Blue Ribbon Stuffed Mushrooms

Pot Scrubber's Note:

These very easy mushrooms won a blue ribbon at the Arizona State Fair in the early 90's. These are great appetizers or even for a meal itself.

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 10

• 20 large stuffing mushrooms (white button mushrooms)
• 8 ounces cream cheese (chopped into small cubes)
• 1 lb bulk pork sausage (like breakfast sausage or Jimmy Dean's)
• 1 bunch green onion (chopped)
• parmesan cheese (optional)

Directions:

1. Brown pork sausage and crumble well.
2. Drain sausage from skillet leaving a thin coating of oil behind and sauté chopped onions until slightly wilted.
3. Return sausage to pan with onions and add cream cheese.
4. Over low heat stir sausage, onions, and cream cheese until well blended.
5. Remove stems from mushrooms and stuff each mushroom cap with the mixture.
6. Top with parmesan if desired.
7. Bake at 350°F for 20-25 minutes until heated through and the mushrooms are beginning to leak their water.
8. Note: Sauté mushroom stems and use any leftover filling in an omelette.

Reviews

[Mymble76]

Very handy recipe to have on hand. These are great for entertaining. You get a lot of flavor with minimal ingredients or fussiness. Such a super easy recipe, I had it committed to memory after the first batch. I have made them 3 times if that tells you anything. Thanks for the recipe! I do add a squeeze of lemon for a little lift because that's what my palette prefers. Yum.

[Brooke Gomez]

I made 48 of these Sunday night thinking they would last all week as appetizers/snacks/side dishes to the rest of our week-day dinners. My husband and three kids devoured them so fast, I had to steal one from my 1 year old's plate to get one of my own! Needless to say, this will be a regular menu item for our family. I used Jimmy Dean sage sausage and Toffuti cream cheese (4/5 of our family have lactose protien allergies) and skipped the parm. cheese. They were delicious! Oh, and my youngest (1 year old) and I had the leftover stuffing and sauted mushroom stems in an omlet for dinner the next day as you suggested. It too was delicious!

[simplemom]

I made these last night and they were a BIG hit. Everyone loved them. I didin't change one thing- they are perfect the way they are. We like these so much that I"m making them again today. Thanks for posting!