Portabella Mushroom Pasta Toss

Submitted by onoffvegan

"Rich, hearty, vegan fare that even carnivores will go wild over. Serve with crusty grilled Italian bread for a unique indulgence."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 1 red onion
• 2 garlic cloves, smashed or chopped
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 5 portabella mushroom caps, scrubbed and sliced into strips or diced
• fresh basil, snipped, to taste
• 1 (26 ounce) jar marinara sauce (make sure it's cheeseless) or (26 ounce) jar pasta sauce (make sure it's cheeseless)
• 16 ounces whole wheat pasta, any shape

directions

1. Place 5 quarts of water in a large pot. Bring to a boil and add salt if desired. Add pasta and cook for 8-12 minutes.
2. In a second large pot, heat olive oil. Add red onion and stir until lightly caramelized. Add garlic and cook for one minute, being careful not to burn it.
3. Add mushrooms and cook until they are cooked down and softened. Add marinara and basil. Let the flavors cook together for 10 minutes.
4. When pasta finishes cooking, drain well, reserving a few tablespoons of the pasta water. Add pasta and small amount of pasta water to sauce.
5. Garnish with coarsely chopped or whole leaf basil. Mangia!

Reviews

[Outta Here]

Very hearty and filling! Also very quick and easy after a long work day. I used whole wheat rotini, but would be good on any pasta! I also had to use dried basil, as I wasn't going to pay what they wanted for fresh at the store. I will try this again when I have some fresh basil in the garden. Made for Spring 2008 PAC.

 

[Sharon123]

Very satisfying dish! I didn't have fresh basil, so used dried. I really enjoyed this! Thanks! Made for Pick a Chef(PAC).

 

[for the love of veg]

I make a similar dish with two cups chopped spinach mixed in.

 

[UmmBinat]

DH didn't like this and I didn't find it that good either. I used vindalia onion instead of red, unrefined extra virgin olive oil, diced portabella mushroom caps, Classico jar pasta sauce, I thought it is a good brand but maybe this is why we didn't enjoy it, dried basil as a number of other reviewers, a good quality brown rice pasta to be gluten free. Not a make again for us!