Description
Savory and crowd pleasing appetizer
Ingredients
Scale
- Large package whole mushrooms (White or Baby Bella)
- 1 package cream cheese, softened
- ½ red onion, finely chopped
- 1 package bacon
- Olive oil
- Salt & pepper
- Dried parsley for color
Instructions
- Take the cream cheese out of the fridge ahead of time so it’s easier to stir the ingredients.
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Chop the onion and sauté in olive oil until soft. While the onion is cooking, start on step 4 and 5.
- Separately cook the bacon to desired doneness, then chop or tear into small pieces.
- Prepare the mushrooms by removing the stems and brush the outside with a mushroom brush clean. If you don’t have a mushroom brush, use a paper towel to brush off any unwanted earthly flavors (AKA dirt!)
- When the bacon and onion are prepared, mix the cream cheese, bacon, and red onion together in a bowl. Add salt, pepper, and parsley to taste.
- Using a spoon, stuff the mushrooms with the cream cheese mixture, and place them into an un-greased Pyrex baking dish. I pile it over and above the mushroom top with a little extra, but fill as desired. When all mushrooms are ready, put the dish in the oven. I look for the mushrooms to start releasing the liquidity of the mushrooms into the pan (brown juices in the bottom of the pan), usually about 20 -25 minutes. I do like them to look a little browned on top. If needed, you could broil for a quick minute just to brown them on top.
Notes
- Use real bacon (not pre-purchased bits).
- Baby bella or white mushrooms will work, and if you can find a container with mushrooms of mostly uniform size, that is ideal. They will cook at the same rate which makes things easier.
- Sauté those onions! Better flavor and texture overall.
- When cooking, make sure to wait for juices from mushroom to be visible in your pan and when there is a slight toasting on top of the cream cheese filling for best results.
- Substitutions worth trying: Italian sausage instead of bacon and mini sweet peppers halved instead of mushrooms.
- Prep Time: 20
- Cook Time: 25