It felt like that scene in ratatouille when the food critic took a bite and remembered his childhood, except I was remembering all the Russian weddings I’ve been to. Russian wedding food typically includes marinated mushrooms. These were just right; my Mama-in-laws recipe. My Dad was especially fond of them. He wasn’t very happy when he found out I took home the leftovers, but I assured him I’d whip up another batch. If you are making marinated mushrooms for a party, double everything. Two pounds of mushrooms may seem like a lot raw, but remember they shrink.
Cost to Make: $8-$10
Servings: 8-10 (Makes 6 cups of marinated mushrooms)
Ingredients:
2 lbs fresh mushrooms, quartered, halved or even whole if they are small.
16 cups water + 3 tbsp vinegar
Marinade Ingredients:
1/2 cup vinegar
2 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
3 Garlic cloves, chopped
2-3 bay leaves
1/2 tsp freshly ground pepper
1 Red pepper, chopped
1 and 1/2 tbsp dill weed (fresh, frozen or dry)
2 cups water
1/2 cup oil
How to Make Mushroom Marinade:
1. Make the marinade first (before rinsing mushrooms):
In a medium saucepan, combine vinegar, salt, sugar, garlic, bay leaves, ground black pepper, red pepper and dill. Simmer marinade for 5 minutes.
2. Add 2 cups water, bring to a boil and simmer another 5 minutes.
3. Lastly, add oil and turn off the heat.
Prepping the Mushrooms and Assembly:
1. Boil 16 cups (4 quarts) Water with 3 tbsp vinegar (or juice from 1 lemon) – to prevent browning of mushrooms.
2. Rinse mushrooms (immediately after rinsing mushrooms, cut mushrooms into quarters, halves or even whole if they are small) and place in boiling water. Stir, cover and cook 3 minutes.
Drain mushrooms and pour marinade over them.
Boil another 2-3 minutes in the marinade.
Cool to room temp and refrigerate overnight.
Enjoy!!!
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Ohh this should be easy and perfect for summer! Thanx for recipe! I will definitely try it to impress my Husband
Natasha, do peppers also taste marinaded? I love marinated peppers and this will make it awesome combination
Yep!
Wow girl these look so vkusniye. Love mushrooms thanks 4 post ur awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi, Natasha. Thank you for posting this recipe, i am sure these taste great. I used to marinade mushrooms with Italian dressing. But it seems like mushrooms prepared by your recipe will be a lot better)) Do you think Apple Cider Vinegar will work as well?
I can’t really recommend it without trying it. Sorry, that’s not much help, but let me know if you do try it. They are really really good with just plain vinegar
Do you by any chance have any recipes for homemade bread?
I don’t have any posted. Mom always makes plenty of bread to share, but I will try to get her recipe. Are you looking for wheat? rye? french? sourdough? or just any homemade bread?
Those are some nice pictures, i like your step by step pictures, very easy to follow.
Any bread would be awesome! You have good recipes so whatever you post i know it will be good!
thank you Emma!
To do: Post an awesome bread recipe.
Ur so sweet cant wait!!
Hey Natasha can you give us a hint on whats ur next post? Cant wait i check ur web everyday so anxious to know lol
These are SO GOOD! I think I just won the “best wife ever” award around here
THANK YOU!!
Congratulations on your award
That’s awesome!
Are these slimy? You know how the ones that are in Jars usually have a slime factor to them, it is lightly slime- i am not sure why that happens but ALL the mushrooms have this weird slime thing when i had them marinated.
Are you going to do gribi v smetani recipe soon- i am so curious to see how other people do it- no one does it like I do it, so i like to see other Russian cooks versions always.
I love your blog, keep up the amazing work. My kids love it too- all they eat is birds milk jello now for desserts.
No slime factor. I hate the slimy ones too. If you use canned Japanese mushrooms, they will be slimy. Use fresh ones. There is nothing in this recipe to make them slimy. I think you would really like them. Thank you for reminding me about mushrooms in sour cream. My mother-in-law also makes a nice recipe. I’ll have to ask her for it.
These look delicious. What kind of vinegar do you use? Is it the plain distilled white or white wine vinegar? And what about the oil? Should I use canola or olive oil?
Love your blog!
Plain distilled white vinegar. You can use any oil you want really. I used Canola oil. You can use canola or vegetable oil.
Katia – someone else wrote in that olive oil is a no-no, since it solidifies when it gets cold.
Wow nice blog! Do you by any chance have Shokoladnaya kolbasa?
No, I don’t unfortunately. If I find a good one, I will let you know.
Do u have stir fryes?
I’m working on getting more. The closest thing I have is a shrimp fried rice
Someone asked if they can use an olive oil in when marinating. It’s not a good idea because, olive oil solidifies in the cold temperature. I suppose that you can use the olive oil when marinating, but you will have to wait for 30 min before eating so that oil will become liquid again.
Ohh, good point, I didn’t think of that. Thank you!
Wow just lik wedding ones i like it!
Maybe,…. even better?
Hey Nataliya can i use less mushrooms but same marinate ingredients?
Yes, you will just have some extra juice, but the taste should be the same
I just want to make them in the morning & wondering how long they take to marinate? hours approx?
I marinate them overnight. They taste decent after a couple hours, but they are best the next day.
I made it for sunday and IT WAS GOOD! My husband loved it. Thank you Natasha for this recipe
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Thank u so much 4 ur recipes looking forward to more of ur delishisness
do you drain the excess marinate?
Only if you are done eating them. What do you mean? You can remove them from the marinade to serve them, but keep them stored in the marinade until you are done eating them. Does that answer your question?
This smells FABULOUS!!!
My mom and I made 10 pounds of mushrooms (5x the recipe) and I’m enjoying a bowl right now. They are addictive.
So tasteful loving it! How long can they stay in the frig 4 and still taste good?
I haven’t timed it but it’s marinated so probably at least a couple weeks. We are testing a couple cans that we closed and kept on the shelf. I will let you know how that goes.
Made these last week…They were delicious and even my dad was impressed..Thanks..:)
Thanx i wanna can them too lol:)
I’ve never met a mushroom I didn’t like, so I had to try these when I saw this recipe a couple days ago. I don’t use canola oil so I used sunflower oil instead, and apple cider vinegar instead of regular vinegar, and they turned out delish. Yury loved them too. Thanks for the recipe!
You’re welcome. Someone asked about apple cider vinegar earlier; glad you tried it and had good results.
Hey I was wondering how far in advance can u make them? Do they last long in the fridge or they’re best only a few days after making them? I’ve never made any type of marinated mushrooms so not sure on any of that
thanks!
They will be good for at least a couple, maybe a few weeks. But, I don’t think they will last that long. They are going to be just as good
I use Itlian dressing and is great as well
These mushrooms look absolutely scrumptious. I love your recipes, Natasha:) Your blog is the perfect combination of all the cravings that we Slavic-Americans have. I’m so glad that you are showcasing how delicious Slavic food is. Great job!
Thank you
Did you experiment how long they last in frig? Canning wise? lol
They probably would have stayed longer if I wasn’t craving them. They stay good at least 2 weeks.
Do you think I can use green peppers instead read ones or its not a good idea,
It might work but green peppers aren’t as sweet so it might change the flavor a little. Yellow might be better but Red are best
Just made them, waiting for the cooling factor to kick in. Can’t wait to try them, they smells SO good! Keep up the awesome work, Natasha!
Can you send some my way? I’m actually craving them right now
I made these last weekend (2 lbs) and my husband and I ate it within a week and that’s me monitoring how much he can eat. If I was not watching him, he probably would have eaten all of it in a day or two. These mushrooms were so delious and easy to make. I have made few of your recipes and always checking to see what else you will post for us to try. Thanks for making these recipes available to us.
You’re soo very welcome! I’m glad you both enjoyed them. I think it’s funny that your husband was being monitored. Unfortunately no one monitors me and I snack on these like crazy!
What a wonderful recipe. I made these for a party last night and they were delicious and I received lots of requests for the recipe!! Thanks for a wonderful site!
That’s fantastic. Thanks Jenny!