Shrimp and Bacon Stuffed Mushrooms | Appetizer Recipe
These Shrimp and Bacon Stuffed Mushrooms are the perfect appetizers for entertaining. They are delicious, cheesy, and very easy to make. The shrimp, bacon, fresh herb, and panko breadcrumbs stuffing make this the ultimate savory mushroom appetizer.
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 25 min
- Total Time: 40 min
- Yield: 24 Stuffed Mushroom 1x
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: Baked
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 dozen Baby Bella mushrooms
- 10 jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined, diced
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 small yellow onion, diced
- 5 garlic cloves, minced
- Salt, to taste
- Black Pepper, to taste
- 6 slices of bacon, cooked and diced
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened / room temp
- 1 tablespoon mayo
- 1/4 cup fresh Italian parsley, chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh chives, chopped
- 1/2 cup mozzarella, shredded
- 1/4 cup Parmesan, freshly grated
- 1/4 cup Panko bread crumbs
Instructions
- Clean your mushrooms! Place your mushrooms in a large bowl of cold water or rinse them off in a colander until clean. Pat them dry.
- Cut in a circle around the stems of each mushroom, then pull the stems to remove. This should leave you with a nice “cup” to place your filling in.
- Place the mushrooms cap side up on a baking rack and put it in a 400-degree oven for 10 minutes. This will help to remove any excess liquid. Otherwise, that moisture will remain in the “cups” when you bite into the filling. Placing them cap-side down will allow for the water to drip onto the baking rack.
- While the mushrooms are in the oven, prepare the filling. Start by cooking the bacon until crisp. Then, remove from the pan, leaving a bit of the bacon fat in the pan.
- Add a teaspoon of olive oil to the bacon fat, then add diced onions. Cook until translucent before following with the garlic and then the chopped shrimp. Season with salt and black pepper. Let the shrimp cook for 2-3 minutes. (Remember, this will be going in the oven!)
- Transfer the shrimp, onion, and garlic mix to a large mixing bowl.
- Your bacon should be cool enough to handle at this point. Chop it into tiny bits, then add it to the mixing bowl.
- Then add softened cream cheese, mozzarella, parmesan, panko, mayo, parsley, and chives. Mix!
- Use a small spoon to scoop the mixture in each mushroom. Then place on the baking rack, this time with the filling side facing up.
- Place in the oven for an additional 15-20 minutes
- Cool, then serve!
Notes
*Be sure to bake the mushrooms beforehand to remove that excess moisture. If you forget this step, there may be some water remaining in your mushroom “cups” when you bite into them.
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