Blue Cheese Guacamole Stuffed Mushrooms with Buffalo Sauce
Jalapenos are the most popular chile peppers in the US. This is probably due to the availability and versatility of the chile. Jalapenos have a balanced combination of flavor and heat.
The demand for these have caused breeders to develop a broad range of varieties. You can now get jalapenos with various heat level and sizes. These can be used in salsas, stuffed, or eaten straight with cheeseburgers (my personal favorite).
Ingredients:
1 pound baby portobello mushrooms
1 tablespoon olive oil
salt and pepper
3 avocados, mashed
1/2 cup grape tomatoes, quartered
1/4 cup green onions, chopped
1/4 fresh cilantro, chopped
1 Jalapeño, seeded and diced (I left half of my seeds in)
juice of 1 lime
1/2 teaspoon cumin
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
3-4 ounces blue cheese, crumbled (may sub goat cheese, cotija cheese or feta if you are not a blue cheese fan)
Buffalo sauce:
1/2 cup butter, melted (may use half olive oil, half butter)
3/4 cup hot sauce (I use Franks)
1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
Instructions:
Serving Size: 8-12 baby portobello mushrooms
To make the buffalo sauce combine the melted butter, hot sauce, seasoned salt and pepper in a small bowl. Whisk to combine. This can be stored in the fridge until ready to use.
Preheat the grill to medium high heat or heat your oven to to 400 degrees F.
Toss the mushrooms with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and a sprinkle of salt and pepper. Place the mushrooms stem side up directly on the grill and grill for 8-10 minutes or bake for 8-10 minutes. Remove from the grill and dump any liquid that is in the caps. While the mushrooms grill or bake, mash the avocados in a medium size bowl (I left mine pretty chunky, but go as chunky or smooth as you want). Add the tomatoes, green onions, cilantro, jalapeño, lime juice, cumin, salt and pepper. Stir to combine and and fold in the blue cheese.
When the mushrooms are ready stuff each mushroom with the blue cheese guacamole. If your mushrooms are small you may have some of the guacamole leftover, just serve it along side the mushrooms with chips, save for snacking or make this grilled cheese . Serve with a drizzle of buffalo sauce if desired.
From halfbakedharvest.com