A snazzy little canapé for your next fancy party.
For most parties, you serve appetizers. You know, just basic, tasty finger foods like my Pull Apart Pizza Bread, or a plate of veggies and crackers with one of my Delicious Dips (<— shameless plug fo my e-cookbook.)
But for a fancy party, you don’t just need appetizers, you need canapés. Which are basically appetizers, but they have to look and taste extra special, as well as being finger-friendly.
Which is where these Crab Stuffed Mushrooms come in – or should I say, make their entrance. Because these baby Bella mushroom caps, stuffed with well-seasoned crabmeat and cheese, topped with golden panko breadcrumbs, and served warm out of the oven, will impress even the snootiest party guest.
Yet although they look fancy, they’re not hard at all to make. All you have to do is mix together the filling, spoon it into the mushroom caps, top them with panko, and pop them in the oven. In just 20 minutes, you’ll have tender mushrooms, oozing with melted cheese and zesty crabmeat. So you can spend less time in the kitchen, and more on being the perfect host and impressing your guests even more.
Crab Stuffed Mushrooms
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In bowl mix together cream cheese, crab meat, garlic, mozzarella, parmesan, parsley, salt, pepper, onion powder and hot sauce.
- Spoon into mushroom caps, then tip or sprinkle with breadcrumbs.
- Place on baking sheet and bake for 20-25 minutes until golden.
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Crab Stuffed Mushrooms
Ingredients
- 4 oz cream cheese softened
- 1 6 oz can crab meat, drained
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1/4 cup shredded mozzarella
- 1/2 cup grated parmesan
- 1 tsp parsley
- Salt and pepper
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 Tbs hot sauce
- 1 16 oz pkg baby Bella mushrooms, washed and stems removed
- 1/4 cups panko breadcrumbs
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In bowl mix together cream cheese, crab meat, garlic, mozzarella, parmesan, parsley, salt, pepper, onion powder and hot sauce.
- Spoon into mushroom caps, then tip or sprinkle with breadcrumbs.
- Place on baking sheet and bake for 20-25 minutes until golden.
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Susanne Strimling says
Fresh crab meat is so limited in terms of availability, so great that this uses canned. I’ll be giving this a try at my next gathering.
Bryson Fico says
Excellent recipe! The crab stuffed mushroom caps were easy to prep and cook – classy appetizer.
Laurie Rhoton says
Made these mushrooms yesterday for the first time! Awsome!!
Corey says
I am so happy you loved it Laurie!!
Kathy says
Made them and put in freezer in ziploc bag. I had some tonight with a salad. 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Very good