These absolutely delicious Crab Stuffed Mushrooms are a great appetizer to serve your guests, especially around the holidays when you are wanting to serve your guests something special.
Garlic, onion, butter, cheese and crab meat combine together to make this an appetizer that will disappear fast.
If you need to make more than 24, the recipe can be doubled.
Crab Stuffed Mushrooms Recipe
Ingredients:
3 tablespoons melted
24 white mushrooms
2 Tbls butter
2 Tbls green onions, minced
1 tsp lemon juice
2 cloves of minced garlic
1 cup cooked crabmeat, diced
1/2 cup bread crumbs, soft
1 egg, beaten
1/2 tsp dill weed, dried
3/4 cup Monterey Jack cheese, shredded and divided
1/4 cup dry white wine
Preparation:
Rinse mushrooms thoroughly
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Coat the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish with 3 tablespoons butter.
Separate stems from mushrooms. Set caps aside. Chop and mince the stems.
Melt 2 Tbls butter over medium heat in a saucepan.
Stir in green onions and minced garlic, cook for 1 minute.
Add chopped mushroom stems and cook 2 minutes.
Remove pan from heat.
Mix in crabmeat, bread crumbs, dill, lemon juice, beaten egg and 1/4 cup Monterey Jack cheese. Mix thouroughly.
Put mushroom caps in the buttered dish, open side up.
Stuff generously with the crabmeat mixture.
Sprinkle remaining Monterey Jack cheese on mushroom caps.
Pour wine into the baking dish around the mushrooms.
Bake uncovered 15 to 20 minutes, until cheese is melted.
Serve warm or let them cool and place in the refrigerator. You can reheat them again in the microwave when you are ready to serve.
These absolutely delicious Crab Stuffed Mushrooms are a great appetizer to serve your guests, especially around the holidays when you are wanting to serve your guests something special.
