Discover the art of creating an unforgettable stuffing with mushrooms, leeks, and bacon. This savory side dish is a delightful addition to your holiday table, combining the earthy flavors of mushrooms, the subtle sweetness of leeks, and the smoky richness of bacon. With a few simple steps, you can craft a stuffing that is not only flavorful but also beautifully aromatic, leaving your guests craving for more.
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
STUFFING WITH MUSHROOMS, LEEKS AND BACON
Discord swarms around the issue of stuffing. Should it be cooked in the bird or baked alongside, as dressing? White or corn bread? Firm enough to slice or soft as pudding? Call this recipe the peacemaker, because it's adaptable enough to make everyone happy. You can use white or corn bread (and gluten-free corn bread works perfectly). The mushrooms allow vegetarians to nix the bacon without sacrificing all the flavor. We advocate baking it separately (which technically makes it dressing), but if you want to stuff the turkey, you can do that, too.
Provided by Melissa Clark
Categories dinner, stuffing and dressing, side dish
Time 2h30m
Yield 8 to 10 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Heat oven to 250 degrees. Butter a 9-by-13-inch baking pan. Trim the crusts from the white bread and cut into 1-inch cubes; if using corn bread, coarsely crumble it. Spread the bread pieces out on one or two large baking sheets. Toast in the oven, tossing occasionally, until very dry, about 30 minutes for white bread, 1 hour for corn bread. Transfer to a large bowl to cool. Increase oven temperature to 375 degrees.
- In a large skillet over medium-high heat, cook the bacon strips until crisp. Transfer to a paper-towel-lined plate to drain, leaving the fat in the pan. Add the leeks to the bacon fat and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, 5 to 10 minutes. Add the mushrooms, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper. Cook, tossing frequently, until mushrooms are tender and most of their juices have evaporated, 10 to 15 minutes. Stir in the sage and cook 1 minute. Add the wine and cook until it evaporates, about 2 minutes.
- Spoon the mushroom mixture over the dried bread. Stir in stock. If using white bread, stir in the cider. Add parsley, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. The mixture should be moist and very soft. If you like your stuffing extremely moist, add enough stock to make it seem slightly soggy but not wet. (Think pudding.) Crumble bacon and stir it in.
- Transfer the bread mixture to the prepared baking pan. Drizzle 3 tablespoons melted butter over the stuffing. Bake until golden, 35 to 45 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 360, UnsaturatedFat 8 grams, Carbohydrate 41 grams, Fat 16 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 14 grams, SaturatedFat 6 grams, Sodium 574 milligrams, Sugar 7 grams, TransFat 0 grams
BACON STUFFED MUSHROOMS
The melted cheese and bacon make these irresistible! These mushrooms are simple and delicious! Add some of your diced favorites! Omit bacon for vegetarian version.
Provided by auntfanny
Categories Appetizers and Snacks Vegetable Mushrooms Stuffed Mushroom Recipes
Time 50m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 13
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 258.1 calories, Carbohydrate 7.1 g, Cholesterol 47.7 mg, Fat 22.1 g, Fiber 1.5 g, Protein 11.4 g, SaturatedFat 11.1 g, Sodium 769.8 mg, Sugar 2.5 g
BACON AND CHEDDAR STUFFED MUSHROOMS
Crimini mushrooms (also known as portabellini mushrooms) are stuffed with Cheddar cheese and bacon. This appetizer is an impressive and irresistible accompaniment to any meal.
Provided by GRNSTR1PE
Categories Appetizers and Snacks Vegetable Mushrooms Stuffed Mushroom Recipes
Time 30m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 5
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 110 calories, Carbohydrate 0.9 g, Cholesterol 22.1 mg, Fat 9.7 g, Fiber 0.4 g, Protein 4.7 g, SaturatedFat 4.7 g, Sodium 170.5 mg, Sugar 0.1 g
LEEK, MUSHROOM AND BACON STUFFING WITH TARRAGON
Yield Serves 12 to 14
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Spread bread cubes on 2 rimmed baking sheets. Bake until bread is almost dry, about 15 minutes. Cool. Transfer to large bowl.
- Sauté bacon in large pot over medium-high heat until crisp, about 12 minutes. Transfer bacon to paper towels to drain. Reserve 6 tablespoons drippings in pot; discard any remaining drippings.
- Add leeks and button mushrooms to same pot. Sauté over medium-high heat until beginning to soften, about 5 minutes. Add shiitake mushrooms and saute 4 minutes. Add celery and sauté until leeks and mushrooms are tender but celery is still slightly crisp, about 6 minutes longer. (Bread, bacon and sautéed vegetables can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover separately. Store bread at room temperature; refrigerate bacon and vegetables.) Mix bacon, sautéed vegetables and tarragon into bread. Season generously with salt and pepper. Mix eggs into stuffing.
- To bake stuffing in turkey:
- Loosely fill main cavity with stuffing. Add enough broth to remaining stuffing to moisten lightly (about 1/4 to 1/2 cup, depending on amount of remaining stuffing). Generously butter glass baking dish. Spoon remaining stuffing into prepared dish. Cover with buttered foil, buttered side down. Bake stuffing in dish alongside turkey until heated through, about 25 to 30 minutes. Uncover and bake until top is slightly crisp and golden, about 15 to 20 minutes.
- To bake all of stuffing in baking dish:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Generously butter 15 x 10 x 2-inch . Add enough broth to stuffing to moisten (about 3/4 to 1 cup). Transfer stuffing to prepared dish. Cover with butter foil, buttered side down; bake until heated through, about 30 to 35 minutes. Uncover and bake until top is slightly crisp and golden, about 20 to 25 minutes longer.
BREAD STUFFING WITH MUSHROOMS AND BACON
I first made this dressing a few years ago for Thanksgiving, and it is now our traditional dressing.
Provided by lazyme
Categories < 4 Hours
Time 2h20m
Yield 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325ºF. Spread bread cubes on 2 baking sheets. Bake until bread cubes are dry and crisp, stirring occasionally, about 25 minutes. Transfer bread to large bowl.
- Saute bacon in heavy skillet over medium-high heat until brown and crisp. Using slotted spoon, transfer bacon to paper towels and drain.
- Pour off all but 1/4 cup drippings from skillet. Add chopped leeks and celery to skillet and saute until tender and beginning to brown, about 10 minutes. Add mushrooms, sage, thyme, salt and pepper and saute until tender, about 10 minutes.
- Pour mushroom mixture over bread cubes. Add bacon and toss to blend. Mix in 2 cups broth. (Stuffing can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Butter 13x9x2" glass baking dish.
- Beat eggs and baking powder in small bowl to blend. Mix eggs into stuffing; moisten stuffing with more broth if stuffing is dry.
- Transfer to prepared baking dish. Bake stuffing until cooked through and golden brown on top, about 1 hour.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 272.3, Fat 12.9, SaturatedFat 4.1, Cholesterol 50.7, Sodium 910.7, Carbohydrate 28.9, Fiber 2.5, Sugar 1.7, Protein 9.9
BREAD STUFFING WITH MUSHROOMS AND BACON
Categories Mushroom Side Bake Sauté Thanksgiving Stuffing/Dressing Bacon Bon Appétit Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free
Yield Serves 12
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325°F. Spread bread cubes on 2 baking sheets. Bake until bread cubes are dry and crisp, stirring occasionally, about 25 minutes. Transfer bread to large bowl.
- Sauté bacon in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat until brown and crisp. Using slotted spoon, transfer bacon to paper towels and drain. Pour off all but 1/4 cup drippings from skillet. Add chopped leeks and celery to skillet and sauté until tender and beginning to brown, about 10 minutes. Add mushrooms, sage, thyme, salt and pepper and sauté until tender, about 10 minutes. Pour mushroom mixture over bread cubes. Add bacon and toss to blend. Mix in 2 cups broth. (Stuffing can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 13 x 9 x 2-inch glass baking dish. Beat eggs and baking powder in small bowl to blend. Mix eggs into stuffing; moisten stuffing with more broth if stuffing is dry. Transfer to prepared baking dish. Bake stuffing until cooked through and golden brown on top, about 1 hour.
BLUE CHEESE AND BACON STUFFED MUSHROOMS
A rich, warm and cheesy recipe for classic stuffed mushrooms, this attractive appetizer is perfect for your next dinner party or special event. -Kristen Woodburn, Atlanta, Georgia
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Appetizers
Time 50m
Yield 2 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Remove stems from mushrooms and set caps aside; discard stems or save for another use. In a small bowl, combine the cream cheese, blue cheese, onions, garlic and 1/4 cup bacon bits. Stuff into mushroom caps, a scant tablespoonful in each., Place in a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Sprinkle with remaining bacon bits. Bake, uncovered, at 375° for 18-22 minutes or until mushrooms are tender.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 55 calories, Fat 4g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 13mg cholesterol, Sodium 236mg sodium, Carbohydrate 2g carbohydrate (1g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 4g protein. Diabetic Exchanges
Tips:
- Use fresh, high-quality ingredients: The better the quality of your ingredients, the better your stuffing will taste. Look for fresh, organic vegetables and high-quality bacon.
- Don't overcook the stuffing: Overcooked stuffing is dry and crumbly. Cook it just until it is heated through, about 30 minutes.
- Use a variety of textures: The combination of soft bread, crispy bacon, and tender mushrooms and leeks creates a delicious and interesting stuffing.
- Add some herbs and spices: Herbs and spices can add a lot of flavor to your stuffing. Try adding some sage, thyme, rosemary, or garlic powder.
- Serve the stuffing hot: Stuffing is best served hot out of the oven. You can also make it ahead of time and reheat it in the oven before serving.
Conclusion:
This stuffing with mushrooms, leeks, and bacon is a delicious and easy-to-make side dish that is perfect for any occasion. It is packed with flavor and texture, and it is sure to be a hit with your family and friends. So next time you are looking for a side dish that is both delicious and easy to make, give this stuffing a try.
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