I began to realize that I never put my slow cooker to use for side dishes. I’m not sure why this is…but it’s time for that to change. I had a box of mushrooms from the share and decided to give this side dish thing a try. Now, you may know if you have been reading our blog for a while, that my husband is the only mushroom eater in this house. I am leaving it up to him to give me a review for this dish. For now, let’s take a walk through what I did.
Ingredients:
- mushrooms
- 2 bay leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon of dried marjoram
- 1/2 teaspoon of dried oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon of poultry seasoning
- 3 cloves of fresh minced garlic
- 1 cup of veggie broth (I pulled it out of my freezer)
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 Tablespoon of butter
- 1/4 cup of half and half
Now, play around with whatever dried herbs you’d like. I went for flavors I thought would mix well with the chicken I am serving for dinner, but you may want to take this in a totally different direction, go ahead and mix it up!
Start by cleaning and trimming your mushrooms. You can give them a quick rinse, but never soak mushrooms. Then with a damp paper towel you can remove any dirt. Place them into the crockpot.
Next to go in are the two bay leaves and three cloves of minced garlic.
Add all of the dry herbs, salt and pepper.
Then your 1 cup of veggie broth. Give this a quick mix around and set the crockpot on low for 4 hours. At the end of the cooking time add your 1 Tablespoon of butter and 1/4 cup of half and half. Combine, cover for another 15 minutes or so for the butter to melt. Serve these mushrooms right away. I served my mushrooms on a bed of polenta and added some of the sauce around the base.
Here is my husband’s feedback:
- He thinks serving it on a bed of rice would work better than polenta, so the rice can soak up the yummy sauce.
- His other suggestion was to slice the mushrooms. This would have to be done as the mushrooms are going into the crockpot so this would change the cooking time quite a bit. It then becomes a much faster crockpot side.
Until next time everyone, enjoy!