These Sticky Sesame Mushrooms are baked in the oven and served with the most addictive sweet and salty sesame sauce in just 1 pan. Serve them with rice and sprinkled with toasted sesame seeds for the ultimate vegan dinner. Glutenfree Nutfree recipe

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 5 minutes
  • Cook time: 35 minutes
  • Total time: 40 minutes
  • Yield: 4
  • Category: Main Course
  • Cuisine: American

Ingredients

For the mushrooms:

  • 14 ounces mushrooms such as portobello, (Oyster, white mushrooms or cremini mushrooms sliced into 1/4 inch thick slices)
  • 2 teaspoons sesame oil
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch (or other starch such as arrowroot or tapioca)

For the sauce:

  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 2 teaspoons minced ginger
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce (, use tamari for gluten-free)
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  • 3 tablespoons maple syrup (, 1 tbsp more depending on how sweet you like your sauce)
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons rice vinegar
  • 2 teaspoons sambal oelek (less or more to your heat preference. Or other Asian chili sauce or Gochujang)
  • 2 teaspoons cornstarch
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • Sesame seeds and green onion for garnish

Method

  1. In a bowl or a baking dish(8.5 by 6 inch or larger stoneware or ceramic dish*), add the mushrooms and add the sesame oil. Toss well to coat.
  2. Then sprinkle the cornstarch all over. Toss well and then spread the mushrooms out in the baking dish so they don’t overlap too much.
  3. Then bake at 400 degrees Fahrenheit(205c) for 20 minutes until the mushrooms are starting to get golden and shrink a little.
  4. Remove the dish from the oven. Some of the mushrooms might get stuck in the bottom. That's fine, they will come off of the bottom when you add the sauce.
  5. Add all of the sauce ingredients except the cornstarch and water to the baking dish. Then mix the cornstarch in the water and add that in. Mix really well. While you're mixing the sauce, try to dislodge the mushrooms if any are stuck.
  6. Then put it back in the oven to bake for 10-15 minutes or until the sauce is boiling and thickening.
  7. Mix well and then remove the dish.
  8. Taste and adjust salt and flavor carefully. Garnish with sesame seeds and green onions and serve with rice, quinoa or over noodles.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.