Here’s how to make the simplest, best grilled portobello mushrooms with big flavor! This method is fast and easy: no marinading time required.

Grilled portobello mushrooms

Ready to up your grilling game? Try these incredible grilled portobello mushrooms! They’re juicy and bursting with big, meaty umami. This method for grilling them is fast and easy: unlike most recipes, there’s no marinading time required. Just sprinkle with olive oil and balsamic vinegar, and pop them on the grill. Alex and I use this method all the time and it make for the most tender, juicy and irresistible mushroom caps. Here’s how to do it!

Ingredients for grilled portobello mushrooms

Portobello mushrooms are what convinced me to stop hating this vegetable (or really, fungus). The meaty flavor you can get when you cook them is unreal! The grill is really the best cooking method for portobello mushrooms because it infuses that smoky flavor, too. All you’ll need is a few ingredients to get massive flavor:

  • Portobello mushroom caps
  • Olive oil
  • Balsamic vinegar
  • Kosher salt
  • Fresh ground black pepper
Grilled portobello
Top with fresh herbs if you like

No marinading required!

Here’s the big selling point on this recipe: you don’t have to think ahead to marinade these grilled portobello mushrooms. Nope, just sprinkle them with olive oil and balsamic vinegar (see the recipe below) and they’re good to go! Let them sit while the grill is preheating, or you can even do it right before you grill. It’s going to have big flavor either way! See the recipe below for quantities.

How to grill portobello mushrooms (basic steps)

Now: here’s our master technique for grilled portobello mushrooms! One thing to note is that they give off quite a bit of liquid as you grill them. That’s why it’s important to grill gill side up first. The liquid will pool in the cap, and then you can flip it to drain the liquid through the grates. Here’s how to do it (or jump to the recipe):

  • Preheat a grill to medium high heat: that’s 375 to 450 degrees.
  • Prep the mushrooms: Remove the stems and drizzle with olive oil, balsamic vinegar (quantities below).
  • Grill: Place on the grill gill side up, and 10 to 14 minutes, then flip and grill 2 to 3 minutes until juicy and browned.
Grilled portobello mushroom

Serve grilled portobello mushrooms as burgers!

The nice thing about grilled portobello mushrooms: you can serve them as a side dish or as a main dish! Eat them on a bun and they become “portobello burgers.” But make sure to add a source of protein to the sandwich: like cheese! Or serve them with a hearty side filled with plant-based protein. Mushrooms don’t have much protein on their own, so they’re not as filling as a normal burger would be. Here are some ideas on how to serve them:

Another idea? Make Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms using grilled portobellos and spinach artichoke filling. Or try them as a Portobello Mushroom Pizza!

Portobello burger

Or, serve as a side dish!

Naturally, grilled portobello mushrooms are perfect as a side dish! Alex and I often grill up a whole tray of veggies including portobellos. Or here are some main dishes that become a meal with grilled mushrooms:

Let us know if you make these grilled portobello mushrooms: they’re one of our favorite treats to go with summer grilled meals.

Grilled portobello mushrooms

This grilled portobello mushrooms recipe is…

Vegetarian, vegan, plant-based, dairy-free, and gluten-free.

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Grilled portobello mushrooms

Easy Grilled Portobello Mushrooms


  • Author: Sonja Overhiser
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 15 minutes
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 4 1x

Description

Here’s how to make the simplest, best grilled portobello mushrooms with big flavor! This method is fast and easy: no marinading time required.


Ingredients

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  • 4 portobello mushrooms
  • 2 to 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 to 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • Fresh ground black pepper

Instructions

  1. Preheat a grill to medium-high heat (375 to 450 degrees Fahrenheit).
  2. Clean the portobello mushrooms and remove the stems. Drizzle the gill sides with the olive oil and use your hands to rub all over the mushrooms, including the bottoms. Then drizzle the gill sides with balsamic vinegar, sprinkle with kosher salt, and add several grinds of black pepper.
  3. Place the mushrooms directly on the grill grates gill side up and grill 10 to 14 minutes until tender and juicy. Liquid will pool in the cap. Flip the mushrooms (this drains the liquid into the grates) and cook for an additional 2 to 3 minutes until browned.
  • Category: Side Dish
  • Method: Grilled
  • Cuisine: Vegetables
  • Diet: Vegan

Keywords: Grilled portobello mushrooms, How to grill mushrooms, How to grill portobellos

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Sonja & Alex

Meet Sonja and Alex Overhiser: Husband and wife. Expert home cooks. Authors of recipes you'll want to make again and again.

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    1. An 450F oven would give you better results: Place on a baking sheet in the oven and roast for 15 minutes until tender. Drain of any excess liquid.