Champinones Al Ajillo, Spanish Garlic Mushrooms is a wonderful Tapas dish, often served as party food. It's really easy and quick to make too!
I first came across this dish whilst visiting the Canary Islands and thought it was delicious!
I then went along to a Tapas party my friend hosted and we made it then too.
This Champinones Al Ajillo, Spanish Garlic Mushrooms was served alongside a host of other tapas dishes, like you see in the photos, such as bacon-wrapped dates, mojo picante red pepper sauce, chicken wings, Spanish Meatballs, Albondigas and many more dishes. It was absolutely delicious!
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This is easy and quick to make and fantastic flavors.
Also great as a side dish! This dish is often served as part of a Tapas meal, alongside many other dishes.
Enjoy with a glass of Sherry or a cold beer, serve with some warm crusty bread to mop up the juices!
The idea of tapas is the dishes need to be small, bite-size pieces, served in small bowls.
Everyone helps themselves to whatever they like.
You will often get small forks or toothpicks to eat with, so you do need to make sure you cut the mushrooms into small pieces, say quarter size, so people can pick them up easily with a toothpick or fork.
One of the key ingredients for Champinones al ajillo, or Spanish garlic Mushrooms, is the dry sherry used during cooking.
The alcohol is cooked off so it is child-friendly. However, the flavor the sherry adds to the mushrooms is out of this world!
It gives the mushrooms a slightly sweet flavor, and together with the garlic, it makes for a wonderful combination.
So let's get straight to the recipe and see how we make our Champinones Al Ajillo, Spanish Garlic Mushrooms. Please do enjoy!
Prep Time
5 Minutes
Cook Time
10 Minutes
Serves
4
Ingredients
10 Large Button Mushrooms, quartered
5 Cloves Garlic, minced
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 tablespoons dry sherry
¼ Teaspoon Spanish Paprika
Ground Black Pepper and Sea Salt to season
¼ - ½ Teaspoon dried chili flakes (optional to suit)
1 Tablespoon Fresh, chopped flat-leaf parsley
Instructions
1. Quarter the mushrooms, chop the parsley, crush the garlic.
2. Over a medium heat, add the olive oil and saute the mushrooms for a few minutes.
Then add the remaining ingredients EXCEPT for the parsley. Cook for a further 5 minutes, stirring.
Then remove the pan from heat, add the chopped parsley and stir through.
Serve hot with some crusty bread.
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Champinones Al Ajillo, Spanish Garlic Mushrooms
Champinones Al Ajillo, Spanish Garlic Mushrooms is a wonderful Tapas dish, often served as party food. It's really easy and quick to make too!
Ingredients
- 10 Large Button Mushrooms, quartered
- 5 Cloves Garlic, minced
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons dry sherry
- ¼ Teaspoon Spanish Paprika
- Ground Black Pepper and Sea Salt to season
- ¼ - ½ Teaspoon dried chili flakes, optional to suit
- 1 Tablespoon Fresh, chopped flat leaf parsley
Instructions
- Quarter the mushrooms, chop the parsley, crush the garlic.
- Over a medium heat, add the olive oil and sautee the mushrooms for a few minutes. Then add the remaining ingredients EXCEPT the parsley. Cook for a further 5 minutes, stirring. Then remove pan from heat, add the chopped parsley and stir through. Serve hot with some crusty bread.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 111Total Fat: 10gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 197mgCarbohydrates: 4gFiber: 1gSugar: 1gProtein: 1g
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Lynn Holden
says:I love that white Tapas serving piece
Mind if I ask where you got it?
Lovefoodies
says:Hi Lynn, I got it when I lived in Holland from a discount store!
The closest I can find to what I bought is this from Amazon, and you can remove the dishes and position them how you like https://amzn.to/3HV37nr
Anne Lemieux
says:Could I fix a large batch of these and keep the parsley off I would then package and freeze until I would like to have them again. After defrosting I would heat up and add fresh parsley. I am single and live in a motorhome YEAH so I cook once and eat several times from each batch of food. That way I am not cooking every day and I have a variety of foods to choose from. This would also be easy to pull one or two packages for company. I prefer to eat tapa style and have 3 or 4 items I can make a meal of. Thanks.
Chris
says:Ooh, this looks tasty, I’m definately trying it.
What is that salami wrapped arugula with nuts? It looks the nuts.
Best Regards Chris
Lovefoodies
says:Hi Chris, that one is very thin slices of smoked roasted beef (from the delicatessen) and then you spread a little seasoned cream cheese on the beef, add some arugula, and then roll the beef up into cigar-shaped rolls. Pan roast some pine nuts and simply sprinkle over the rolls. It’s really easy to make and tastes amazing!
Hope that helps!
If you can’t get smoked roasted beef slices, just use normal, but get as thin as possible so they roll up easily. Think of pancetta and how thin that is, then you’re on the right track!
Judy
says:This recipe was a hit with my whole family. We’re madly in love. Thanks so much for sharing!
Sheena Shenton
says:The Spanish garlic tapas mushrooms gorgeous thanks for that one I will do it often
Betty Hughes
says:Ugh, that picture of the whole table just made my mouth water. I’m totally doing this next time my friends come over. I love mushrooms and this recipe sounds delicious. Thank you for posting!