, in order to make it in batches in a big elcectric fry pan, we removed the finished mushrooms from the juice, let the juice cook down a bit, then we added them back. This worked out fine, still had plenty of sauce. Thanks for a fine recipe!

 

[Arichka]

I wish I didn't add smoked paprika. I thought it totally ruined the taste for me. Sorry. Maybe it would be better with regular paprika or without any paprika at all.

 

[puertoricanchica]

Delicious!

 

[gypsygal]

Thanks for a "great" recipe. It was done this past weekend for a Cousins Tapas Party. I used white and brown mushrooms and had to triple the recipe. Wow! It was awsome. Loved by all. I had to use vegetable broth. Many wanted your recipe. I followed your recipe and was "so sad" that I had "no" leftovers after the party. I can't wait to make another batch.

 

[Nif_H]

These mushrooms are very yummy but I didn't have smoked paprika, which I think would have tasted better. I also did not have sherry! We did enjoy this a lot though. I cut the garlic back because DH isn't a big fan :( I made this for my ZWT5 teammate. Thanks Cookgirl!