Red Lobster Stuffed Mushrooms
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Red Lobster Stuffed Mushrooms - Who says life's too short to stuff a mushroom? You haven't tried Red Lobster Stuffed Mushrooms - or you've got too much money and can afford to pay someone to stuff the mushroom for you :-)
These are exquisite and well worth the trouble.
This recipe is an authentic 'secret recipe'.
It's well worth seeking out these favorite family meals - you could easily save the cost of a holiday if you were to cook at home rather than go out once a week. Rubio's Fish Tacos is another meal that's easy enough to make at home and you can save yourself tons of cash by making 'fakeaways'.
Cook's Notes Button mushrooms work best for this recipe, as they make a perfect little cup (once the stems have been removed) to hold the stuffing. For more intense mushroom flavour, you could use the large flat field mushrooms or try some chestnut mushrooms which have more flavour but are a similar shape to the more common white button mushrooms. Oyster crackers are available in the States but if you live in another country, then you could try Amazon to get some - alternatively, try some saltine crackers or even cream crackers crushed very finely with some added salt. To crush the crackers, pop them into a polythene freezer bag and using a large wooden rolling pin, make crumbs by bashing them at first, then rolling backwards and forwards until the crumb is quite fine. You need to be able to pack this filling down to fill the small space in the mushroom, so large pieces will make it that you can't pack it down enough. |
Stuffed Mushrooms
1 pound fresh mushrooms - button mushrooms are best
1/4 cup finely-chopped celery
1 small onion finely chopped
1 small red pepper finely chopped
1/2 pound crab claw meat
2 cups oyster crackers - crushed
1/2 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning
1/4 teaspoon freshly-ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1/2 cup water
grated cheddar cheese
Preheat oven to 400 degrees Farenheit - 200 degrees celsius or Gas Mark 6.
Saute the celery, onion, and pepper in butter for 2 minutes, transfer to a plate and cool. These do need to be finely chopped before cooking as the button mushroom holes left by removing the stems are not big.
Wash mushrooms and remove stems.
Set caps to the side (pop them into a casserole dish big enough to hold them all without falling over) and finely chop the stems.
Combine the sauted mixture, chopped mushroom stems, and all other ingredients apart from the grated cheese and mix well.
Put the mushroom caps in a casserole dish - spoon a teaspoon of stuffing into each mushroom. Pack them as full as you can.
Top with the grated cheese.
Bake in oven for 12 to 15 minutes until cheese is lightly browned.
These make a wonderful starter or side for a main course.
You could substitute canned crab or use brown crab meat and also, you could use any hard cheese you like if Monterey Jack is hard to come by. A medium strong cheddar would be fine - mozzarella would be okay and melts beautifully, but would be less strong in taste than the others.
Obviously, the more adjustments and substitutes you use, the less like the authentic Red Lobster Stuffed Mushrooms they become - but they'll still be extremely tasty and a LOT cheaper than a trip to Red Lobster.
Cook's Notes Red Lobster is a chain of restaurants in the States. They serve a lot of different foods on their menu, but they are 'heavy' on lobster, shrimp, crab and other shellfish. Garlic Shrimp Skewers are one of their biggest sellers - the Red Lobster Biscuits are absolutely amazing and go with a lot of their dishes. They do a great Lobster Mac'n'Cheese, Shrimp, Lobster or Crab Alfredo - all those recipes are linked below. They are all dishes that are easy to recreate at home - these red lobster stuffed mushrooms are a fabulous appetiser or side dish to serve along with whole lobster. There are Red Lobster restaurants in the UK now - I live near London - but they don't have the same menu. There is a much bigger choice in the States chain. They were close to closing down in 2024 but it looks like they have been rescued, by shedding some of their outlets and reducing overheads. Apparently, their offer of unlimited shrimp for $20 was a bigger hit than they imagined - they had no idea of the voracious appetite for shrimp amongst their customers and were close to being literally eaten out of profits! |
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Recipe for Red Lobster Stuffed Mushrooms
By Liz Alderson,Mar 24, 2017
Gorgeous Red Lobster Stuffed Mushrooms - stuffed with crab.
Prep Time:15 minutes
Cook time:15 minutes
Yield: 4
Main Ingredient: mushrooms, crab meat, cheese