Learn how to make these easy and delicious stuffed mushrooms with cheese and garlic at home. By following the recipe that has only several common ingredients, you will have a perfect snack to impress your family and friends.
The dish can be served as a garnish or a starter, a side dish for any type of meal. It is full of flavor thanks to the garlic and fresh herbs and pairs perfectly with any type of meat or fish. Besides, it is nutritious and rich.
When you are making stuffed mushrooms for a party or a company of an uncertain amount of people make sure to double even triple on the ingredients as they will be one of the favorite snacks, I promise you. So, to make things easy you can stuff mushroom caps in advance but only on the day of the party (for example, in the morning not a day or two in advance) and in 30 minutes before the party put them in the oven and bake. You have 20 minutes for cooking and 10 minutes for cooling mushrooms before serving.
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Ingredients for Stuffed Mushrooms:
- 10-15 whole fresh white mushrooms;
- 250 g hard cheese, grated;
- 20 g mixture of fresh herbs, chopped;
- 2 garlic cloves;
- 1 onion;
- 1 tbsp. vegetables oil;
- Salt and pepper to your taste.
How to make stuffed mushrooms in the oven at home:
- Remove the stems and set them aside. Hollow out every mushroom cap. Make sure not to scrape the surface and leave the caps intact. Chop mushroom stems and scooped pulp into small pieces.
- Chop onion into the same size that you had mushroom stems chopped. Take a skillet, pour oil and heat it on the medium to high heat. Add chopped onion and cook it for several minutes until soft.
- Add chopped mushrooms to the onion and cook it for 5 minutes on medium heat. Do not forget to stir the mixture from time to time to prevent burning.
- Season vegetables in the skillet with salt, black pepper, and pressed garlic. Take the skillet from the heat and set aside to cool down.
- Meanwhile, grate hard cheese and chop the fresh herbs into small pieces.
- Combine sautéed vegetables with half of the grated cheese and the whole amount of fresh herbs in a separate bowl.
- Take any baking tray or casserole you have, anything will do the job. Smear it with vegetable oil. Stuff each mushroom cap with cheese mixture and place it in the baking form.
- Sprinkle the leftover grated cheese over each stuffed mushroom. If you are not opposed to mayonnaise, you can add it to make the cheese topping stick.
- Preheat oven at 350ºF/180°C. Bake mushrooms for 20 minutes. Cheese at the top should melt and form a nice golden crust.
- Serve still warm with sprinkled over fresh herbs! Enjoy your meal!
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The recipe is very versatile. You can interchange ingredients according to your taste. Choose your favorite type of cheese. You can have any hard cheese or even cream cheese grated and added to the mix. Chop any vegetable and sauté it in the skillet together with onion and chopped mushroom. Add fried bacon, sausages, etc. See, you have an endless list of options. Moreover, to make it at home you do not have to be a skilled cook. Just follow the recipe to keep the timing of the baking and sautéing right, which will get the ingredients to the right consistency.
Easy Stuffed Mushrooms Recipe with Cheese and Garlic
Ingredients
- 10-15 whole fresh white mushrooms
- 250 g hard cheese, grated
- 20 g mixture of fresh herbs, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 onion
- 1 tbsp. vegetables oil
- Salt and pepper to your taste
Instructions
- Remove the stems and set them aside. Hollow out every mushroom cap. Make sure not to scrape the surface and leave the caps intact. Chop mushroom stems and scooped pulp into small pieces.
- Chop onion into the same size that you had mushroom stems chopped. Take a skillet, pour oil and heat it on the medium to high heat. Add chopped onion and cook it for several minutes until soft.
- Add chopped mushrooms to the onion and cook it for 5 minutes on medium heat. Do not forget to stir the mixture from time to time to prevent burning.
- Season vegetables in the skillet with salt, black pepper, and pressed garlic. Take the skillet from the heat and set aside to cool down.
- Meanwhile, grate hard cheese and chop the fresh herbs into small pieces.
- Combine sautéed vegetables with half of the grated cheese and the whole amount of fresh herbs in a separate bowl.
- Take any baking tray or casserole you have, anything will do the job. Smear it with vegetable oil. Stuff each mushroom cap with cheese mixture and place it in the baking form.
- Sprinkle the leftover grated cheese over each stuffed mushroom. If you are not opposed to mayonnaise, you can add it to make the cheese topping stick.
- Preheat oven at 350ºF/180°C. Bake mushrooms for 20 minutes. Cheese at the top should melt and form a nice golden crust.
- Serve still warm with sprinkled over fresh herbs! Enjoy your meal!
Notes
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