Creamy Mushroom Sauce with Bacon and Thyme – one of the best ways to cook mushrooms! Mushrooms, bacon, thyme and cream create an excellent flavor combination: very savory, perfectly seasoned. This sauce makes a great accompaniment to grilled meats, chicken, pork, steaks, etc.
I love easy recipes and this one is no exception.
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:
MY OTHER VIDEOSIn 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!
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon vegetables oil
- 6 oz white mushrooms, sliced
- 5 slices bacon, cooked, chopped
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 5 sprigs fresh thyme
Instructions
- Heat vegetable 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, 1/8 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.
Hello. Recipe sounds delicious. However, why couldn’t you just cook chopped bacon WITH the mushrooms? Seems it would be quicker, easier and less mess. 🙂 Thank you. -S
You could. That’s not a bad idea. Some types of the bacon have so much fat, I prefer to cook it and drain all the fat before I use the bacon. But some bacon does not produce as much fat during the cooking process, in which case you can cook it together with mushrooms.
Thank you Julia. I tried it before I got your msg. 🙂 I had some thick-cut, homegrown bacon that I needed to use. It took a bit for it to cook crisp and had quite a bit of fat. I keep about 2tsps in the pan to make the sauce and poured the rest in another pot that I was cooking in. I then added the mushrooms and they caramelized perfectly. However, it was a bit salty for my liking. So next time I think I’ll skip adding the salt the recipe calls for and maybe minus a tsp of the bacon fat. Thank you for a delicious sauce. (FYI: I served over smashed The Little Potato Company potatoes. The fam enjoyed it throughly.)
You’re so welcome! I am so glad you’ve made this recipe and that your family enjoyed it. I love thick-cut high quality bacon. Potatoes go great with creamy sauce like this one. Great choice!
Anything with mushrooms is a winner in this house Delna’s idea with the pasta works great with this house! Or over chicken or pork chops! I know this will be tried maybe on my next day off…I work 4 pm to 1 am!
Hi
I love this recipe but tweak it a bit by adding cooked pasta — the kids love this !!
Adding pasta is great with this kind of sauce! 🙂
I was just wondering if you had the counts for calories, fat, protein and carbs. I’m making this right now! 🙂
Thanks
Mary, I’m not the author/creator but if you’re looking for nutrition information for any recipe, you can input the recipe into MyFitnessPal (you’ll have to create an account if you don’t have one) and it’ll tell you all the nutrition information you could want.