You’ll want to put this creamy Mushroom Sauce on everything! From steak to chicken, porks chops to roasts, smothered omelettes and baked potatoes, you’re only limited by your imagination. It’s a luxurious yet simple sauce you’ll make again and again and again….
A Mushroom Sauce for everything!
An omelette smothered in a creamy mushroom sauce. A mushroom sauce for steak. A baked sweet potato stuffed to the brim with mushrooms in a creamy sauce.
I had all 3 of these on The List and no idea how I was going to share them all without a complete and utter creamy mushroom overload.
Solution: Just share the sauce and a bunch of ways to use it!
Jeez. Only took me 5 months to figure that out!!!🙄
Simple yet luxurious.
It’s simple to make but doesn’t call for any gourmet ingredients. You absolutely could just sauté up some mushrooms in a load of butter and stir through a gallon of cream.
But if you want one that stacks up to the great sauces of the world served at fine dining establishments, add wine and parmesan. These are the two ingredients that add an extra something-something to this sauce. Depth of flavour and savouriness (that’s umami, if you want to get technical 🙂 ).
Don’t worry if you can’t consume alcohol, just use more chicken or veg broth and be sure not to skip the parmesan!
What you need for creamy mushroom sauce
Here’s what you need to make this:
How to make creamy mushroom sauce
And here’s how to make it: sauté mushrooms until golden, deglaze the pan using wine (extra flavour trick!), then add the cream and parmesan and simmer until thickened. Easy!
Oh the possibilities!
Sauces like this are terrific because they are so incredibly versatile. So here are a few ideas for how to use this Mushroom Sauce…. just a few…..
Mushroom Sauce for steak or other seared proteins – beef, pork chops, chicken, turkey. Just sprinkle with salt and pepper and cook to your taste, then smother in this sauce. Here’s a complete recipe with chicken breast;
Baked potatoes – scrub ’em, bake ’em, slit ’em then stuff ’em;
Roasts – use as a sauce for roast chicken, turkey, beef or pork. Spectacular!
Schnitzel with Mushroom Sauce (oh my…..)
Smothered omelettes;
Add pasta and toss, toss, toss! (250g/8oz long strong pasta or 300g/10oz short pasta like ziti, penne, orecchiette, serves 3 – 4)
Meatballs! Use it for these baked Italian meatballs, chicken meatballs, or these Swedish Meatballs. (Makes enough sauce for one batch of meatballs);
Steamed vegetables – imagine steamed beans or asparagus with this Mushroom Sauce over it…
Outta-This-World-Mashed-Potatoes: It’s like mash and gravy.… but a million times better!
To be honest though, you could hand me a hunk of crusty bread and I’d be one happy girl. Imagine dunking hot crusty bread in this!!!! – Nagi x
PS Also added a lightened up version in the recipe notes. Just in case it’s more to your taste. ❤️
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Mushroom Sauce
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1/2 tbsp olive oil
- 300g / 10 oz mushrooms , sliced (Note 1)
- Pinch of salt and pepper
- 2 garlic cloves , minced
- 1/4 cup (65 ml) white wine or rose , dry (Note 2 subs)
- 1/2 cup (125 ml) chicken or vegetable broth
- 1 cup (250 ml) heavy / thickened cream (Note 3)
- 1/2 cup parmesan ,finely grated (30g / 1 oz) (Note 4)
- 2 tsp fresh thyme leaves (or 1/4 – 1/2 tsp dried)
Instructions
- Heat oil and melt butter in a skillet over medium high heat. Add mushrooms and leisurely cook until golden brown – takes about 4 to 5 minutes. No need to stir constantly.
- Just before they’re done, add the garlic and a pinch of salt and pepper. Cook until garlic is golden (~ 1 minute).
- Add white wine – it will sizzle! Stir, scraping the bottom of the skillet, for 1 minute or until mostly evaporated.
- Add broth, cream and parmesan. Stir, then lower heat to medium so the sauce is simmering – do not boil rapidly, cream may split.
- Stir occasionally and simmer for 2 – 3 minutes until it thickens. It shouldn’t be super thick, this is a rich sauce.
- Stir through thyme, adjust salt and pepper to taste. Remove from stove.
- Serve over steak or other cooked protein. Toss through pasta, stuff into baked potatoes, serve with roast beef, chicken or pork, smothered omelettes. See in post for more ideas!
Recipe Notes:
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Very, very effective strategy.
I used shitaki and button mushrooms and my wife said this was the best mushroom sauce I ever had made.
I’m so glad you loved it Terry! N x
Such a delicious sauce!!! My family all said it was the best steak sauce they’d ever had and wouldn’t eat steak again without the sauce!!
The absolute best mushroom sauce ever. Perfect over a good steak or plain chicken!!
It’s good over ANYTHING Tash!! I’m so glad you loved it! N x
Hi this was soooo delicious!! I would prefer it a little less runny though and more thick. How would I achieve that? Did I not simmer the cream long enough or should I add corn flour?
OMG! This was wonderful! I served it over pasta. My husband said this would be great with beef tips.
YES definitely! N x
This was soooo delicious!! I do prefer it a bit thicker though, it was quite runny. Did I not simmer long enough to thicken? Or should I add corn flour?
Hi Jasmine, sorry you found it thin – you could always add a cornflour slurry if you want it thicker 🙂 N x
How do you make the cornflour slurry? Sorry my question sent twice by accident. Also how long can it stay in the fridge, I have left overs.
How do you make the cornflour slurry? Sorry my question sent twice by accident.
I love this sauce! I’ve used it over pasta, baked potatoes, mashed potatoes and beef. It’s so rich and creamy and full of flavour. Thank you Nagi.
You’re so welcome! N x
Can you freeze this, if so for how long would you recommend?
I want to have it as a go to incase I don’t get to the shops
Hi Deborah – I dont recommend freezing this unfortunately – N x
This is the recipe that I ALWAYS wanted from the pasta restaurants! It’s FANTASTIC!! I followed the recipe exactly, and it’s made me so happy. I also love your beef stroganoff recipe (have it just about every week), so thank you thank you Nagi!! Your website is now my go-to for any recipes first. I can’t wait to try out more recipes!
Wahoo, thanks so much Jen ❤️
Everyone loved this sauce. We served it over chicken and rice too. Delicious!!
Perfect Kelli!! N x
Made this and put over softly scrambled eggs for a light lunch dish. Yummy!
YUM! What a great idea Claire! N x
Omg. I got so many praises – divine, tasty, so so good from many people. This sauce is an absolute stunner. I never really could figure how to make a really delicious mushroom sauce. I wish I knew about you earlier 😁
Wahoo, that’s great to hear Serene! N x
Two things:
1) A good substitute, if you don’t have white wine, would to be to take your 1/4cup measure and juice half a lemon into it and then fill the remaining space with stock. This would give the little zip to the sauce in lieu of that wine zip.
2) I always laugh at the entries that say, “I made this but instead of _____ I used ____ and instead of …..” … till it’s not the same recipe at all. That’s a cook, for you! LOL! And, that said, I’ve mirrored this recipe using dry red wine and beef stock with excellent results!
I will be sure to try this recipe when I have white wine on hand.
Thank you!
Hi Julian, yes you could definitely use that as a sub if you prefer! And I hope you give it a go with white wine – would love to know what you think! N x
Hi this is my second time to make this mushroom sauce. It is fabulous would highly recommend making it
Hi Nagi,
Can I use evaporated milk?
Thanks
I’m so glad you love it Margaret! N x
Great recipe, delicious and so fast to make.
Wahoo, I love hearing this Tia! N x
This is the best recipe ever by far,i just tried it again for the third time. This is a double thumbs up.
Thanks so much Abigail!! N x
Followed this recipe almost exactly but doubled the garlic! For the wine i only had Marsala and it definitely did not disappoint. Adding this to my cookbook favorites, so simply and unbelievably delicious!
Delicious! I didn’t have any cream on hand so I subbed same amount of whipped cream cheese instead and it worked perfectly!
can you make this recipe as soup? Any adjustments?
Hi Sarah, I do have a cream of mushroom soup in development – will have to revisit 🙂
I came across your recipe. I didn’t have heavy cream but I had Media Crema and everything blended deliciously. Thank you, thank you… I will make again!!!