Easy Crab Stuffed Mushrooms Recipe : Make a lasting impression on your dinner guests with this simple and delectable Crab Stuffed Mushroom recipe. For a tasty nibble, try these savoury appetisers made with cream cheese, fresh crab flesh, Parmesan cheese, and herbs.
Easy Crab Stuffed Mushrooms Recipe
Ingredients
- 12Â medium button mushrooms or cremini mushrooms cleaned with stems removed and discarded
- Olive oil spray
- 1 box 8 ounce cream cheese softened
- 1/2 cup fresh bread crumbs or panko breadcrumbs
- 2Â garlic cloves minced
- 1/2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 cup finely chopped green onions
- 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- 2-3 tablespoons fresh chopped Italian parsley
- 1 cup cooked shelled crab finely chopped I use King Crab
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Set the oven’s temperature to 375.
Arrange the mushrooms, cap side down, on a baking sheet or baking dish after lightly misting them with olive oil spray. Combine the cream cheese, bread crumbs, parmesan, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, green onions, and crab meat in a big bowl. To taste, add salt and pepper for seasoning.
Fill each mushroom with approximately 1 1/2 tablespoons of the cream cheese mixture. Bake for twenty minutes. In the final minute of cooking, turn on the grill to lightly brown the tops. I’ve always found broilers to be unpredictable, so keep an eye on them.
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Notes
Keepsake Instructions: For up to 48 hours, keep leftovers in the refrigerator in an airtight container. Reheat briefly at a lower power in the microwave.
For a little kick, you can add 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper or 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper.
This tip came from one of my readers. Give your mushrooms a quick two to three minute prep. To prevent them from dripping as you bite into them, turn them upside down on a rack and let them drain.
Add a tiny teaspoon of crushed red pepper or cayenne pepper if you like your food to have a little kick.
I use large button mushrooms, but the smaller ones would work just as well for a gathering, and the meal would still be delicious. Just keep in mind that the smaller mushrooms will require a few minutes less cooking time.
Use cooked crab flesh and roughly cut it.
Grated Parmesan cheese fresh is essential. Use it; the flavour is far superior than what’s in the canister.
In this dish, fresh bread crumbs are fantastic. Croutons are usually a good option; you can crush them in a food processor or bag. Compared to processed bread crumbs, most croutons have less artificial chemicals and preservatives.
Nutrition
- Calories: 204kcal |
- Carbohydrates: 41g |
- Protein: 5g |
- Fat: 3g |
- Saturated Fat: 1g |
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g |
- Monounsaturated Fat: 1g |
- Trans Fat: 0.1g |
- Cholesterol: 5mg |
- Sodium: 460mg |
- Potassium: 130mg |
- Fiber: 1g |
- Sugar: 20g |
- Vitamin A:Â 135IUÂ |
- Vitamin C: 3mg |
- Calcium: 144mg |
- Iron: 1mg
FAQs
WHAT IS THE BEST CRAB TO USE?
I enjoy Alaskan King Crab, although that could just be because I’m from the Midwest. The meat is brilliant white and delicious, but it can be a little difficult to remove from the tough, prickly shell. It’s doable with a decent pair of kitchen scissors.
Second place would go to snow crab. Although there are less of them in my area, they are considerably simpler to remove from the shell.
Any anyone from the Northeast would attest that blue crab is the ideal ingredient for these. Although my readers tell me everything there is to know about that crab, I am not knowledgeable enough to vouch for it. You can be limited in your options for crab and forced to settle with canned jumbo lump crab flesh if you don’t live close to the coast.
HOW DO YOU CLEAN MUSHROOMS?
Since mushrooms are sponges, moist paper towels work best for cleaning them. Avoid submerging them in water. If you must rinse them, make sure they are completely dry using paper towels right away.
