How to Cut Mushrooms for Kabobs

Fast, Easy and the Best Way to Cut Mushrooms for Kabobs

Prep Time5

Cook Time15

Total Time20

Course: Side

Cuisine: American

Keyword: how to cut mushrooms for kabobs

Servings: servings

Calories: 12kcal

Cost: $5

Remove the dirt and debris from the mushrooms. You can do this by washing them and then laying them out to dry or by taking a damp paper towel and brushing the dirt from the mushrooms.
Remove the mushrooms stems by snapping them off at the base.
If the mushroom is larger than 1" in diameter, cut the mushroom in half. If it is quite large, cut it into quarters. Use your judgement based on what a mouthful would be for those whom you are cooking for.
Rub the oil over the surface of the mushrooms and then sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Very gentle skewer the mushrooms onto the kabob. Grill the kabob. Turn using tongs. Grill until the mushrooms feel somewhat softened and grill marks and charing are on the edge of the mushroom caps.

Use the freshest mushrooms possible. Avoid wrinkly skinned mushrooms.
If using a smaller mushroom, just skewer the entire thing. Thread on from the bottom to the top.
Be sure to rub or brush the mushrooms with a high smoke point oil (like vegetable oil) and then sprinkle with salt and pepper before grilling. This helps develop the perfect char and keeps the mushrooms from looking like old wrinkled yuck at the end.
Keep items with similar cooking times on the same skewers. It's best not to mix veggies and meats on the same skewer. It often takes much longer for the meat to cook and by that time your veggies are burnt.
To easily remove mushrooms from the skewer, simple run it between the tines of a fork.
Do not try to turn the skewers with your bare hands - you'll burn yourself. Use tongs.
Although some of the pictures in this article show whole mushrooms on the skewer, that is just for pictures. Most people don't prefer to eat the stem, so be kind and just go ahead and remove it when you are cleaning the mushrooms.
This works with any kind of mushrooms but if you are doing this for the first time, I recommend Baby Bellas, Buttons or Shitake mushrooms.