Mushroom Asada
If you’d rather skip my helpful tips and tricks, essential cooking info, and similar recipe ideas – and get straight to the recipe for the marinade, simply scroll to the bottom of the page where you can find the printable recipe card. The how to for the mushrooms is in the wordy part of the post.
Leftover mushrooms
I had some mushrooms leftover the other day after making my Mushroom Soup. And, later in the week Dan had requested that we make Carne Asada for tacos.
We’ve come to the point where we make a double batch of the marinade and use a little more than half of it for my Tofu Asada, and the rest of the marinade for his steak.
Asada Marinade
As we were putting the tofu in the marinade, he asked, what if you put those mushrooms in the marinade? (I think they were in his way in the fridge!) Whatever his reasoning, he’s a genius! And Mushroom Asada was born. Or is that Hongos Asada? (Asada meaning grilled or dry cooked.)
Vegan or vegetarian main dish
I love that this is a great vegan or vegetarian main that doesn’t use tofu (in case you’re trying to avoid soy) or fake meat. I marinated button mushrooms this time, but this could totally be done with one of those large portabella mushrooms and eaten on a bun as a burger.
The photo below: The raw mushrooms after marinating in Asada Marinade overnight
How to
I took some of the button mushrooms, cut them in half and placed them in the marinade. We left them in overnight, or about 24 hours. I don’t think they needed to marinate that long, and could probably be done in an hour or two.
When I took them out of the marinade after sitting overnight in it, they looked and felt a little slippery. But either way, they turned out to be super delicious!
We placed the marinated mushroom halves in a small cast iron skillet and cooked them on the grill. This could also be done on the stove top, or, I’d even guess that the oven would work. After cooking all the liquid out of the mushrooms, and getting them a nice golden brown, we took them off the grill.
Serve them up
Mushrooms shrink quite a bit when cooked, so I didn’t even slice them; I simply put the cooked mushrooms into a tortilla with the fillings, and had one of the best tacos ever! Oh man was it good!
If you want to try some of the best tacos ever, click over here for the Asada Marinade Recipe and to read more.
Whether you put it on Mushrooms, Tofu, Fish, or Steak, it’s amazing!
Don’t forget, the specific instructions for the mushrooms are above. The marinade recipe is below.
Mushroom Asada Marinade Recipe
Carne Asada Marinade
Ingredients
- ½ cup olive oil
- 1/3 cup soy sauce
- 4 scallions finely chopped
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- Juice of 1 Meyer lemon or 2 limes
- ½-3/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- 3 tablespoons dark brown sugar
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients with a whisk or with a hand mixer with the whisk attachment until thoroughly combined.
- Place steak, fish, or tofu in a ziplock bag or a glass dish. Pour marinade over and mix so that marinade touches all areas of item to be marinated. Remove as much air as possible from the ziplock bag, and place in fridge for at least 1 hour, or up to 24 hours.
- Remove steak, swordfish, or tofu from bag and grill, and discard extra sauce. When finished cooking, place steak or swordfish on plate and cover with aluminum foil and allow to rest for about 10 minutes (tofu will not need to rest). When ready to serve, thinly slice steak across the grain of the meat.
Recipe Notes
If making carne asada, use 1 to 2 pounds skirt steak.
If making swordfish asada, use 1 to 2 pounds fish.
If making tofu asada, use 12-16 ounces, sliced
8 servings as fajita meat or 4 as main course
Because this is a marinade, the calorie evaluation is going to be off. Most of the marinade is drained off after soaking the item in it. If you use a veggie item to soak in, you can reuse the marinade, say for veggies for the meal. But, if you marinate beef, chicken, or fish in it, the extra will need to be discarded.
Adapted from The Food Network
Culinary Ginger says
January 30, 2015 at 10:25 amI love mushroom anything and this is a great new dish that I really need to try, looks amazing.
Cailin at Sassy Dove says
January 30, 2015 at 11:28 amI am a FOOL for mushroom – this sounds incredible! I wish I could get my family to eat it 🙂
ElsbyCC says
January 30, 2015 at 11:35 amYum! Looks so delicious.
grabaplate says
January 30, 2015 at 11:40 amThis sounds great (and so does tofu asada)! Can’t wait to try it!
Nicky says
January 30, 2015 at 11:50 amWhat a great idea to make the tacos with mushrooms and the marinade. I love that carne asada marinade
Nancy (@spiffykerms) says
January 30, 2015 at 12:50 pmI hear you’re callin’ my name for supper. How’d you know I’m a huge fan of mushrooms. Ugh, I love them. Pile them up on my plate, please and thank you.
Jeanine says
January 30, 2015 at 12:52 pmOh goodness, that looks super good! I’m not a huge mushroom fan but, yum!
Cindy @ Hun... What's for Dinner? says
January 30, 2015 at 12:57 pmWhat a great meatless twist! We love mushrooms!!
Angelic Sinova says
January 30, 2015 at 1:27 pmThis look super yummy, I LOVE mushrooms <3
Andi says
January 30, 2015 at 1:32 pmLove this, I have had mushroom on the brain lately, eating a ton of them, I would love to try this out!
Sophia @ NY Foodgasm says
January 30, 2015 at 2:39 pmOMG YESSSSSS! This is another amazing meat substitute, this looks mouthwatering!
Shannon Peterson says
January 30, 2015 at 3:05 pmThis sounds so incredibly delicious!
Michelle F. says
January 30, 2015 at 3:08 pmThat has to be the tastiest looking mushrooms I have ever seen. I love carne asada so I have to try this.
Michele says
January 30, 2015 at 3:15 pmI do love mushrooms but I will second your husband–marinate that steak as well!!
Angie@chasingmyhalo says
January 30, 2015 at 3:21 pmThis looks delicious! I love how you used ingredients you already had from a previous dish.
Caitlin says
January 30, 2015 at 5:01 pmI don’t usually like mushrooms – but this does look really good! Nice job!!
Claire says
January 30, 2015 at 6:08 pmI received a cast iron skillet for Christmas and still haven’t used it yet! I’ll have to try out this recipe in it!
Mary Bostow says
January 30, 2015 at 8:16 pmI’m making the marinade for steak! Hubby is going to love it!! And those mushrooms! I don’t even like mushrooms and look good!
Karissa Ancell (@KarissaAncell) says
January 30, 2015 at 8:40 pmWhat a great looking dish!
Meagan @ A Zesty Bite says
January 30, 2015 at 8:47 pmMushrooms are definitely my weakness and this asada is right up my alley.
Mistee Dawn says
January 31, 2015 at 3:45 amYum! I have never heard of this before but it looks delicious. I love mushrooms!
mealplanmaven says
January 31, 2015 at 9:01 amMy hubbie and I LOVE mushrooms…I so must try this dish as it looks absolutely incredible!
Nancy Fox says
January 31, 2015 at 9:19 amWhat a beautiful dish Debi!
Chelsie Carr says
January 31, 2015 at 10:09 amSo YUMMY! I love mushrooms and am always looking for new ways to cook them. I am actually planning on attempting my first carne asada this week, so I will have to try to do the mushrooms with any left over marinade!
kcurrierlewis says
January 31, 2015 at 10:32 amThis looks so delicious! I wish I liked mushrooms!
Beth@FrugalFroggie says
January 31, 2015 at 2:17 pmAlthough I am not a fan of mushrooms, it sounds like a wise use of not wasting food. Very frugal of you.
Rosey says
January 31, 2015 at 10:42 pmWhat a great idea to use the cast iron pan on the grill. I’ve never done that but I think sometime I’ll give it a try.
Myrabev says
February 1, 2015 at 2:50 amI am not big on mushrooms but this recipe looks and sounds delicious
Lauren (@pinkonthecheek) says
February 1, 2015 at 12:10 pmI am not a fan of mushrooms…at all. I can imagine this is good, but not for me!
michaela403 says
February 1, 2015 at 12:50 pmMushrooms are my MOST FAVORITE!! and you put them on tacos!! Holy Moly I am in LOVE!
Liz Mays says
February 1, 2015 at 5:53 pmI can’t eve believe how appetizing that looks. What an incredibly delicious recipe!
Ashley@ Keeping Up with Ashley and Cody says
February 1, 2015 at 7:44 pmThat looks amazing. The mushrooms are beautiful and large!
redheadloves says
February 1, 2015 at 7:54 pmI have become totally obsessed with mushrooms lately and this looks like a killer recipe! Yum!
Chelley @ A is For Adelaide says
February 1, 2015 at 10:37 pmWe love mushrooms in this house! My hubby just saw the pics and now wants to make these (it’s 1am!).
utahcoupondeals says
February 1, 2015 at 10:56 pmThese look amazing. My hubby LOVES mushrooms – I am going to have to make this for him! Thanks for sharing.
Winter White says
February 2, 2015 at 4:33 pmI used to hate mushrooms when I was younger and now I am obsessed! This looks absolutely delish!
Emily says
February 2, 2015 at 7:05 pmThis looks amazing!!!!!
dcclark13 says
February 22, 2015 at 8:40 pmLove mushrooms and this looks terrific!
Cool Beans says
February 4, 2016 at 4:34 pmThis marinade looks delicious, and might I add, it tastes even better. Is that even possible? My husband and I are plant based eaters, and I am always on the look out for vegan/vegetarian sandwiches. After seeing this recipe I made the marinade and added the button mushrooms in one container and thinly sliced green crooked neck squash in another. I used whole multigrain bread, a vegan cheese and mayonnaise, sliced up some tomatoes, added some spinach, and pan grilled the mushrooms and squash. I made a little potato salad for myself and fries for my husband, and WOW! What a wonderful and tasty meal. Two thumbs up to you.