These Creamy Spinach and Sausage Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms make a delicious dinner! This is a low-carb, high protein dinner recipe.
Is it OK to eat the gills of a portobello mushroom? Is there any part of a portobello mushroom you can’t eat?
It’s perfectly safe to eat all of the portobello mushroom. Some people don’t like the flavor of the gills (they claim the gills can be bitter), or don’t like the fact that the gills may turn the surrounding food dark colored, so they remove them.
For this recipe, I did not remove the gills, and I still had plenty of room to add the stuffing, so it’s up to you whether you do or not.
I also include the chopped up stem in this stuffed portobello mushrooms recipe, in order to cut down on waste.
Why is portobello so expensive?
To answer this question, you first need to ask what is portobello made of. A portobello mushroom is Agaricus bisporus. Agaricus bisporus is commonly called the cultivated mushroom. This species of mushroom starts off as a small white mushroom, and as it gets larger it begins to turn brown.
Because of the way it grows, many of the mushrooms you’ll find in the supermarket are actually this same mushroom, just picked at different stages of maturity. For instance, among the Agaricus bisporus found in supermarkets are white mushrooms, button mushrooms, champignon de Paris, cremini, Swiss brown mushrooms, Italian brown mushrooms, chesnut mushrooms, baby bella, and finally the portobello.
The portobello mushroom costs the most, because it takes longer to get to size than other mushrooms, which are simply the same mushroom harvested earlier. If your budget can’t handle the cost of portobello mushrooms, feel free to substitute the stuffed Portobello mushrooms with a cheaper mushroom– they’ll still be delicious!
Creamy Spinach and Sausage Stuffed Portabello Mushrooms
These Creamy Spinach and Sausage Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms make a delicious dinner! Perfect for the keto diet, but delicious anytime!
Ingredients
- 4 Portobello Mushrooms
- 1 lb. Sausage, cooked
- 8 oz. Cream Cheese, softened
- 2 C. Spinach, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Wash mushrooms and remove stem. Place mushrooms upside down on a cookie sheet. Mince stem.
- Chop spinach into small pieces.
- Stir together sausage, cream cheese, mushroom pieces and spinach. Divide mixture between the mushrooms.
- Bake for 15 minutes, or until top of mixture begins to brown slightly.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
4Serving Size:
4 ServingsAmount Per Serving: Calories: 584Total Fat: 52gSaturated Fat: 22gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 23gCholesterol: 126mgSodium: 1184mgCarbohydrates: 10gFiber: 3gSugar: 5gProtein: 21g
The nutritional information provided here is not guaranteed to be accurate and is provided for informational (and google) purposes only.
Do you have a favorite recipe using sausage, or pork in general? If so, please share in the comments below!
This recipe contains: sausage, spinach, portobello mushrooms, cream cheese
I am a vegetarian, and I love mushrooms. This sounds absolutely delicious! I will definitely have to give this recipe a try.
This looks so delicious, it has all of my favorite instruments all put together. I will be sure to try this, and I think it’ll be great with some soup as well!
Wow…. this recipe looks incredible and I am pinning it next to make for my husband as he loves stuffed mushrooms. I make a really good Italian family recipe for stuffed mushrooms that are soooooo delicious and this recipe is a nice change to that! I am making this for Christmas for my family. Thanks for sharing!
This sounds like a wonderful dish. My eldest daughter, husband and I all love mushrooms so would really enjoy trying this recipe.
Yum. These look so good. I think they would also be good stuffed with rice, hamburger meat, and cream of mushroom soup all mixed together. I’ll have to try it.
That sounds like a delicious idea!
These actually look really good, and I’m not much of a mushroom fan. I need to make these though. I bet they’re amazing!
They’re so good! And the mushrooms don’t add much flavor, but they do add extra protein!
My kids will love these. They are huge fans of mushrooms. I’ll keep them in mind!
My kids love them! I hope yours do, too!
These stuffed Portobello mushrooms look perfect for holiday entertaining! I love that there are only four ingredients!
Never experienced mushrooms baked recipe it was the first time I tried this CREAMY SPINACH AND SAUSAGE STUFFED PORTABELLO MUSHROOMS and the results are amazing, it added to my list now, Thanks for the recipe.
Amelia, I’m so glad you liked it! It’s definitely a family favorite that we use on special occasions!
Wow, those mushrooms looks ah-mazing! Its been too long since I’ve made stuffed mushrooms, thanks for sharing your recipe!
They look really delicious! I think my husband would really enjoy them because he loves sausage.
These look delish! Thanks so much for joining us at Tasty Tuesdays this week 🙂
Oh my goodness that sounds amazing.
They were so delicious, Hollie!
I love stuffed mushrooms!
These sound amazing!
Thanks
Michelle
These look SO incredibly delicious! What a great appetizer idea!
Thanks Cathy! They are great for dinner, or a fabulous appetizer!
I adore mushrooms and this combination sounds so delicious!
They are so good! I can’t wait to make them again!