Try these portobello mushroom recipes, including stuffed, grilled, burgers, pizzas, and more! The meaty, savory mushroom dishes work as satisfying dinners or flavorful side dishes.
When it comes to mushrooms, there’s nothing quite like the portobello. As a former mushroom hater, it’s what got me hooked! It tastes so intensely savory and meaty, so much so that you can sometimes almost mistake it for meat. While I love all types of mushrooms, the portobello my heart.
After testing recipes for over a decade, here are my top portobello mushroom recipes for the best ways to eat it! They are so versatile: I’ve made them stuffed with spinach artichoke filling, sliced them into mushroom tacos for quick weeknight meals, and even used the caps as pizza crusts for mushroom pizzas.
12 Easy Portobello Mushroom Recipes
This is my favorite way to serve portobello mushrooms as a main course: stuffed with a creamy spinach artichoke mixture and topped with crispy Italian breadcrumbs. The filling is rich and creamy, while the mushroom provides a meaty base that makes this feel like a complete meal: even without any meat!
These weeknight-friendly tacos come together in under 30 minutes with sautéed portobello strips seasoned with smoky spices. Paired with creamy refried beans and a quick slaw, they prove that plant-based tacos can be just as satisfying as meat (or even more!).
This giant meaty mushroom is irresistible, piled on a burger bun with your favorite burger toppings! (I recommend my favorite special burger sauce.) You can make it in any season, so I've provided two simple methods: grilled or roasted.
Instead of using mushrooms as a pizza topping, this recipe flips it to use portobellos as personal-sized pizza crusts! It's a fun dinner idea that's naturally gluten-free and lets everyone customize their own pizzas and favorite toppings
Portobello mushrooms are the perfect meaty addition to fajitas! Everyone loves these sheet pan fajitas, full of big flavors and loaded with veggies. It’s a great way to make a fun healthy dinner where no one notices there’s no meat! Roast up lots of veggies on a sheet pan with spices, and serve with refried beans and guacamole.
I modeled this recipe after a steak sandwich, and it's so satisfying! It features juicy roasted portobellos seasoned with garlic, soy sauce, and smoked paprika. The horseradish sauce adds a creamy, spicy kick and along with crunchy pickles and peppery arugula, it makes a memorable dinner.
These juicy grilled mushrooms are perfect for summer cookouts and require almost no prep time: just a drizzle of olive oil and balsamic vinegar before they hit the grill. The high heat makes a charred exterior and they are simply bursting with umami flavor!
Here's a unique portobello mushroom recipe: mushroom salad! Serve roasted portobello mushrooms over salad greens with Manchego cheese and a zesty vinaigrette. The contrast of warm, savory mushrooms with the crisp greens is delightful.
Another great portobello mushroom recipe? Grill them up and top them with a fresh, summery topping! These grilled mushrooms are savory and smoky, topped with a caprese style topping of fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, and basil. They're great for a cook out: or make them roasted anytime using the instructions in stuffed portobellos recipe above.
Portobello mushrooms are a fantastic filling for tacos and enchiladas. Here combine them with black beans, bell peppers and red onion for the perfect filling. Then douse it all in a zesty red homemade enchilada sauce. With the crunchy veggie topping, this dish looks simply incredible. And it tastes even better than it looks!
Portobello mushrooms are great in stir fry recipes! Here this meaty mushroom adds big savory flavor to a mix of broccoli, onion, and bell peppers. It's all covered in a delightfully delicious stir fry sauce, that makes the vegetables taste extra irresistible.
Portobellos are great as a burrito filling! Something about all those tasty fillings snuggled cozily into a tortilla makes a burrito irresistible. This burrito is packed with flavor from Spanish rice (aka Mexican rice), seasoned black beans, peppers and onions, mashed avocado, and of course: meaty mushrooms.
Did You Know?
Portobello mushrooms (aka portobella or portabella) are one of the most widely consumed mushroom varieties in the world, called Agaricus bisporus. The button mushroom and cremini (aka baby bella) are the same variety of mushroom, just earlier growth stages. The portobello is the oldest stage, so it has the most meaty and savory flavor.
How to Select and Store Portobello Mushrooms
When shopping for portobello mushrooms at the grocery store, look for caps that are firm and dry without any slimy spots. The gills underneath should look fresh and not dried out. Most grocery stores sell packages of 3 to 6 mushroom caps.
To store portobello mushrooms, the best way is actually in a paper bag in the refrigerator instead of plastic, which can make them slimy. Mushrooms stay fresh for 5 to 7 days stored this way.
More Mushroom Recipes to Try
There are so many other unique types of mushrooms to try! Sample them all:
- Lions Mane Mushrooms are ultra meaty and great for adding fried to a sandwich
- Oyster Mushrooms have delicate flavor and are great sauteed
- King Oyster Mushrooms are large and meaty, fantastic as a meat substitute
- Maitake Mushrooms (aka Hen of the Woods) have feathered edges and an earthy, peppery flavor
- Beech Mushrooms are small, delicate and savory
- Enoki Mushrooms are great for sautéing or using to top ramen or a hot pot
These all look amazing!! I can’t wait to try them!