Spinach stuffed mushrooms are the perfect appetizer or tapas theme gathering. It’s bite-size, tasty, creamy, cheesy, vibrant, and did we mention delicious?! This mushroom is filled with spinach of course, cream cheese, garlic, and sprinkled on top with mozzarella cheese.
Mushroom Ingredients
- Mushrooms – the best mushrooms for the job are portobello.
- Spinach – fresh spinach is ideal, just throw it in the pan!
- Cream Cheese – a little brick cream cheese, never hurt nobody. But please stick with full fat for this recipe.
- Salt n’ Pepper – season to taste with some freshly ground black pepper and a little kosher salt.
- Garlic – Sautéed or roasted garlic gloves are the perfect touch to these stuffed mushrooms. If you’re a total garlic fanatic feel free to add in a little more garlic.
- Mozzarella Cheese – Fresh shredded mozzarella cheese is added on top as the final touch before baking.
How to make Spinach Stuffed Mushrooms
Alrighty….Let’s make these amazing bad boys!
- First, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Then, line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Remove the stems from the mushrooms. Place the top part of the mushrooms on the lined baking sheet.
- Mince the mushroom stems and garlic.
- Heat a large skillet. Melt a tablespoon of unsalted butter. Next, add the mince mushroom stems and garlic into the pan. Cook for ~2 minutes.
- Stir in spinach. Cook the spinach until it wilts.
- Add cream cheese, salt, and pepper to the pan. Stir the mixture until the cream cheese is melted and everything is well combined.
- Add a spoonful of the spinach mixture to each mushroom top.
- Sprinkle fresh mozzarella cheese on top of the stuffed mushrooms.
- Bake for 10-15 minutes or until nice and golden brown. Enjoy!
Jazzing up the Spinach Stuffed Mushroom
For more interesting non-basic stuffed mushrooms. Try adding crispy bacon on top for a salty crunchy component. Another great option is to spice it up with hot peppers or cayenne pepper. Not a huge fan of spinach? Stuff the mushrooms with crabmeat and a mixture of white cheeses such as parmesan or asiago. Want to make it vegan friendly? Use a combination of vegan cheeses such as So Delicious shredded cheeses or Miyoko’s. Both of these brands are pretty awesome!
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Spinach Stuffed Mushrooms
Ingredients
- 10 Portobello mushrooms
- 1 tbsp Unsalted butter
- 2 Garlic gloves minced
- 4 oz Cream cheese
- Ground black pepper
- Kosher salt
- 2 cups Fresh spinach
- 1/4 cup Mozzerella Cheese
- 1 tbsp Parsley garnish
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Remove the stems from the mushrooms. And place the top half the mushrooms onto the baking sheet. Mince the stems.
- In a medium size pan, melt the unsalted butter. Add in the minced stems and garlic. Stir and saute for 2-3 minutes.
- Add in the fresh spinach, cook until it begins to wilt. Season with salt and pepper.
- Next add the cream cheese, season to taste. Stir the cream cheese until it melts and is well combined with the spinach.
- Add a spoonful of the spinach mixture to each mushroom top. Sprinkle mozzerella on top of each stuffed mushroom.
- Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.