How a Professional Chef Presses Oyster Mushrooms Into Crispy, Juicy Steaks With Caramelized Onion Gravy

Chef Derek Sarno celebrates 10 years of plant-based cooking by making his most-requested dish: brown oyster mushroom steaks pressed in cast iron, served over creamy Yukon gold and sweet potato mash with a deep shiitake and caramelized onion gravy. The video covers every detail of the pressing and crisping technique, plus sides of Swiss chard and a bonus bangers-and-mash variation.

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🧾 Ingredients

  • 1large brown oyster mushroom clusters
  • 22 large onions
  • 3plant-based butter
  • 46 dried shiitake mushrooms
  • 52 garlic cloves (gravy)
  • 6red wine
  • 7white pepper
  • 8olive oil
  • 9cornstarch
  • 108 Yukon gold potatoes
  • 111 large sweet potato
  • 12plant-based yogurt (such as Forager)
  • 13nutritional yeast
  • 14neutral oil
  • 15steak seasoning (salt, black pepper, granulated garlic, granulated onion, smoked paprika)
  • 162 garlic cloves (mushroom marinade)
  • 17fresh thyme
  • 181 bunch Swiss chard
  • 19salt and pepper
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