I’ve included one of my favorite brown butter dishes at the moment: brown butter mushrooms with greens and soba noodles. In this recipe, I’ve combined brown butter and fish sauce—an unexpected but entirely delicious, umami bomb of a pair. Mushrooms and greens are sautéed in the sauce, and soba noodles get tossed in at the end. It takes all of 15 minutes to get to a big, warm bowl of brown-buttery noodles. It’s a very good dish to know for weeknights and stress-free entertaining alike.

Brown Butter Mushrooms, Greens, and Soba Noodles

By EmilyC

• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce (I like the Red Boat brand)
• 1/2 teaspoon chile-garlic sauce, or to taste (virtually any type of chile sauce will work here)
• 8 ounces mushrooms, sliced (cremini, shiitake, or a combination)
• Finely grated zest of one large lime (juice reserved)
• 2 to 3 cups roughly torn kale, chard, or spinach leaves (about half a small bunch)
• 6 ounces soba noodles
• kosher salt, to taste
• 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil

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