Make Ahead Bacon And Cheddar Stuffed Mushrooms

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 6 slices bacon
• 16 cremini mushrooms
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons chopped onions
• 1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

Recipe

• 1 place bacon in a large, deep skillet.
• 2 cook over medium high heat until evenly brown.
• 3 drain, dice and set aside.
• 4 preheat oven to 400 degrees f.
• 5 remove mushroom stems.
• 6 set aside caps.
• 7 chop the stems.
• 8 in a large saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter.
• 9 slowly cook and stir the chopped stems and onion until the onion is soft.
• 10 remove from heat.
• 11 in a medium bowl, stir together the mushroom stem mixture, bacon and 1 cup cheddar.
• 12 mix well and scoop the mixture into the mushroom caps.
• 13 bake in the preheated oven 15 minutes, or until the cheese has melted.
• 14 remove the mushrooms from the oven, and sprinkle with the remaining cheese.
• 15 put into the oven for a couple of seconds to melt if desired.
• 16 to freeze: flash freeze them before baking in the oven.
• 17 a freezer bag would work great for storing these.
• 18 let defrost and then add cheese and bake in oven for 15 minutes.