@testkitchen: Adding water to mushrooms while they cook sounds wrong, but the science says otherwise. Here's why it works.

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jonasreadsbooks
JonasReadsBooks 📚🇸🇪 :
They’re even better with butter instead of oil!!
2026-04-29 10:58:12
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janedoelovely
janedoelovely :
You don’t need water or oil, just start them in a dry pan
2026-04-30 11:51:09
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mrawash695
M Rawash :
can I use the microwave to kickstart browning like with onions?
2026-06-05 17:07:45
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russwray773
russwray773 :
Just dry fry them. You don’t really need oil. Even using oil it doesn’t need that much. The best mushrooms are cooked with a little oil and let the liquid come out,cook it away and brown them. No more oil. Perfect. Just salt and pepper
2026-04-28 20:19:32
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nailwitch1
Nail Witch :
in the foraging community we always just cook them down dry with salt, the salt draws out the moisture and helps with flavour and then when the water has fried off you add a chunk of butter
2026-05-06 14:00:18
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dmitryavenicci
Mitiniya :
grey (brown)
2026-05-06 07:08:06
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moon_wake_
MoonWake~~~○~~~ :
I use Better Than Boullion & water with my mushrooms
2026-04-28 14:25:00
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bartleyrose2
bartleyrose2 :
or dry fry them. then add oil butter 🧈 and garlic shallots red wine 🍷 or whatever seasoning you want.
2026-04-28 13:40:56
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dimps46
dimps46 :
butter with pepper
2026-04-29 21:55:38
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jenny.hershour
Jenny Hershour :
Or add butter
2026-04-29 11:44:27
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meghanmaherbreaux
Meghan Maher Breaux :
Put the lid on. With salt.
2026-04-30 01:32:54
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pdxpoppins
Pdxpoppins :
Nah, just dry sauté till they sweat enough to brown, then add just a touch of your chosen fat. They’ll brown in a snap.
2026-04-29 05:59:11
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tinkerbell2121
Tinkerbell :
Brilliant
2026-04-30 06:38:33
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kehpark
Keith :
this is the same for onions, makes french onion soup take a fraction of the time
2026-04-28 21:43:23
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r3d.4o
🔺Red🔻 :
What kinda grey are you greying?
2026-04-30 20:12:21
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consumeeggsnow
ConsumeEggs :
Pretty sure brown and grey are two different colours.
2026-04-29 21:22:44
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thetitanessselene
Selene :
May I suggest water and a little butter
2026-04-29 04:06:16
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mickforpeace
MickforPeace :
Agree, but oyster needs to be dry fried
2026-04-28 21:01:29
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dontdothat2000
Bactrian 🐫 :
I love atk
2026-04-30 05:43:26
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coderedcodes
CodeRedCodes :
"Grey"... looks brown to me
2026-05-02 01:11:08
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smartsvilleoakland
Leave Britney Alone :
I just dry sear them.
2026-04-28 16:21:29
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kezzaezza2
Kez :
Butter and a dash of soy sauce 🙂
2026-04-29 00:02:33
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tavenzander
Taven Zander :
this also works for caramelized onions
2026-04-28 14:10:41
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honeybeewitch
honeybeewitch :
i want to scream to the rooftops this is how you need to cook them!!! the texture is so much better
2026-04-29 01:22:39
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nikolaos233
Nikolaos :
One kilo of fresh mushrooms to get 150 grams of sauteed ones.
2026-05-06 20:11:00
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