Stuffed Mushroom Appetizers

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb fresh button mushroom, medium sized
• 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
• 1/4 cup finely chopped green bell pepper
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 1/2 cups soft breadcrumbs
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric (optional)
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 tablespoon butter

Recipe

• 1 wash and dry mushrooms.
• 2 remove stems and chop fine to measure 1/3 cup.
• 3 in small frying pan, saute chopped mushroom stems, onion and green pepper in 3 tbl. butter til soft.
• 4 remove from heat and stir in rest of ingredients except whole mushroom caps.
• 5 stuff mushroom caps with filling.
• 6 melt 1 tbl. butter.
• 7 pour butter into shallow baking dish.
• 8 place mushrooms in baking dish.
• 9 bake 15 minutes in 350º oven.
• 10 raise oven temp to broil.
• 11 broil, 3-4" from heat.
• 12 broil 1-2 minutes.
• 13 serve hot.
• 14 *you don't have to broil these if you prefer not to.