Name: Blue Cheese Stuffed Portobello Caps
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 2 large portabella mushroom caps; 2 ounces crumbled blue cheese; 2 teaspoons bread crumbs

Blue Cheese Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms Caps are a savory side dish, appetizer or full on filling meal that only need 3 ingredients and 20 minutes to done.

I am legit the only person in my family that enjoys mushrooms. My husband has just come around to enjoying the dry ones on his salad, but offer anyone a cooked mushroom and they all run. And I get it – mushrooms are earthy and kind of dirt like. They fall under the category that a lot of ground veggies (like beets, radishes and okra) fall into – which is an “acquired taste.”

But I love them and if you do too, this blue cheese stuffed Portobello mushroom cap is only 3 ingredients to deliciousness.

I make a lot of recipes, easy ones, hard ones, easy ones with 35 ingredients. This Portobello mushroom recipe falls under easy and FEW ingredients. All you need is the mushroom itself, delicious blue cheese, and bread crumbs, for simplicity without sacrificing flavor.

Stuffed Portobello Mushroom Caps

In 20 minutes, there is no excuse not to whip this up for a low carb (yes, even with the bit of bread) lunch that will get you straight through till dinner. Read through for tips or scroll to the bottom for a condensed printable recipe.

✔ 3 Ingredients ✔ Meatless Monday ✔ Delicious & Easy

2 portabella mushrooms
2 ounces crumbled blue cheese (4 tablespoons)
2 teaspoons bread crumbs

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Baked Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

If you have not purchased only mushroom caps (availability is different at each store), remove stem from mushroom and discard.

Place Portobello mushrooms, mushroom gill side up, on a baking sheet.

Spoon 2 oz. of blue cheese into each mushroom cap (more if you want more!).

RECIPE NOTE: 2 oz. of cheese is equivalent to 4 tablespoons.

Sprinkle each cap with 1-2 teaspoon each of bread crumbs.

Bake mushroom caps for 17-20 minutes, till the mushroom is tender, cheese is slightly melty, and the bread crumbs have a slight brown.

Serve immediately while still warm and gooey in the center.

Stuffing Mushroom Variations

Of course blue cheese isn’t the only thing you can stuff your mushroom with.

Seafood – Shrimp, Crab Meat
Vegetables – Diced Onions, Diced Mushrooms
Cheeses – Try other crumbled cheeses like feta or goat cheese or even top with fresh shredded Parmesan for a golden top

Looking for more Healthy Side Dish Recipes?

If you are trying to keep your lunch on track, try a few of these other awesome recipes.

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Keto Friendly Pimento Cheese Dip – Pimento cheese dip with cream cheese is a thick and hearty southern dip wrapped up in cheddar cheese, sweet pimento peppers, and minced jalapenos. Perfect for football and all your other gatherings, this is a perfectly easy dip ready in just 5 minutes flat.
Keto Friendly Broccoli Salad – Keto broccoli salad isn’t much different than a regular broccoli salad! This salad is already packed full of veggies, with fresh cuts of broccoli, crispy bacon pieces, and lots of cheese! What makes this broccoli salad really stands out is I eliminated the addition of white sugar for a keto friendly substitute that has nearly no taste differential.

Yield: Serves 2