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    🏠Home » Recipes » Grill Recipes

    Grilled Portobello Mushrooms

    Aug 13, 2017 · Modified: Apr 16, 2021 by Dan Mikesell AKA DrDan · Leave a Comment

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    3.67 from 6 votes

    Easy to make delicious grilled portobello mushrooms that even meat lovers will love. Using a simple, flavorful marinade of soy sauce, lemon, and garlic, and then grilled over high heat, these portobellos are bound to please everybody.

    grilled portobello on a bun

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    • 🍄Portobello Mushrooms
    • ♨️The Grill
    • 🥣Marinade
    • ✔️Tips
    • 📖Grill Recipes
    • 🖼️Step-by-Step Photo Instructions
    • 📝Recipe

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    Introduction

    A meaty-textured portobello mushroom can be a great alternative to a hamburger. They can cook right along with your burgers in the same amount of time and grill temperature. Plus, a portobello mushroom has about 20 calories, but of course, that changes with the marinade.

    Grilled portobello mushrooms are becoming more common but have not commonly been in our cooking rotation. We were schooled in grilled portobellos a few years ago at a cooking school, and it has always been on our to-do list—time to get it done right.

    My Rating

    My rating system of a 4 out of 5 so very nice.

    A nice alternative to have in your grilling bag of tricks.

    🍄Portobello Mushrooms

    A portobello mushroom is a mature form of the common or button mushroom. So basically, it is the same mushroom as you are used to but allow to grow and mature. They are cultivated in many countries and are one of the most common of all mushrooms.

    The spelling has common variations include portobello, portabella, and portobella. They are all the same, and all the spellings are acceptable.

    Definitely, clean the mushrooms with a good rinse and pat dry. Also, remove the stems.

    ♨️The Grill

    Generally, this are grilled directly on the grill grates for about 10 minutes total time over direct high heat. That can vary a bit, so go by the color.

    The 10 minutes will closely match the time for grill hamburgers over high heat so you can cook them together and offer a wonderful choice to your guests.

    🥣Marinade

    Nobody uses the same marinade, so use what you want. I use olive oil, soy sauce, lemon juice, and garlic, and it has a great taste with common pantry ingredients.

    Many others will frequently use some balsamic vinegar. Since I’m not the biggest fan, I skipped it but add 1-2 teaspoons if you wish.

    ✔️Tips

    Scale the recipe to the number needed. This is “cooking for two,” so I picked two (big surprise). But I have scaled up to 10 mushrooms with this recipes.

    You should remove the stem for this and can keep it for another use. But leave the veins. The veins are commonly removed with stuffing the mushroom, but here they pickup taste from the marinade.

    📖Grill Recipes

    How to Grill a Hamburger – A Beginner Tutorial

    Healthy Low Fat Burgers

    How to Grill a Pork Tenderloin on a Gas Grill

    This recipe is listed in these categories. See them for more similar recipes.

    Grill Recipes, Grill Side Dish Recipes, Healthy Recipes, Side Dish Recipes
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    🖼️Step-by-Step Photo Instructions

    portobella mushrooms with marinade ingredients

    Wash and pat dry the mushroom caps. Break off the stem, but leave the veins.

    mixing marinade in metal bowl

    Mix marinade of 2 tablespoons olive oil, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, ½ teaspoon garlic powder, ½ teaspoon kosher salt and ¼ teaspoon black pepper.

    adding marinade to the mushrooms

    Brush the top of mushrooms with a generous amount of the marinade. Flip over and brush the bottom. Pour any remainder into the bottom of the mushrooms. Cover and refrigerate for 1-2 hours.

    portobella muxhrooms on the grill

    Grill over direct high heat. Start with the bottom side up. Grill for 4-5 minutes and flip for another 4-5 minutes.

    grilled portobello mushrooms on buns
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    grilled portobello on a bun

    Grilled Portobello Mushrooms

    From Dan Mikesell AKA DrDan
    Easy to make delicious grilled portobello mushrooms that even meat lovers will love. Using a simple, flavorful marinade of soy sauce, lemon, and garlic, and then grilled over high heat, these portobellos are bound to please everybody.
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Cook Time: 10 minutes
    Marinade: 1 hour
    Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
    Servings #/Adjust if desired 2

    Ingredients

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    • 2 large portobello mushrooms
    • 2 tablespoons olive oil
    • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
    • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
    • ½ teaspoons garlic powder
    • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
    • ¼ teaspoon black pepper
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    Instructions

    • Wash and pat dry the mushroom caps. Break off the stem but leave the veins.
      portobella mushrooms with marinade ingredients
    • Mix marinade of 2 tablespoons olive oil, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, ½ teaspoon garlic powder, ½ teaspoon kosher salt and ¼ teaspoon black pepper.
      mixing marinade in metal bowl
    • Brush the top of mushrooms with a generous amount of the marinade. Flip over and brush the bottom. Pour any remainder in to the bottom of the mushrooms. Cover and refigerate for 1-2 hours.
      adding marinade to the mushrooms
    • Grill over direct high heat. Start with the bottom side up. Grill for 4-5 minutes and flip for another 4-5 minutes.
      portobella muxhrooms on the grill
    • Serve on a burger bun or plate.
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    Recipe Notes

    Pro Tips

    1. You need large relatively fresh portobello mushrooms for this recipe.
    2. I calculated the nutrition with one-fourth of the marinade staying in the final dish but it will vary by the dryness of the mushrooms. Commonly only one-tenth is used to calculate this.
    3. The cooking timing matches grilled burgers perfectly and I use this for casual grill parties so the guests will have a choice.
    4. Cook to final color and not by time.
    5. Vary the marinade to your taste.

    To adjust the recipe size:

    You may adjust the number of servings in this recipe card under servings. This does the math for the ingredients for you. BUT it does NOT adjust the text of the instructions. So you need to do that yourself.

    Nutrition Estimate

    Nutrition Facts
    Grilled Portobello Mushrooms
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 52 Calories from Fat 36
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 4g6%
    Saturated Fat 1g5%
    Sodium 217mg9%
    Potassium 306mg9%
    Carbohydrates 4g1%
    Fiber 1g4%
    Sugar 2g2%
    Protein 2g4%
    Iron 1mg6%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
    Serving size is my estimate of a normal size unless stated otherwise. The number of servings per recipe is stated above. This is home cooking, and there are many variables. All nutritional information are estimates and may vary from your actual results. To taste ingredients such as salt will be my estimate of the average used.
    Course : Main Course
    Cuisine : American

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    Editor's Note: Originally Published August 13, 2017. Updated with expanded options, refreshed photos, and a table of contents to help navigation.

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