Creamy Mushroom Sauce with Bacon and Thyme - one of the best ways to cook mushrooms! Gluten free and low-carb side dish and/or sauce.
Mushrooms, bacon, thyme and cream create an excellent flavor combination: very savory, perfectly seasoned. This creamy mushroom thyme sauce with bacon makes a great accompaniment to grilled meats, chicken, pork, steaks, etc.
I love easy recipes and this one is no exception.
How to make creamy mushroom sauce with thyme
Start by cooking mushrooms in 1 tablespoon olive oil on medium heat in a large skillet for about 3 minutes, flipping once. Do not salt mushrooms - this will ensure the mushrooms get caramelized:
In the mean time, cook bacon, about 5 slices, (I cook it in the oven), drain the bacon from fat, chop the bacon into smaller bites, and add chopped, cooked bacon to the skillet:
Add heavy cream, salt, snipped fresh thyme, bring everything to boil, then reduce to simmer and simmer for about 2 minutes for the flavors to blend. Remove from heat and add more salt if needed. That's it! Your sauce is ready to be served!
Creamy Mushroom Sauce with Bacon and Thyme
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 6 oz white mushrooms , sliced
- 5 slices bacon , cooked, chopped
- 1 cup heavy cream
- â…› teaspoon salt
- 5 sprigs fresh thyme
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet on medium heat. Add sliced mushrooms (without salting - to ensure they mushrooms get caramelized) and cook on medium heat for about 3 minutes flipping once.
- Add chopped cooked bacon to the skillet.
- Add heavy creamy, â…› teaspoon salt and snipped fresh thyme, bring to boil, stir, immediately reduce to simmer and simmer for about 2 minutes on very low heat for flavors to blend and sauce to reduce a bit. Taste and add more salt if needed.
Nutrition
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I finally found a recipe for my fresh thyme. I poured it over some smoked chicken breasts. Family loved it.
Janice, I am glad you found my recipe helpful to use up some thyme. Thyme is truly my favorite herb!
I made this twice and served it once over fish and second over chicken. I had a hmm moment and thought this would make an awesome soup! I added 3 cups of chicken broth and was really surprised how it came out. Came out so well I made it (tripled the size) the next day with crusty bread. There was NO left overs!!
Jodi, your positive comment made my day! 🙂 So glad you've made this recipe several times and even turned it into a soup! Sounds so good. Should be served in a bread bowl, LOL!
I left out the bacon but served it with pork chops. Added sauteed onion and 1 tsp of dijon mustard. Delish!
Love your version - so delicious! Thanks for sharing!
Looks and sounds delicious. I don’t have fresh thyme. Can I use dried thyme, if so.. how much. Thanks.
Use 1/4 tablespoon of dried thyme.
Fantástica!! facil de preparar y es un excelente comodÃn para mis comidas..
Gracias.julia's !!!!
Alicia, I am so glad you enjoyed this recipe! Thank you for the comment!
Can this be made the day before?
You can. But I prefer not to because the cream sauce always loses its texture when reheated.
Just made this! It is Delicious! Waiting for my husband to get home so we can have it without baked potatoes. Thanks for sharing.
Will be serving this over our baked potatoes. Yum!
That's a great way to serve it - love it!
You are welcome! This would be so good with potatoes!
How can I make this dairy free
I’m going to try replacing the cream with canned coconut milk.
That should work great! You might have to thin it out with a small amount of water.
My absolute “go to “ sauce for steaks...delish and super easy. I pan fry the mushrooms till really golden.
Made this today but didn't have bacon so I did leftover brisket and poured it over steamed squash spirals. Delicious. Thanks for sharing your recipe
Just finished making it did extra mushroom and onion and spooned a half a Pumpkin, fetta and baby spinach pizza for tomorrow dinner and then added the cream. Tonight's dinner spiral pasta and mushroom sauce, unfortunately not quite Thyme time,but my oregano is growing well that was the ticket and replaced bacon with onion, it was really yummie, I'm not tolerating meat at the moment. Bacon the next time... thankyou
So glad you enjoyed this recipe! I bet it's delicious with fresh oregano!
Can you use this as a base to make mushroom soup ?
You never cease to amaze Julie! Thanks for sharing!
Suzanne, you are very welcome! And, thank you for such a nice and positive comment! I really appreciate it.
Very lovely. But how can you go wrong tastewise with bacon and cream? Cooked yheushrooms longer, otherwise made as is.
This recipe yields four servings but what constitutes a serving? (2 ounces? 1/4C?) Looks absolutely yummy!