Grilled Thai Marinated Maitake Mushrooms are glistening with a flavorful Asian marinade. One of the best tasting sides for the grill or grill pan. You will be amazed!
You know when you are planning a dinner for grilling and you would like to have an extra side dish for everyone? Well, this one is perfect.
The mushrooms also pick up the color of the marinade and grill up just right.
I used my grill pan but you could sure grill these on an actual grill. You could also put your pan on the grill, or use aluminum foil, for smaller pieces so that they don’t fall through.
Maitakes come to you as a big clump and for this dish, you make about 3/4″ thick slices straight through as you would a loaf of bread.
The picture below (in the pan) shows how they will look. In the photo above I stacked the Grilled Thai Marinated Maitake Mushrooms side by side and let the tops flop over for a pretty display.
I get my mushrooms through the internet from Whole Earth Harvest. They looked perfectly clean with nothing to cut away. Clean them anyway, what the hey.
Quickly run the mushrooms under water and then set them out on a paper towel. Then slice them as described above and place in a large casserole for marinading.
I am not kidding when I say this is one of the best tasting side dishes out there.
Fresh from Oregon.
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Grilled Thai Marinated Maitake Mushrooms
Ingredients
- 2 pounds Maitake mushrooms
For the marinade
- 3/4 cup olive oil
- 1/4 cup tamari
- 6 wild leeks - cut into small pieces, or you could use scallions in a pinch
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- 3 tablespoons white wine - dry, such as chardonnay
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- Clean the maitake's by quickly running them under water.
- Set on paper towels to drain.
- Slice in 3/4" thick slices and lay out in a casserole dish or two for marinading.
Making the marinade:
- Add all of the ingredients to a blender.
- I forgot to mention that I got the wild leeks (ramps) from Whole Earth Harvest too!
- Blend until everything is smooth and completely blended.
- It only takes about a minute.
- Pour the marinade evenly over the prepared mushrooms.
- Cover the casserole with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours.
- When ready to cook grill over medium high heat for 5 minutes on each side.
- Ready to eat!
Notes
Nutrition
Ginny McMeans says
People will be intrigued and then happy after they taste the. 🙂 Thank you very much Beth!
Ginny McMeans says
They are unusual Tare but so worth it. Thanks!
Ginny McMeans says
Ahhh, thanks Christine. I love to make people drool 😀
Ginny McMeans says
I guarantee he will love them Liz! They are fun to cook too 😀
Ginny McMeans says
The flavor is so good Nicola! Thank you 🙂
Beth says
These mushrooms look amazing! What a great, different side dish for my next BBQ! I have never had Maitake mushrooms! How pretty they are!
Tara says
Oh wow! Such gorgeous mushrooms! I have never tried Maitake before, but will definitely look out for them. I love how you prepared them.
Christine says
What an interesting drool worthy dish! Those mushrooms look delicious!!
Liz @ I Heart Vegetables says
My husband looooves mushrooms! These look really good and flavorful! I’ll have to give these a try!
Nicola @ Happy Healthy Motivated says
I’ve tried marinated mushroom recipes before and thought they were pretty bland. But I don’t think there’s any way that would happen with this recipe!
Colleen (Souffle Bombay) says
Confession…I don’t eat mushrooms and have actually never heard of this type. How interesting. I do how ever cook them all the time for the mushroom lovers around me (who wonder how I do it so well, when I never taste them, lol). Your dish is great looking and the flavors sound delicious!
Ginny McMeans says
Thank you and you are quite welcome Linda!
Ginny McMeans says
Thanks so much Rose! 🙂 You are also very welcome.
Ginny McMeans says
They are so good Martha and thanks!
Linda @ Veganosity says
These look so incredible Ginny! I love mushrooms and could seriously eat the whole bowl. Thanks for the mushroom source too.
Rose | The Clean Dish says
I love all the ingredients in this recipe – yum! I’m not familiar with Maitake mushrooms which is another reason why I HAVE to try this dish!!
Martha @ A Family Feast says
I love grilled mushrooms – but I’ve never had Maitake mushrooms! This marinade sounds fantastic!
Susan says
This might be one of the prettiest mushrooms I’ve seen. I love that they still keep their shape and of course the marinade is just a burst of flavor.
Lauren Kelly Nutrition says
I am so intrigued Ginny! I have never had maitake mushrooms before and I can’t wait to try them!
Ginny McMeans says
What?!?! Heather you are the luckiest person I have every heard of. What state do you live in? I am so glad you will get to make this recipe!
The Food Hunter says
those mushrooms look amazing!