Quick Low-fat Mushrooms

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1 medium sized onion, finely diced
• 1 tablespoon chicken stock powder or 2 crumbled chicken stock cubes
• 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
• 500 g button mushrooms, halved .or quartered with stems removed
• 1 tablespoon olive oil, extra only if required
• salt
• pepper
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 teaspoons cornflour (us cornstarch)

Recipe

• 1 heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan over medium heat.
• 2 add the garlic and onion -stir until the onion has softened. add the stock powder and dried basil. this should take roughly 3 minutes.
• 3 add the cut mushrooms and continue to cook for another minute. add the extra oil if required to moisten the mushrooms. season with salt and pepper to taste.
• 4 mix the cornflour with a little water in your measuring cup. add more water to bring to the 1/4 cup measurement of water. mix and add over the mushrooms. you can use cream or evaporated milk in place of the water if you wish.
• 5 continue to cook and stir until done to your liking. i prefer to keep my mushrooms chunky.
• 6 serve over toast, steak or chicken.