Best 7 Bacon Stuffed Mushroom Appetizer Recipes

BACON-STUFFED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Preheat broiler. Mix cream cheese and garlic powder. Stir in bacon and green onion., Place mushrooms in an ungreased 15x10x1-in. pan, stem side up. Fill with cream cheese mixture. Broil 4-6 in. from heat until heated through, 4-6 minutes.

BACON STUFFED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Clean mushrooms with a damp paper towel. Carefully break off stems. Chop stems extremely fine, discarding tough end of stems.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and chopped mushroom stems to the skillet. Fry until any moisture has disappeared, taking care not to burn garlic. Set aside to cool.
• Once cooled, stir in the cream cheese, bacon, parmesan cheese, black pepper, onion powder, and cayenne pepper. Mix together.
• Fill each mushroom cap with a generous amount of stuffing. To make filling the mushrooms easier, use a piping bag with the tip cut off. Or, use a plastic baggie with the corner cut off.
• Arrange the mushroom caps on a clean cast iron skillet.
• Sprinkle the mushroom caps with shredded mozzarella cheese.
• Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the mushrooms are piping hot and liquid starts to form under caps.
• Serve immediately.

BACON AND CHEDDAR STUFFED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, dice and set aside.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Remove mushroom stems. Set aside caps. Chop the stems.
• In a large saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter. Slowly cook and stir the chopped stems and onion until the onion is soft. Remove from heat.
• In a medium bowl, stir together the mushroom stem mixture, bacon and 1/2 cup Cheddar. Mix well and scoop the mixture into the mushroom caps.
• Bake in the preheated oven 15 minutes, or until the cheese has melted.
• Remove the mushrooms from the oven, and sprinkle with the remaining cheese.

CANADIAN BACON-STUFFED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Remove stems from mushrooms and finely chop; set caps aside. In a large skillet, saute the mushrooms, bacon, red pepper, onion, salt and pepper in oil until vegetables are crisp-tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer., Remove from the heat. Stir in cheeses. Fill each mushroom cap with about 1 tablespoon of filling. , Place on foil-lined baking sheets. Bake at 400° for 16-20 minutes or until mushrooms are tender.

BACON STUFFED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Transfer bacon slices to paper towels, reserving bacon drippings in the skillet. Crumble bacon when cooled.
• Remove stems from mushrooms and set stems aside. Place mushrooms, hollow sides up, on a baking sheet; brush the insides with melted butter.
• Chop mushroom stems; cook and stir chopped stems, black olives, green onion, and crumbled bacon in the bacon drippings over medium heat until mushroom stems release their liquid, about 5 minutes. Add garlic, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper; stir to coat.
• Tilt the skillet slightly; move vegetable-bacon mixture to one side, allowing the bacon drippings to pool to the other side. Whisk flour into bacon drippings until smooth and paste-like; slowly stir in milk until gravy is smooth. Mix vegetable-bacon mixture into the gravy. Add American cheese and Parmesan cheese; cook and stir until cheeses melt, about 5 minutes. Spoon filling into mushroom caps.
• Bake in the preheated oven until mushrooms are tender and filling is lightly browned, about 20 minutes. Remove mushrooms from baking sheet and cool on platter for 2 minutes before serving.

BACON STUFFED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Wash the mushrooms, remove the stems and drain on a paper towel. Fry the bacon until crisp and drain it. When cool, crumble the cooked bacon into small pieces. Mix bacon together with cheese and green onions. Brush mushrooms lightly with olive oil. Place 2-3 teaspoons of bacon mixture in the hollow of each mushroom. Place on broiler pan. Preheat oven to broil. Place stuffed mushrooms under hot broiler and broil 2-3 minutes or until the cheese bubbles. Serve immediately.
• Note: May be stuffed and refrigerated for several hours before broiling.

MAKE AHEAD BACON AND CHEDDAR STUFFED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Place bacon in a large, deep skillet.
• Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown.
• Drain, dice and set aside.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Remove mushroom stems.
• Set aside caps.
• Chop the stems.
• In a large saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter.
• Slowly cook and stir the chopped stems and onion until the onion is soft.
• Remove from heat.
• In a medium bowl, stir together the mushroom stem mixture, bacon and 1 cup Cheddar.
• Mix well and scoop the mixture into the mushroom caps.
• Bake in the preheated oven 15 minutes, or until the cheese has melted.
• Remove the mushrooms from the oven, and sprinkle with the remaining cheese.
• Put into the oven for a couple of seconds to melt if desired.
• To freeze: Flash freeze them before baking in the oven.
• A freezer bag would work great for storing these.
• Let defrost and then add cheese and bake in oven for 15 minutes.