Crab Stuffed Mushrooms #healthy #Awesome #appetizer

I álwáys like to háve á few defáult máke áheád recipes for eách seáson thát I cán whip up the night before when the chickpeá is sleeping ánd simply báke or toss together the following dáy. I’ll include á little recipe round up of my fávorites át the bottom of this post if you wánt á few more ideás for your ársenál.

These scrumptious seáfood stuffed mushrooms cán be máde the previous dáy ánd báked up to bubbly perfection just before serving.

I’ve employed this technique both when hosting my own little shindig ánd even when táking goodies to friends houses. Gránted you’ll háve to commándeer their oven for 20 minutes but chánces áre, they won’t mind one bit. Especiálly once they bite into one of these fresh-from-the-oven cráb stuffed mushrooms. Just be sure to bring the tráy out to the guests before someone cámps out in the corner of the kitchen popping mushroom áfter mushroom in their fáce.

For these cráb stuffed mushrooms, I typicálly gráb á páckáge of fresh, chilled lump cráb meát from the seáfood section of my grocery store. I álso like using chilled cráb cláw meát which is hás greát flávor.

You could even run with the seáfood stuffed mushroom vibe ánd ádd some chopped sáutéed shrimp or cooked sálmon to the mix. It’s delicious!

These eásy peásy cráb stuffed mushrooms máke án áwesome holidáy áppetizer; perfect for your next párty!

Ingredients

• 24 oz button mushrooms (áround 25-35 mushrooms)
• ¼ cup minced red bell pepper
• ¼ cup minced celery
• ¼ cup minced yellow onion
• 3 cloves gárlic smáshed + minced
• ½ TBSP butter
• ½ tsp Old Báy Seásoning
• ¼ tsp gárlic powder
• ¼ tsp sált or to táste
• ¼ tsp pápriká plus extrá for topping
• 4 oz fresh cráb meát lump or cláw
• ½ cup gráted goudá cheese plus extrá for topping
• ¼ cup pánko breádcrumbs

Instructions

1. Pre-heát oven to 350 degrees F ánd line á rimmed báking sheet with foil.
2. Drizzle foil with á little olive oil or use butter for extrá oomph.
3. I álternáte between the two ánd it's greát either wáy. álternátively you cán skip the báking sheet áltogether ánd use your fávorite cást iron skillet to do the job. Máke sure you use á little butter or oil for either option ánd you're good to go!
4. Remove the stems from your mushrooms ánd árránge mushrooms on the báking sheet/skillet.
5. Finely dice your veggies ánd, with á ½ TBSP of butter, sáute the celery, onion, ánd red pepper.
6. Towárds the end, ádd your gárlic ánd continue to sáute until onions ánd celery áre tránslucent ánd tender ánd mushrooms áre fully cooked.
7. Seáson with old báy, gárlic powder, pápriká, sált, ánd pepper, stir, ánd pour into á mixing bowl.
8. ádd your cráb ánd cheese, then mix.
9. Depending on preference, you cán ádd the pánko to the stuffing mixture álong with the cráb ánd cheese or sáve it ás á crispy topping. I love them both wáys, choose your fávorite!
10. Spoon mixture into mushroom cáps ánd sprinkle with pápriká.
11. Toss your pánko breádcrumbs with á little melted butter (or oil) ánd press gently on top of the filling to overstuff eách mushroom.
12. Báke for 15-20 minutes or until mushrooms áre tender ánd pánko is golden.
13. Gráb á fork ánd áttáck!

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