If you are looking for an easy, impressive, 5 ingredient appetizer or side dish you've come to the right place! These Ham & Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms have about a 5 minute prep time but are SO much better than your standard restaurant appetizer mushrooms. Celebrating? I love this appetizer recipe for a game day, party, or even tailgating! This easy recipe is low carb, keto, gluten free, grain free, sugar free, and Trim Healthy Mama friendly.
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Ham & Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms - Keto, Low Carb, Grain-Free, Gluten-Free, THM S
Stuffed mushrooms are one of my favorite appetizers. Unfortunately, I'm rarely able to order them in restaurants because most have stuffing, bread crumbs, or other fillers. All you really need for a great mushroom cap is cheese and one or two other flavorful ingredients.
These new Mushrooms with Cheese and Ham may be my favorite. They are one of the easiest mushroom appetizers I have ever made and they are completely delicious. I served them to our dinner company and everyone loved them.
How to Make Stuffed Mushrooms
Ham & Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms are a very easy appetizer to make. First, you brush any dirt off the mushrooms with a damp cloth or paper towel. You do not want to get the mushrooms wet or they absorb the water and get soggy. Then break off the stem. You can save the stems for mushroom soup, other mushroom recipes, or discard them. I do not add them to the filling in this recipe.
After that, you mix together the ingredients needed for whatever filling you are using. Typically stuffed mushrooms have a type of meat or seafood, cheese, many times bread crumbs, and seasonings. I leave out the bread crumbs. The tops brown from the cheese and since the filling is so thick you don't need a binding agent.
In this recipe, I use ham and cheese for the filling. I have other mushrooms recipes that use sausage peppers and onions, chicken marinara sauce and mozzarella, and a vegetable-based one with shredded zucchini.
Ingredients for Stuffed Mushrooms with Cheese
white mushrooms - you can use any size mushrooms but will need to adjust the cooking time
cream cheese - make sure it is softened so the filling mixes easily
shredded cheese - I used a two cheese blend of cheddar and monterey jack
deli ham - I prefer thinly sliced ham chopped but leftover baked ham cut into small cubes can work too
How Long to Bake Stuffed Mushrooms
I bake my ham and cheese stuffed mushrooms for 30 minutes at 400. This is enough time to heat the filling, soften the mushrooms, and brown the cheese on top.
If you love stuffed mushrooms as much as I do you should also check out my other stuffed mushroom recipes:
Mushrooms Stuffed with Sausage, Peppers, and Onions - big, bold flavors
Two Cheese Mushrooms - vegetarian and packed with zucchini and cheese
Pizza Chicken Stuffed Mushrooms - all the flavors of pizza plus a little chicken for protein
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Ingredients
- 8 large white mushrooms
- 3 oz cream cheese softened
- 1 ½ cups shredded cheese I used a two cheese blend of cheddar and monterey jack
- 1 ½ cups chopped deli ham
- 1 teaspoon garlic salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400.
- Remove stems from mushrooms and discard or save for another use. Stir together all the other ingredients. Divide between the mushrooms.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until mushrooms are softened and the filling is golden.
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Originally published January 15, 2017. Revised and republished December 14, 2018.
JamieInWyoming says
It's a frigid -25 wind chill night here in Wyoming and after doing chores in knee deep snow, I needed something quick and EASY to feed the hubby and me, and warm up our tummies. This was so simple, relatively inexpensive absolutely DELISH and took only a few minutes to make. Thank you for this and all of your wonderful recipes!!
JamieInWyoming
Susan says
I made these tonight, and they were so tasty! One suggestion -- I took my stuffed mushroom out of the oven after 20 minutes, and they were still overcooked. I would suggest 20 minutes at 350 degrees, rather than what is suggested. 😀
Rita Meyer says
Thank you for all the information you provided us for a better and healthy eating plan
SNP says
I made this recipe using large portabella mushroom caps, as an entree. They turned out amazing!! Will definitely make this again!
Christina says
My family couldn't get enough of these! They're perfect for a party!
Joanie says
These are absolutely delicious and so easy to make too! Definitely a recipe I'll be using over and over.
Emily Sullivan says
I spy a Pampered Chef stone - beautiful! Thanks for the great recipe idea - I was looking for something more exciting to do with my leftover Thanksgiving ham! Soooo boring to just eat it with a smear of mustard on it...
Carrie says
Could you use large portabella mushrooms to make an entree?
Taryn says
Absolutely!
Licia says
What a great idea, I loved stuffed mushrooms and quite frankly never thought about ham and cheese! Definitely adding this to my app's. 🙂
Jaime says
Can you prepare these the day before, wrap them in the fridge, then bake them??
Taryn says
Yes! Hope you enjoy them 😀