Stuffed Mushrooms with Broccoli Rabe and Sausage
Stuffed Mushrooms with Broccoli Rabe and Sausage combine Italian chicken sausage, chopped broccoli rabe, garlic, and fresh herbs inside baby bella mushroom caps. This recipe fills mushroom caps with a savory mixture that balances the slight bitterness of broccoli rabe with the richness of sausage, enhanced by Parmesan cheese and breadcrumbs for texture. The result is a warm, flavorful appetizer or side with a pleasant variety of textures and herbaceous notes.
Ingredients
- 16 oz chicken sausage casing removed, uncooked, sweet Italian
- 1 shallot chopped, large
- 3 cups broccoli rabe Rapini, chopped, discard large stems, use thinner stems only, uncooked
- 24 baby bella mushroom stems pulled, chopped and set aside / caps brush off to clean
- 2 garlic minced, cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes crushed
- 1-1/2 tablespoons oregano chopped, fresh
- 2 tablespoons parsley chopped, fresh
- 1 oz white wine
- 3 tablespoons Parmesan Cheese grated
- 3 tablespoons plain breadcrumbs (or gluten-free crumbs)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- In a large skillet, add the sausage over medium-high heat and begin to break down with a spatula.
- Add shallots and broccoli rabe and continue to break apart the sausage while cooking for about 7 minutes.
- Add in the garlic, chopped mushroom stems, and the salt, peppers, oregano, parsley, and wine and cook over medium-low. Continue cooking 10 minutes, breaking down the sausage and cooking the wine down.
- Remove from heat and place the sausage mix into a mixing bowl.
- Allow the sausage mixture to cool for about 10 minutes.
- Add in the bread crumbs and parmesan cheese and mix well.
- Place mushroom caps on a baking sheet and fill each mushroom cap with the sausage mixture. Caps should be overfilled and not level.
- Place in oven and cook for 20 minutes.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8 servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 121
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 3stuffed mushrooms | |
| Calories | 121kcal | 6% |
| Carbohydrates | 6g | 2% |
| Protein | 13g | 26% |
| Fat | 5.5g | 8% |
| Saturated Fat | 1.5g | 8% |
| Cholesterol | 45mg | 15% |
| Sodium | 422mg | 18% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 1.5g | 3% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.