Skillet Sirloin With Mushrooms Recipe

Many cooks believe that mushrooms come in a can, packed in water. This skillet sirloin with mushrooms can use canned mushrooms for convenience or fresh mushrooms that now come pre-sliced and are as convenient and a whole lot better tasting than canned.

Mushrooms have a high water content, and if they are crowded into a skillet over medium heat, they will give off their water and simmer in their juices.

Mushrooms cooked in their juices will shrink and darken and produce a great flavor.

They also taste great if you cook them quickly over high heat. High heat evaporates the water quickly, so instead of simmering, the mushrooms turn golden brown (at least on some surfaces).

You can get that golden-brown look by resisting the urge to stir the mushrooms when you add them to the skillet. Spread them out, then let them sit a few moments to brown.

Skillet sirloin with mushrooms

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While generations of cooks learned to use canned mushrooms because of their convenience, fresh mushrooms now come pre-sliced and are as convenient as and a whole lot better tasting than canned.

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Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Servings 4 serves

Calories

Equipment

• Skillet
• Bowl or platter
• pan

Ingredients

  

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• 1/4 pounds sirloin steak
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 8 ounces sliced mushrooms
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic 3 or 4 cloves
• 1 cup reduced-sodium beef broth substitute A 1/2 cup dry wine for half the broth if you have it
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme

Instructions

 

• Sprinkle steak on both sides with salt and pepper; cut into 4 pieces.
• Heat 2 tablespoons vegetable oil in a wide skillet over high heat until boiling.
• Add mushrooms. Spread them out, but don’t stir for 3 or 4 minutes, or until they brown. Stir several times, spread them out again and cook another 3 minutes. The mushrooms should turn a golden brown rather than the muddier brown of canned mushrooms.
• Transfer to a bowl or platter.
• Add 1 tablespoon of oil to the pan; tip to coat the pan. Let the pan heat before adding beef.
• Spread the beef in the pan and allow it to cook for 4 minutes to let it brown very well.
• Flip, and cook another 3 minutes to give it a good brown color.
• Transfer to mushroom platter.
• Add garlic to the pan.
• Let it cook several seconds to turn golden.
• If you have wine, add it now and let it boil vigorously 2 to 3 minutes before you add broth and thyme.
• If not, add broth and thyme together and let them boil to reduce liquid to 1/3 cup.
• Add mushrooms and steak, and heat through to serve.

Notes

Serve with potatoes roasted in a hot oven with olive oil and green beans.

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Skillet Sirloin With Mushrooms