If your family and friends love appetizers around the holidays and on New Year’s Eve, you are going to adore these Stuffed Mushrooms. Made with simple ingredients and a special trick to make them faster, this is a must make appetizer.
How to Make Stuffed Mushrooms
The Trick to Fast Stuffed Mushrooms
The key to speeding up this recipe is to cook the mushrooms in the microwave while preparing all the other ingredients. This is a tip I got from America’s Test Kitchen and it worked magically. Tossing the mushroom caps with a little olive oil, salt and pepper, and then placing them on a paper towel lined plate makes them tender when before going in the oven. This means less time in the oven, and means they will be in your belly sooner.
Tips for Cream Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms
You want to look for mushrooms that are relatively the same size. This can be hard to do when buying packaged mushrooms. Do your best. They will still be delicious.Use freshly shredded cheese. This makes for the best recipes. Pretty much always. It is worth the extra few minutes it will take.Use full fat cream cheese. It melts better and will work better in this recipe.Top with more Parmesan and fresh parsley. When these are done baking, they are prettiest when topped with more freshly grated parmesan and a little fresh parsley.
Make Ahead
These cream cheese stuffed mushrooms are perfect for bringing to a party! And the great news is that they can be made ahead of time and then baked right before serving.
Make these up to the point of putting them in the oven.Store in the refrigerator for up to 2 hours.Bake and serve.
Keto Stuffed Mushrooms
These stuffed mushroom caps are great because it will work for your guests who are on a low carb diet. Most stuffed mushroom recipes have bread crumbs in them. We skipped those, so this is a perfect recipe for those doing low carb or Keto diets. You don’t even have to change a thing in these baked stuffed mushrooms.
What Goes with Cream Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms
If you are making a spread of appetizers, here are some other great ideas that would go with these perfectly.
My Shrimp Cocktail Sauce Recipe is perfect finger food just like these.These Air Fryer Chicken Wings are easy to make and perfect for a spread like this.My Ham and Cheese Sliders are easy to make and perfect for a crowd.
If you make these Cream Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms or any of my other recipes, leave me a comment and let me know what you think!
