These classic Stuffed Mushrooms is an easy and mouthwatering party appetizer perfect of any occasion! This recipe features juicy mushrooms stuffed with a savory mixture of cream cheese, bread crumbs, herbs, onions, and parmesan cheese.
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This is a classic appetizer to serve at parties and holiday dinners.
Stuffed mushrooms are very easy to make and you can variate size of mushrooms depending on your needs. Use baby bella (aka cremini) mushrooms for a simple one-bite appetizer that’s perfect for a party where people need to have their hands free.
If you’re having a sit-down dinner party, you can use larger sized mushrooms. When using larger size washrooms, feel free to double the amount of filling and mushrooms so that you can prepare more stuffed mushrooms.
This appetize is also very easy to make gluten free! To make this recipe gluten free, simply use gluten free bread crumbs. You may need to increase the amount of bread crumbs by 2 tablespoons since gluten free bread crumbs are not as dense as regular ones.
For those who do not like cilantro, you can substitute fresh parsley.
Tips For The Best Stuffed Mushrooms
- To keep them from getting soggy, don’t soak the mushrooms. Mushrooms are like nature’s sponges, they tend to soak up water quickly. So it’s better to wipe mushrooms with a damp paper towel instead of washing or soaking. If you still want to rinse them, do it quickly and individually in cold water right before cooking. Pat them dry right away.
- If you’re worried about the liquid around mushrooms after baking, it’s completely normal. Mushrooms hold quite a bit of liquid inside and release it while baking. Even if you didn’t wash mushrooms, there still be some liquid released during the cooking process. Simply transfer mushrooms into another dish to serve them.
- Wondering which mushrooms to stuff? Portobello and cremini mushrooms are the best ones to stuff. When it comes to size, you can stuff the tiny baby bellas, the larger portobello caps, or the big Portobello steaks. It all depends on how many people you want to serve and if you’re cooking for an intimate dinner party or a larger party.
- For the best tasting mushrooms, I like to combine sharper, flavorful cheeses with the smooth cream cheese. You can play around with your favorite cheeses but the cheeses I prefer to use are Parmesan, sharp cheddar, Gruyere, Asiago, Gouda, and more.
How To Make Stuffed Mushrooms
Preheat the oven to 375°F and lightly grease a baking pan.
Mushrooms:
Rinse the mushrooms quickly under cold water or wipe them off with a damp paper towel to clean. (If rinsing, pat them dry right away.) Carefully pop the stems out of the caps and toss the mushroom caps in some olive oil. Save the mushroom stems for the stuffing. Set it aside while you make the stuffing.
Stuffing:
Dice shallot and mushroom stems and sauté them with a little olive oil until tender and start to brown. Add chopped garlic and sauté it together until fragrant (1).
Once veggies are cooked, transfer them into a mixing bowl. Let it cool for a few minutes and add cream cheese, bread crumbs, cheese, cilantro, egg, salt and pepper. Mix until everything is combined (2).
Stuffed Mushrooms:
Place the mushroom caps into the baking dish and carefully fill each cap with the mixture pressing down lightly with your finger to fit it in (3).
Sprinkle a little more Parmesan cheese or top (4) and bake for about 20-25 minutes (5). Exact time will depend on the size of the mushrooms, so judge by the bigger mushrooms.
Make Ahead Suggestions
You can either make the stuffing ahead of time or stuff the mushrooms ahead of time and bake them later. The only bad part about stuffing the mushrooms to bake later is that mushrooms start to get soft. So I would not recommend doing that longer than the night before you actually need to serve the mushrooms.
To make just the stuffing ahead of time, follow the recipe to make the stuffing but do not rinse or wipe the mushroom caps. Simply op off the mushroom stems and save the caps for the next day when you’re cooking. Once the stuffing is mixed, place in an air-tight container and refrigerate it until ready to use.
About an hour before cooking stuffed mushrooms, pull the stuffing out of the refrigerator and let it warm up on the counter to soften.
Storing Instructions
Store leftover cooked stuffed mushrooms in a shallow, air-tight container, in the refrigerator. Properly stored, mushrooms should last 3 to 5 days.
To reheat, you can use a microwave to reheat the mushrooms for a few seconds. They don’t taste as good as fresh from the oven but still quite enjoyable.
Is It Possible To Freeze Stuffed Mushrooms?
Yes! You can freeze them cooked or uncooked.
To freeze uncooked mushrooms: prepare them according to the recipe but instead of baking mushrooms, place them on a parchment paper covered baking sheet and freeze for about 2 hours. Set a time so you don’t forget. Once frozen, you can carefully transfer them into a large zip-lock freezer bag. Get as much air out as you can, label, and place back in the freezer. Freeze for up to 2 months.
To bake mushrooms after freezing: you can bake them right from frozen or defrost them in the refrigerator first. If you plan to bake mushrooms frozen, you will need to give them extra 20 minutes or so to bake.
Freezing cooked mushrooms: make sure to cool mushrooms completely before freezing. Place cooled stuffed mushrooms in a shallow air-tight freezer container. Or, freeze mushrooms on a parchment paper covered baking sheet for 2 hours first and then transfer them into a zip-lock freezer bag. Get the air out, label, and freeze for up to 2 months.
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Stuffed Mushrooms Recipe
Ingredients
- 16 oz medium sized baby bella or portobello mushrooms
- 2 tbsp olive oil to toss mushrooms
- Save the stems of the mushroom stuffing
- 1 tbsp olive oil to saute
- 1 shallot
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 tbsp minced fresh cilantro (or 1/2 tbsp dried)
- 4 oz cream cheese
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup bread crumbs*
- 1/2 cup fresh grated Parmesan cheese (can also use shaved)
- Salt
- black pepper
- 2-4 tbsp fresh grated Parmesan cheese for topping
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and lightly grease a baking dish.
- Rinse mushrooms quickly or wipe them off with a damp paper towel to clean. (If you rinse mushrooms, make sure to dry them with a paper towel right after.)
- Carefully pop the stems off the caps and toss dried mushroom caps in some olive oil. Save mushroom stems for the stuffing. Set mushrooms aside while you make the stuffing.
- Preheat a small cooking pan and 1 tbsp of olive oil.
- Dice shallot and mushroom stems and saute until tender.
- Mince garlic cloves and add them to the pan. Saute until fragrant and move veggies into a small bowl.
- Cool veggies a little bit and add cream cheese, bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, cilantro, egg, salt, and pepper. Mix very well until all combined.
- Place mushroom caps into the baking dish. Carefully fill each cap with stuffing mixture, pressing down lightly with your finger to fit a little bit more.
- Bake stuffed mushrooms for about 20-25 minutes making sure that the mushrooms are tender and golden brown on top.
- Sprinkle the stuffed mushrooms with some more fresh grated Parmesan cheese and serve.
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Notes
- *Gluten Free Notes: This appetize is also very easy to make gluten free! To make this recipe gluten free, simply use gluten free bread crumbs. You may need to increase the amount of bread crumbs by 2 tablespoons since gluten free bread crumbs are not as dense as regular ones.
- Cilantro: For those who do not like cilantro, you can substitute fresh parsley.
- Store leftover cooked stuffed mushrooms in a shallow, air-tight container, in the refrigerator. Properly stored, mushrooms should last 3 to 5 days.
- To reheat, you can use a microwave to reheat the mushrooms for a few seconds. They don’t taste as good as fresh from the oven but still quite enjoyable.
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Originally published on Will Cook For Smiles on May 3, 2012.
Tamatha says
These would be perfect for our office Christmas party. What type of mushrooms do you recommend? Is this something I could assemble at home the night before and pop in the oven at work the next day?
lyuba says
Hi Tamatha!
I usually baby bella mushrooms, I just to to pick out the bigger ones and make them as even in size as I can.
I hope you like it!
kimberly says
I’m going to be trying these! My husband loves mushrooms, and as I do not, I’m taking your word for it that these are the best. 😉 One note though, you have cilantro in your list of ingredients but it is not used anywhere in the recipe, as well as having parsley written into step 6. I’m going to be using the parsley seeing as that is all I have on hand. Thanks for the recipe!
lyuba says
Oh, thank you for letting me know!!
You can definitely use parsley but note that cilantro has a stronger and different flavor. I Love parsley though, so I’d use it just fine 🙂
I do hope you like them!
Yana says
Your title is no joke! They’re the best stuffed mushrooms! So happy I came upon this recipe & your blog! 🙂 I didn’t have shredded Parmesan cheese so I just broiled them at the end for color and it was so so so good. Def going to be making these more often!
lyuba says
I’m so happy to hear that! Thank you, Yana 🙂
So glad you liked them!
Sara says
Found your recipe on Pinterest and so glad I did. I made these for a dinner party last night and they were a hit. Especially love the bread crumbs part. Heads up your recipe ingredients only call for grated parmesan, but then your directions mention shredded parmesan. Thankfully I had both on hand because sprinkling grated on top I don’t think would have been as satisfying to the mouth or eye.
lyuba says
Thank you!! I’m so glad you liked them 🙂 I’m always happy to hear that.
Thank you for letting me know! I’ll fix the recipe asap.
Gary Robillard says
I stuffed mushrooms with escargo.
Guests didn’t know, but said they excelant
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LyubaB says
Sneaky! Sounds delicious though!
Dasha says
Thanks, just made these tonight. I used a baby spoon for filling them and topped them with Panko, Parmesan, and EVOO (mixed). No one in my house eats mushrooms, but I liked the recipe enough to make a big batch just for me 😉 haha. Thanks again for posting. I found your site by googling mushroom julienne, but these just looked amazing too.
Abbie says
Not sure if this is a duplicate comment since my computer “kindly” decided to start an update when I was typing it before, but I just wanted to let you know I’m featuring your delish mushrooms this morning! : )
Six Sisters says
We love stuffed mushrooms and these look so good! Thanks for sharing this great recipe! We loved having you link up to our “Strut Your Stuff Saturday.” We hope you’ll be back with more wonderful recipes! -The Sisters
Kadie says
We love mushrooms!! These look fantastic! Thanks for sharing with us at Link It Up Thursday.
Lisa @ Flour Me With Love says
My husband loves mushrooms so I made these last night and they were amazing! Thanks so much for sharing at Mix it up Monday 🙂
Heather Kaluf says
Love stuffed mushrooms! You always having something wonderful to share!
Thanks for sharing at our Sunday Round Up.
xoxo
Heather
http://www.HeatherlyLoves.com
Marie says
We love mushrooms AND cream cheese here in our house. I definitely need to try this recipe!
Evelyn says
I love stuffed mushrooms!! I am pinning these to try. Just visiting from Serenity Saturday and still enjoying following you