Vegan Garlic Mushrooms

Need a quick, easy, and scrumptious vegan holiday appetizer or side dish? Saute a skillet of these tasty garlicky mushrooms. A healthy vegan recipe featured in The Get Healthy, Go Vegan Cookbook (Lifelong Books, 2010), mushrooms are rich in flavor and don’t need a drop of fat to become meaty, earthy, delectable bites.

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Garlic Mushrooms

Serves 6

Ingredients:

• 1 cup vegetable broth, divided

• 2 (8-ounce) containers mushrooms, quartered

• 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced

• 1 teaspoon smoked paprika

• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper

• 2 tablespoons dry sherry

• Kosher or sea salt to taste

• Black pepper to taste

• 1/2 cup finely chopped fresh parsley

Directions:

1. Heat 1/4 cup broth in a large skillet over medium heat.
2. Add mushrooms and cook for 2 minutes without stirring. Stir and cook for about 5 minutes, until mushrooms begin to brown.
3. Add garlic, paprika, and red pepper. Cook for 2 minutes.
4. Add sherry and cook until it evaporates. Add remaining broth and season with salt and pepper.
5. Bring to a boil, lower heat, and simmer for 3 minutes.
6. Pour mixture into a bowl and sprinkle with parsley.

From the book The Get Healthy, Go Vegan Cookbook by Neal Barnard, MD and Robyn Webb. Excerpted by arrangement with Da Capo Lifelong, a member of the Perseus Books Group. http://www.dacapopresscookbooks.com/Copyright © 2010.

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