Eat for Eight Bucks: Hot Mushroom Sandwiches with Sweet Potato Fries
[Photograph: Robin Bellinger]
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2 portobello mushrooms: $3.74
2 English muffins (pro-rated): $1.40
Parsley (pro-rated): $0.75
1 pound sweet potatoes: $1.69
Pantry items: Garlic, butter, mustard, olive oil, salt
Total cost (for 2 portions): $7.58
As a child I refused to eat mushrooms--slimy!--until I was somehow talked into trying a portobello mushroom "burger." It was fantastic, and I never looked back.
Now I'm of the faction that believes burgers are burgers and mushroom sandwiches are mushroom sandwiches (and veggie patties are best ignored or forgotten). This fine hot mushroom sandwich is proud to be its succulent and flavorful self.
You don't have to call it a burger to eat it with fries. Baked sweet potato fries make this meal stick to your ribs, but if you're in the mood for something lighter you should be able to buy a pound of broccoli or a head of lettuce for salad without breaking your $8 budget.
Hot Mushroom Sandwiches
-makes 2-
Adapted from Nigel Slater's Real Food
Ingredients
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2 teaspoons minced flat-leaf parsley
2 portobello mushroom caps, cleaned
2 English muffins, split
Dijon mustard
Salt
Procedure
1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Mash together the butter, garlic, and parsley.
2. When the oven is hot, put the mushrooms gills-up in a baking dish and smear their exposed undersides thickly with garlic butter. Bake for about 20 minutes, until the mushrooms are juicy and black.
3. Toast the English muffins and spread them with mustard (and/or rub them in the mushrooms' baking juices). Sprinkle the mushrooms with a bit of salt, put them between the muffin halves, and eat.
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5 Comments:
mmmm sweet potato fries are my fav. And you're right, they are super thrifty.
I also bake mine to be a little healthier, but how come you choose to use canola oil instead of olive oil?
I like the flavor that the olive brings to this recipe http://tinyurl.com/n4d887 and also think they get crispier this way.
BigGirlPhoebz at 10:19PM on 09/22/09
Nigella does this same thing, and so do I. :)
meleyna at 1:48PM on 09/23/09
Yes this looks delicious, but this column is starting to push the boundries of "meals." Are we really to believe that an english muffin with a roasted portabella will suffice for meal? Hmmmm....I as a serious eater am not convinced!
Arabrab at 2:14PM on 09/23/09
BigGirPhoebz, I go back and forth between canola and olive oil for roasting vegetables. I agree that olive oil also works very well.
Meleyna, I did not pass it along, but Nigel Slater actually attributes this recipe to Nigella as well!
Arabrab, how about a mushroom on a muffin with half a pound of sweet potatoes (as indicated but not as pictured)? That would do it for me; my husband might be looking for ice cream a few hours later. OK, I'd be looking for ice cream, too, but not because I was actually hungry.
Robin Bellinger at 2:41PM on 09/23/09
좋은 내용입니다
parkwho at 3:43AM on 09/24/09