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
- ⅛ 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, ⅛ 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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Excellent recipes, but on the creamy mushrooms rather than a side, add a cup of your favorite milk and it becomes a two person main meal!! Pare with homemade sweet cornbread and you can make it a Wow meal. Try it I think you'll like the idea. Till next time, Kat and Quay Wood
I love this idea of turning it into a main meal and serving it with sweet cornbread! ❤️
Very delicious! I have to substitute milk with cornstarch and some Parmesan cheese. Only had canned mushrooms and still ver tasty. I am eager to make again with all the recommended ingredients.
Bevie, I am so glad this recipe worked great for you - thank you for sharing your substitutions. Very helpful to other readers who might want to try the same.
OMG!...DEE-Lish-ous! I thought the hubby was going to drink this directly from the pan! I added garlic & onions and nestled porkchops to simmer 30 minutes. Served on a bed of baby green beans and had a complete meal. Sublime!
Martie, thank you for such an enthusiastic comment! 🙂 Love that you served this with pork chops and green beans!
I’ve made this a few times. Love it.
Heather, so glad!
I think I'll try this sauce with lion lamb chops in my cast iron pan! Just bought a set of 3 cast iron pans and excited to use the 10 inch for this recipe!!
Paula, this sauce would be great with lamb chops made in a cast iron pan! Enjoy!
This was a hit with my husband. I did add parmesan cheese to thicken it up.
Sheila, I am so glad the recipe was enjoyed! Thank you for the 5-star review! 🙂
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 comodín 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.