How to Use button mushroom in a Sentence

button mushroom

noun
  • The button mushroom shape is funny, if a little chewy.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Apr. 2026
  • For lunch, add cooked button mushrooms to your otherwise humdrum bowl of grains and greens.
    — Mushroom Council, Bon Appétit, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Brussels sprouts, button mushrooms and edamame are also available as add-ons.
    — Lauren McDowell, Chron, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Simmer the chicken in a cast iron skillet before adding button mushrooms and the sauce.
    — Amanda Favazza, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Small button mushrooms are juicy and delicious, and a gingery warm broth will help with any sniffles.
    — Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2019
  • Once the roux is finished, onions and button mushrooms are added and stirred with garlic until settled.
    — Aly Walansky, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
  • For white mushrooms, also called button mushrooms, the gills on the underside should be tightly closed.
    — Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Crimini mushrooms are best, but white button mushrooms are fine.
    — Hana Asbrink, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Brown baby bella mushrooms are simply white button mushrooms that have been picked at a later stage for a more earthy flavor.
    — Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Quiznos’ melt is made with white button mushrooms and, based on an advertisement, what appears to be bread with food coloring on top.
    — Josie Sexton, The Know, 21 June 2019
  • Traditionally a blanquette is thickened with egg yolks and has pearl onions and often button mushrooms in the mix.
    — Eric Asimov, New York Times, 3 May 2018
  • Chicken pairs well with cremini and white button mushrooms because of their mild flavor and ability to absorb sauces well.
    — Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Then, clean 10-12 button mushrooms, place them in the oven and add a slice of cheddar cheese on top for a minute before taking them out.
    — Merve Ceylan, Health, 7 Oct. 2024
  • From the rear, the Arctos Sport's particular design gives it the unique look of a button mushroom chopped in half.
    — New Atlas, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Cremini mushrooms deliver much more of an earthy, umami flavor than white button mushrooms.
    — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Well, white button mushrooms are the same as creminis, but harvested earlier, which gives them that pale color and mild flavor.
    — Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 12 Dec. 2017
  • This white button mushroom dish is simmered with roasted tomatoes, onion, garlic, and traditional chipotle adobo sauce.
    — Rachel Ng, Outside Online, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Add button mushrooms in an even layer and cook, stirring occasionally, 3 minutes.
    — Beth Kracklauer, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Our White Mushroom featured a flavorful if stingy sprinkling of button mushrooms, spinach and roasted garlic atop a light, white sauce.
    — Anna Caplan, star-telegram, 11 Apr. 2018
  • The first was the white button mushroom, whose tissue uses only thin filaments called generative filaments.
    — Mohamed Khalil Elhachimi, The Conversation, 16 July 2025
  • The albufera, for instance, starts with wing stock enriched with drumsticks, shallots, and button mushrooms, plus two bottles of Madeira reduced to a single glass with vinegar.
    — Joel Hart, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
  • This recipe shows the humble white button mushroom’s versatility in a savory sauce thickened with heavy cream and flavored with garlic and shallots and tossed with chicken meatballs.
    — Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026
  • The researchers cultivated shiitake and button mushrooms on an organic substrate in Petri dishes until the sample was covered with a dense mycelial mat.
    — New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Our recipe for company chicken calls for button mushrooms, but any mushroom variety would beautifully absorb its flavorful, velvety sauce and pack some umami.
    — Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2025
  • The quintessential, rustic dish Coq au Vin—chicken braised with wine, lardons, button mushrooms, and brandy—traditionally calls for it.
    — Alex Erdekian, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Apr. 2020
  • Layered in a large baking dish and left overnight to absorb the eggs, the pudding bakes and puffs up, its top a lovely golden brown, with eggy bread cubes, sauteed button mushrooms, sharp cheddar, and pockets of herb ricotta tucked inside.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Oct. 2019
  • Researchers at Penn State University, for example, edited the genes of a common white button mushroom so that the fungi resisted browning.
    — Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 1 Apr. 2018
  • The common white-button mushroom—the sort found on grocery shelves—comes in eighteen mating types, the fairy inkcap mushroom a hundred and forty-three, and the split-gill mushroom an astonishing twenty-three thousand three hundred and twenty-eight.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • The first four ingredients of an Original Garden Burger, the popular brand found in many grocery stores, are brown rice, button mushrooms, rolled oats and mozzarella cheese.
    — Nick Kindelsperger, chicagotribune.com, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Eggs and Horseradish Cream Makes 4 servings More than just being fun to say, these skewers are an improved twist on standard kebabs (button mushrooms, chunks of bell pepper, and wedges of onion).
    — Sara Moulton, Houston Chronicle, 19 Feb. 2018

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