Description
The perfect way to celebrate Mardi Gras, these mushrooms are stuffed with both crab and crawfish along with the trinity of onions, peppers and mushrooms in a creamy Creole sauce with a bit of melty cheese on top. Serve with your favorite New Orleans-style cocktail (or mocktail) and enjoy these juicy little bites of Creole goodness!
Ingredients
- 8 oz. baby bella mushrooms
- 1/2 Tablespoon grass-fed butter
- 1/4 cup chopped red onion
- 1 green onion, chopped
- 2 mini sweet peppers, seeded and chopped
- Creole Seasoning, to taste
- 3 oz. crawfish tail meat or langostino lobster tails, chopped
- 1 6-oz. can (or fresh) lump crab meat
- 3 oz. Greek cream cheese (or Neufchatel)
- 1 – 2 teaspoons finely chopped jalapeno (more or less to taste)
- 1/4 cup cooked quinoa or bread crumbs
- About 1/2 cup shredded Italian cheese blend, for the top
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. Pull out the stems of the mushrooms and chop them fine.
- Heat a medium frying pan over medium heat. Add the butter, then the mushroom stems, garlic, and onions and saute until the red onion is soft and translucent. Season with Creole seasoning.
- Add the cream cheese and stir until melted, then stir in the seafood, a bit of jalapeno and the quinoa (or bread crumbs). Taste and add more creole seasoning and/or jalapeno to your own liking.
- Use a spoon to fill each mushroom cap generously with the seafood stuffing. Set on a rimmed baking dish and sprinkle with the shredded cheese. Bake at 350 F. for about 15 minutes. Serve and enjoy hot!
Notes
You can make the filling ahead of time and store in a covered container in the fridge. Warm the filling before stuffing the mushrooms.
If you have any trouble with the mushrooms tipping over after you stuff them, use a sharp knife to slice off just a bit of the bottom to make a flat surface. I’ve even somehow managed this after the mushrooms were stuffed without losing the filling!
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Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 stuffed mushrooms
- Calories: 154
- Fiber: 1.3 g
- Protein: 15.7 g
Keywords: Seafood, Creole, Mushrooms, Healthy, Appetizers, Gluten free