Smoked Stuffed Mushrooms [Portabellas with Crab and Cheese!]
Take the fancy stuffed mushrooms a step higher on the elegance scale - smoke them! Crab stuffed smoked mushrooms. Easy and mouth watering. A win win.
Ingredients
- 1 package of baby bella mushrooms wiped off with a damp paper towel
- 1 onion chopped
- 2-3 cloves of garlic crushed
- 3/4 cup of white wine
- 1/4 cup of bread crumbs
- 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
- 1 can of crab drained
- 3 tablespoons of butter
- 1/2 tsn salt
- 1/4 tsn pepper
Instructions
- Pop the stems off the mushrooms, but don't throw them away! Set the bulb of the mushroom aside.
- Chop the stems up into little tiny pieces.
- Saute the chopped stems, onions, and let them simmer until they are really soft. Put the stems and onions in a bowl, and add the crab, bread crumbs, cheese and garlic into a bowl. Add salt and pepper.
- Mix really, really well.
- Stuff the mixture into each of the mushrooms, and then stuff some more. Definitely overstuff them. The more stuffing, the better.
- Pour the wine (and if you're feeling saucy, a little extra butter, just for fun), in an aluminum pan. Place each of the mushrooms in an aluminum pan, stuffing side up.
- Sprinkle a little more parmesan cheese on top, along with a LITTLE sprinkle of salt and pepper.
- Smoke them uncovered indirect at about 250 for 15 minutes, then covered for another 15 minutes, or until cheese is melted.
Notes
The exact time and temperature is not critical in this recipe as the crab is already cooked. While the mushrooms are in the smoker they are taking on flavor, heating the ingredients through and becoming soft and tender.