These vegan stuffed mushrooms are stuffed with vegan cream cheese and herbs, topped with breadcrumbs and baked to golden perfection. You will want seconds, and thirds!
I have always loved mushrooms, so these vegan stuffed mushrooms are right up my street.
To tell you the truth I could eat this whole tray of stuffed mushrooms all to myself! They are that good.
They make a delicious appetizer or light meal. We made these with large mushrooms so that each one would be a delicious and filling appetizer.
But if you want to stuff small mushrooms for a party appetizer, this recipe will easily adapt to that as well.
And if you love mushrooms like we do then also check out our baked portobello mushrooms (they are divine!), our vegan mushroom sauce and our vegan mushroom pâté.
What You Need To Make It:
Ingredient Notes
- Large mushrooms – you can use any large mushrooms, like portobello mushrooms, you just want to make sure that they’re shaped so that they will be able to hold the filling. If you want to use this recipe as finger food, then you can use smaller mushrooms, you will just need to use more of them.
- Raw cashews – should be soaked first in hot water for one hour.
- Coconut cream – is blended with cashews and other ingredients to make the vegan cream cheese filling. It should be canned, unsweetened coconut cream. If you can’t get hold of it, you can also use canned, full fat, unsweetened coconut milk.
- Distilled white vinegar – also forms part of the homemade vegan cream cheese. It really works so well to create that tangy cheesy flavor. Apple cider vinegar can be used in a pinch but it doesn’t work nearly so well for flavor.
- Spring onions – are also known as green onions, salad onions or scallions.
How To Make Vegan Stuffed Mushrooms
You will find full instructions and measurements in the recipe card at the bottom of the post. This is a summary of the process to go along with the process photos.
- To start, place your cashews in a bowl. Pour over boiling water from the kettle and leave them to soak for one hour. After an hour, drain and rinse them.
- While the cashews are soaking, rinse the mushrooms and remove the stems. Keep the stems aside.
- Add the soaked cashews to the blender along with the mushroom stems, lemon juice, coconut cream, white vinegar, garlic, chili, onion powder, garlic powder, smoked paprika and salt and blend until smooth.
- Transfer your blended cream cheese mix to a bowl and add chopped spring onions and chopped basil and fold in.
- Place your mushrooms on a parchment lined baking tray.
- Stuff each mushroom with the cream cheese filling.
- Now add breadcrumbs to a bowl, add melted vegan butter and toss with the breadcrumbs so that they’re lightly coated with the butter.
- Sprinkle the breadcrumbs on top of the stuffed mushrooms.
- Bake at 400°F for 15-20 minutes until the breadcrumbs are golden brown and crispy on top.
- Serve with a sprinkle of ground black pepper and fresh chopped basil.
Recipe FAQ
Portobello or other large mushrooms work great because there is more space for the filling. This works best if you’re making this for a sit down appetizer. If you’re serving this as finger food then smaller mushrooms like cremini (baby bellas) work great.
You can serve these as a stand alone appetizer, just topped with some ground black pepper and fresh chopped basil. However, this can also work as the main course served alongside vegan mashed potatoes or a salad like our vegan kale salad or roasted butternut squash salad.
You can make this recipe up to the point that you would bake it, and then cover and refrigerate for up to 24 hours before baking.
Keep leftover mushrooms stored in the fridge for 3-4 days. Reheat in the microwave.
You can freeze them BEFORE baking, but not after. So if you want to freeze them, make the recipe up to the point that you would bake them but instead of baking, freeze them for up to 3 months. Then you can simply bake them from frozen, just allow an extra few minutes of baking time.
More Delicious Vegan Mushroom Recipes
- Vegan Mushroom Risotto
- Vegan Cream of Mushroom Soup
- Portobello Burgers
- Vegan Mushroom Gravy
- Vegan Mushroom Stroganoff
- Portobello Steaks
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Vegan Stuffed Mushrooms
Ingredients
- 12 Large Mushrooms Stems removed
- 1 and ½ cups Raw Cashews (225g) Soaked in hot water for 1 hour
- 2 Tbsp Lemon Juice
- ½ cup Canned Coconut Cream (120ml) Unsweetened
- 1 tsp Distilled White Vinegar
- 4 Cloves Garlic Crushed
- 1 Birds Eye Chili Seeded and Chopped
- ¼ tsp Onion Powder
- ¼ tsp Garlic Powder
- ¼ tsp Smoked Paprika
- 1 tsp Salt
- ¼ cup Green Onions Chopped
- ¼ cup Fresh Basil Chopped
- ½ cup Vegan Breadcrumbs
- 1 Tbsp Vegan Butter Melted
For Serving:
- Ground Black Pepper
- Fresh Chopped Basil
Instructions
- To start, place your cashews in a bowl. Pour over boiling water from the kettle and leave them to soak for one hour. After an hour, drain and rinse them.
- While the cashews are soaking, rinse the mushrooms and remove the stems. Keep the stems aside.
- Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C).
- Add the soaked cashews to the blender along with the mushroom stems, lemon juice, coconut cream, white vinegar, garlic, chili, onion powder, garlic powder, smoked paprika and salt and blend until smooth.
- Transfer your blended cream cheese mix to a bowl and add chopped green onions and chopped basil and fold in.
- Place your mushrooms on a parchment lined baking tray.
- Stuff each mushroom with the cream cheese filling.
- Now add the breadcrumbs to a bowl, add the melted vegan butter and toss with the breadcrumbs so that they're lightly coated with the butter.
- Sprinkle the breadcrumbs on top of the stuffed mushrooms.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes until the breadcrumbs are golden brown and crispy on top.
- Serve with a sprinkle of ground black pepper and fresh chopped basil.
Notes
- Large mushrooms - you can use any large mushrooms, like portobello mushrooms, you just want to make sure that they're shaped so that they will be able to hold the filling. If you want to use this recipe as finger food, then you can use smaller mushrooms, you will just need to use more of them.
- Coconut cream should be canned and unsweetened coconut cream. If you can't get hold of it, you can also use canned, full fat, unsweetened coconut milk.
- Distilled white vinegar works really well to create that tangy cheesy flavor. Apple cider vinegar can be used in a pinch but it doesn't work nearly so well for flavor.
- Green onions are also known as spring onions, salad onions or scallions.
- Make Ahead: You can make this recipe up to the point that you would bake it, and then cover and refrigerate for up to 24 hours before baking.
- Storing: Keep leftover mushrooms stored in the fridge for 3-4 days. Reheat in the microwave.
- Freezing: You can freeze them BEFORE baking, but not after. So if you want to freeze them, make the recipe up to the point that you would bake them but instead of baking, freeze them for up to 3 months. Then you can simply bake them from frozen, just allow an extra few minutes of baking time.
- Prep time is for hands on time only and excludes the time spent soaking the cashews.
A great recipe for a special occasion.
Thanks so much Anna!