baked shrimp stuffed mushrooms
I've ordered these "Shrimp-scargot" several times at a New Orleans restaurant (they were named differently) and I just knew that I could figure out how to make it at home. I love Escargot, especially the garlic butter left over for the bread to soak up. This is my shrimp version on this decadent and so easy dish. I've tweaked it a little and have to say that mine are better! Make a lighter version by using light olive oil instead of butter and part-skim Mozzarella.
prep time
15 Min
cook time
30 Min
method
Stove Top
yield
6-7 (3 each)
Ingredients
- - creole seasoning (tony cacherie's or zatarain's)
- 12 - shrimp, peeled and deveined large shrimp (21-25 per lb) or to fit mushroom caps
- 1/2 cup butter (salted or unsalted - don't use margarine) or light olive oil and a pat of butter for flavor
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon sherry (cooking sherry is fine)
- 1 tablespoon chives (dried or fresh)
- 12 large fresh mushrooms, stems removed
- 4 tablespoons mozzarella or your favorite cheese, shredded (part-skim okay)
- - lemon wedges
How To Make baked shrimp stuffed mushrooms
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Step 1Save the mushroom stems for another use. Either chop them or leave them whole and freeze until needed.
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Step 2Place the mushrooms in a foil lined baking dish or baking pan if you're making a large batch.
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Step 3Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly sprinkle creole seasoning over shrimp and toss to coat. Set aside.
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Step 4Heat the butter, sherry, garlic, and chives in a skillet over medium heat until the butter begins to bubble.
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Step 5Stir in the shrimp, and cook until they just turn pink, about 3 minutes.
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Step 6Place one shrimp in or on each mushroom cap, spoon the garlic-chive butter over the shrimp and into the mushroom caps; then sprinkle each with a pinch of mozzarella or your favorite cheese. Five Cheese Italian Blend, Havarti, Bleu, Parmigiana Reggiano, etc.
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Step 7Bake in the preheated oven until the mushrooms are tender and the cheese is golden and bubbly, 10 to 15 minutes. Serve immediately with lemon wedges and french bread to mop up the extra yummy garlic butter!
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Step 8Cook's Tips: If you want to make mini appetizers use smaller mushrooms and shrimp and place each one in a mini muffin pan to keep all that delicious garlic butter contained. If you want to get fancy, serve on a gently warmed deviled egg platter. Make sure it's oven safe - about 200 degrees is plenty warm enough. Recipe can be doubled, tripled, etc., which is what I usually do. I've made as many as 75 for a catering party.
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Tag:
#Quick & Easy
Category:
Seafood Appetizers
Category:
Vegetable Appetizers
Keyword:
#butter
Keyword:
#mushrooms
Keyword:
#Garlic
Keyword:
#cheese
Keyword:
#easy
Keyword:
#shrimp
Keyword:
#Seafood
Keyword:
#Appetizer
Ingredient:
Seafood
Diet:
Diabetic
Diet:
Gluten-Free
Diet:
Kosher
Diet:
Wheat Free
Diet:
Soy Free
Culture:
Cajun/Creole
Method:
Stove Top
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