These classic stuffed mushrooms are a total crowd pleaser! Serve them up as a quick and easy party appetizer or as a vegetarian side dish for the holidays.
Course Appetizer
Cuisine American
Keyword Stuffed Mushrooms
Prep Time 6 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Total Time 26 minutesminutes
Servings 20stuffed mushrooms
Calories 50kcal
Author Jenn Laughlin - Peas and Crayons
Ingredients
24ozwhole button mushrooms(stems reserved)
¾cupItalian seasoned bread crumbs
5TBSPbutterplus extra as needed/desired
¼cupfinely minced yellow onion
2-3clovesgarlic(smashed and minced)
½tspgarlic powderto taste
1tspparsley
salt and pepperto taste
Instructions
Brush mushrooms clean with a slightly damp paper towel. Do not rinse as that will result in soggy mushrooms.
Remove the stems from your mushrooms. Finely mince and set aside.
Next add butter to a non-stick frying pan and adjust to medium heat.
Add garlic, mushroom stems, and onion. Sauté until fragrant.
Next add your breadcrumbs. Mix well to coat with butter and season with garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
I like to mush the ingredients down, flip, and repeat (not quite like a pancake… but if you have those skills – well, then you’re pretty awesome!) Mushing the stuffing will coat every inch evenly with butter. Overly dry stuffing will burn, so add a little extra butter as needed. Sometimes I'm good with 5 tablespoons of butter and other times I'll add a few extra to moisten the mixture.
Now start tasting! This is where you get to do your own personal magic and season away til your tastebuds are happy. You can add any extra salt, pepper, garlic powder as you'd like. Depending on how seasoned your breadcrumb mixture is, you can even any other Italian seasonings you have on hand. Taste again, repeat, and all that jazz. I use a LOT of garlic powder because I love mine garlicky!
Ready to stuff 'em? Let your stuffing cool down a bit, line a thin cookie sheet with foil, and grease the foil lightly with olive oil (a tiny dab will go a long way!). Line up your mushrooms 1-inch apart and stuff! If you prefer your stuffing to be really crunchy, you can pack it in a towering mound a top the mushroom. Most of my friends/family prefer softer stuffing, which means when you stuff the mushroom, push it as far down into the mushroom as you can, and keep it level with the top of the shroom.
Bake at 350 degrees F until the mushrooms turn golden brown, about 20 minutes. For extra soft mushrooms, feel free to bake an additional 10 min. Commence faceplant.
Notes
Though I use panko in my crab stuffed mushroom recipe, I wouldn't use panko here. Regular Italian-seasoned breadcrumbs work oh-so well in this classic stuffed mushroom recipe and I couldn't imagine them any other way!Crazy for cheese? Grated Parmesan cheese makes a tasty addition to the filling if you'd like!Nutrition Facts below are estimated using an online recipe nutrition calculator. Adjust as needed and enjoy!