Italian Sausage Stuffed Mushrooms (No Breadcrumbs)
This recipe makes 18-24 stuffed mushrooms (depending on the size of the mushrooms). You can easily double for a crowd. These stuffed mushrooms have no breadcrumbs making them more desirable for the Low Carb and Gluten Free eaters. It's not on purpose really, just that these have a nice savory creamy filling that simply doesn't need breadcrumb fillers.--Cook Times shown here are for the Oven. (Time is shorter for Air Fryer- See Below)
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Cook Time25 minutes mins
Draining & Resting Time10 minutes mins
Total Time50 minutes mins
Course: Appetizers, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: gluten free, holiday appetizer, italian sausage, low carb, mushrooms, party side
Servings: 8
Calories: 243kcal
Author: Katia
- 16 oz. mushrooms baby bella or white (Cleaned with paper towel, stems popped off and chopped)
- 3/4 lb Italian sausage bulk or links, casings removed
- 1/2 sweet onion finely diced
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 1.5 Tbsp sherry marsala great too
- 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tsp dried oregano fresh is great if you have it, then use about 1Tbs chopped fine
- 1/4 tsp black pepper ground
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 4 oz. real cream cheese softened
- 1/4-1/2 cup parmesan cheese finely shredded, divided
- 1 egg
- *fresh parsley *Optional
- *lemon zest *Optional
Pre-bake Mushrooms
Preheat oven to 500 degrees.
Remove stems from mushrooms after cleaning, chop them up and set aside.
Once the oven is up to temp, place mushrooms on baking dish upside down, caps facing baking dish and bake for 5 minutes. (Remove from oven immediately)
Then gently flip the mushroom caps over and bake another 5 minutes.
Then carefully (they'll be full of hot liquid) transfer each mushroom and flip them over onto a cutting board lined with paper towels.
Allow the mushrooms to drain at least 5 minutes, longer is fine too.
Make the Sausage Stuffing
While the mushrooms are draining or earlier, you can start making the stuffing. Heat a skillet over medium high heat and crumble sausage into it. Do not stir for a couple minutes to let it start to brown.
After about 3-4 minutes start to stir and break up the sausage with your wooden spoon. Cook sausage until it is no longer pink.
Remove sausage with a slotted spoon and set aside, reserving about 1 Tbsp of grease if there is any.
If you don't have much grease left, add 1 Tbsp of olive oil to your pan. Now add the onions and mushroom stems to skillet and cook on medium about 5 minutes or until tender.
Stir in garlic and cook another minute.
Add sherry and worcestershire sauce and cook about another 5 minutes, or reduced.
Then add the oregano, pepper and sea salt and cook another minutes, stirring occasionally and reduce heat to low.
Return sausage to skillet, add cream cheese and parmesan to the mushroom/onion mixture and stir till thoroughly combined with no lumps of cheese.
Then remove from heat and add to a medium mixing bowl and let cool slightly so that it's not too hot to fill mushrooms.
Taste your mixture to make sure it's seasoned to your liking here. Once you approve the taste you can add your egg, mix well and start filling the mushrooms.
Fill the Mushrooms
Fill the mushrooms generously with sausage mixture. I leave a tall heaping over the mushrooms and they stay together nicely. It is messy though, but don't worry, they'll cook great!
Add the filled mushrooms to a greased baking dish in a single layer.
Bake mushrooms uncovered for 13-15 minutes or until the tops are golden brown.
Let mushrooms sit to cool 5 minutes before serving.
How to AIR FRY Stuffed Mushrooms
Air fry cleaned and de-stemmed mushrooms upside down (mushroom cap facing up) on an air fryer liner (not necessary, but very convenient for this) for 5 minutes at 400 degrees F.
Allow the mushrooms to drain, either on the liner (removed from the air fryer) or on paper towels for at least 5 minutes.
Stuff mushrooms and add shredded cheese on the liner or paper towels.
Carefully transfer mushrooms and air fry another 5-7 minutes at 400 degrees F, until cheese melted and golden brown tops. Check them at 5 minutes if you don't like them this dark. (all air fryers cook differently.)
Allow to rests 5 minutes and then enjoy!
Serving: 4mushrooms | Calories: 243kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 0.003g | Cholesterol: 69mg | Sodium: 518mg | Potassium: 372mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 255IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 80mg | Iron: 1mg