Mushroom Sandwich
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Mushroom Sandwich
Description
This Mushroom Sandwich recipe carefully caramelizes thinly sliced yellow onions over low heat until golden and sweet, enhancing the sandwich's depth of flavor. Button mushrooms are cooked separately with garlic powder, paprika, lemon juice, salt, and pepper until they shrink and release their juices, resulting in tender, flavorful pieces. A tahini-based sauce combines parsley and lemon juice with seasoning and water to reach a creamy, pourable consistency that balances the earthiness of the mushrooms.
The sandwich is assembled with warmed pita halves, fresh tomato slices, spinach, the mushroom mixture, and caramelized onions. This layering delivers contrasting textures from the meaty mushrooms, sweet onions, crisp spinach, and juicy tomato, making it a satisfying vegetarian option for lunch or light dinner.
The method stresses patience in caramelizing onions for rich flavor and cooking mushrooms in a single layer to avoid steaming, ensuring a tender yet slightly crisp texture. Adding water during mushroom cooking prevents drying and burning.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons neutral oil divided
- 1 large yellow onion very thinly sliced
- salt pinch
- 1 pint button mushrooms sliced
- 3 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- 2 ½ lemon plural
- ½ cup tahini
- ¼ cup parsley
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- water to taste
- 1 large tomato for slicing
- 1 cup spinach
- 2 pita bread cut in half
Instructions
- In a medium pan, heat 1 tablespoon of oil over medium-high heat. Add the onions and mix them to coat with oil. Reduce the heat to medium-low, add salt, and cook for 30 minutes, occasionally mixing until golden and caramelized.
- While the onions are cooking, in a large pan with a lid, heat the remaining oil, add the mushrooms, and cook until they begin to release their juices, about 5 minutes.
- Add the garlic powder, paprika, salt, pepper, and the juice of half a lemon. Mix well and cook over medium-low heat until the onions are ready. Mix occasionally to make sure it’s not burning. Add a couple of splashes of water if the mixture is drying up. Continue to cook until the mushrooms have shrunk in size and are juicy and tender.
- In a small bowl mix the tahini, parsley, juice of 2 lemons, salt, and pepper. Mix and slowly add water until the desired creamy and runny consistency is achieved. Set aside.
- Slice the tomatoes and set them aside. Warm up the pita bread, cut it in half, and set aside.
- To assemble the pita sandwiches, gently open the pita, and add some dressing all around inside. Add some spinach, one tomato slice, a scoop of mushrooms, and a spoonful of caramelized onions. Top with a little more dressing to serve.
Notes
- Allow 30 to 45 minutes to caramelize onions slowly for best sweetness and color.
- Cook mushrooms in a single layer to achieve tender yet slightly crisp texture without steaming.
- Add splashes of water while cooking mushrooms if the pan starts to dry out to prevent burning.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 403 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 403kcal | 20% |
| Carbohydrates | 41g | 14% |
| Protein | 14g | 28% |
| Fat | 24g | 37% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 9g | 53% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 11g | 55% |
| Trans Fat | 0.03g | 2% |
| Sodium | 396mg | 17% |
| Potassium | 907mg | 19% |
| Fiber | 7g | 28% |
| Sugar | 7g | 14% |
| Vitamin A | 1680IU | 34% |
| Vitamin C | 56mg | 62% |
| Calcium | 118mg | 12% |
| Iron | 4mg | 22% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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