# How do I get portobello mushrooms to taste like beef? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 31, 2002, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-portobello-mushrooms-to-taste-like-beef/126459 "2002-08-31T17:26:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gravity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gravity/32/14322_2.png) [@Gravity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gravity)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-portobello-mushrooms-to-taste-like-beef/126459/21 "2002-09-03T22:32:02Z")
Washington’s Rich Brown seasoning and broth does a pretty good approximation of beef flavor, and it’s vegetarian. They have ‘Golden’, too, that is a yummy chickenish flavor. I’m not a vegetarian, but I love how they taste and use them all the time. I bet it would make a pretty good marinade. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-portobello-mushrooms-to-taste-like-beef/126459/22 "2002-09-03T23:06:59Z")
**Octavia** : perhaps it would save a lot of people’s time if you could just clear up whether it was a strictly vegetarian recipe you were after, or whether we can legitimately keep on suggesting that you add cow parts to achieve the desired effect. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-portobello-mushrooms-to-taste-like-beef/126459/23 "2002-09-03T23:17:30Z")
To do it vegetarian, just throw some steak sauce on them. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-portobello-mushrooms-to-taste-like-beef/126459/24 "2002-09-03T23:44:28Z")
Jamie Oliver, on his show, _Oliver’s Twist_, recently did a [“Mushroom Sarnie”](http://www.foodtv.com/foodtv/recipe/0,6255,22024,00.html), which he claimed tasted just like a steak sandwich. They certainly _looked_ like steak sandwiches when he served them up, with the brown juice drizzling down and soaking into the bread. BTW, on reviewing this recipe, I see that it lists “white mushrooms” in the ingredients, but Jamie most definitely used some big honkin’ portobellos in the TV show. ---
**Author:** ![Osbie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cdc98d/32.png) [@Osbie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osbie)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2002, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-portobello-mushrooms-to-taste-like-beef/126459/25 "2002-09-04T03:00:16Z")
I am not a vegetarian - so feel free to recommend meat products. I will say that I am hoping to avoid purchasing beef as it can be $pendy. I must say, many of the suggested procedures above sound really good! So thanks all (except for you snide remarkers, who I’ll be chucking through plate glass windows as soon as time permits 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2002, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-portobello-mushrooms-to-taste-like-beef/126459/26 "2002-09-04T03:59:43Z")
Grilled mushrooms with caramelized onions and roasted peppers on really good bread. I wish I liked mushrooms- that sounds good… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-portobello-mushrooms-to-taste-like-beef/126459.md?page=1)