If you’ve read this blog long enough, you should know by now that I absolutely love a good recipe challenge! From the Marx Foods challenges, to the Brooklyn Takedowns to BakerBettie’s Cookie Wars (also yeah we find out who wins this week!) So when I saw this 3-part mustard Chopped-like recipe challenge sponsored by Saucy Mama on Facebook, I was in!
The challenge is simple, we were sent a selection of her mustards and we must create an appetizer, an entree and a dessert with the mustard and a secret ingredient that will be revealed in each successive round. Only the top recipes will move on to each new category.
It was like a gift from above when they announced bacon would be our secret ingredient. Besides it being bacon and just the most wonderful thing on this planet, I immediately knew a simple brushing of mustard and getting baked in the oven would be the first start to my recipe. The next part? A great party appetizer that can be served hot or room temperature and so easy to balance with a drink in hand. Stuffed mushrooms!
These mustard glazed bacon and kale stuffed mushrooms will go like hot cakes, I promise you that. With a simple filling of mushroom stems, shallots, panko, kale, bacon and the bite of the mustard it is perfection.
- 4 slices thick cut bacon
- 1 tablespoon Saucy Mama Creamy Garlic Mustard
- 16ozs crimini mushrooms
- 1 large shallot, minced
- 1/2 chopped fresh kale, tough stems removed
- 1 tablespoon Saucy Mama Creamy Garlic Mustard
- 1 cup panko breadcrumbs
- 2 tablespoons reserved bacon fat
- salt and pepper
- 1 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon fresh basil, cut in a chiffonade
- Pre-heat your oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
- Place your bacon strips on the prepared baking sheet and brush with the tablespoon of mustard. Bake until crispy, about 10-15 minutes. Flipping once halfway through. Let cool slightly and chop the bacon into small pieces. Reserve bacon fat from the pan.
- Clean your mushroom caps with a damp paper towel, and carefully remove the stems.
- Finely chop the mushroom stems, and in a saute pan over medium heat with a tablespoon of vegetable oil saute until soft. About 5 minutes.
- Add the shallots to the pan and cook for an additional 2 minutes.
- Toss in the kale, cook until wilted and season with 1/2 teaspoon of salt and pepper.
- Stir in the tablespoon of mustard to the mushroom kale mixture and then add the panko breadcrumbs to toast. If the breadcrumbs seem dry, stir in the reserved bacon fat. Lastly, stir in the chopped bacon. Cook for at least 1-2 minutes.
- Place the cleaned mushroom caps on a parchment lined baking sheet.
- Stuff each mushroom cap with the filling and drizzle the extra virgin olive oil over the top of each mushroom.
- Bake for the mushrooms for 25 minutes and top with a chiffonade of fresh basil before serving.
I’m not done yet! Saucy Mama is generously offering a mustard prize pack giveaway to you!
Giveaway details: One (1) pack of mustard from Saucy Mama (pictured above). It is open to U.S. Residents Only and will run from Monday, June 10, 2013 to Friday, July 12, 2013 at 11:59 EST. I will announce one (1) random winner on Monday, July 14th. Please be sure to include a way for me to contact you via email when entering. The winner has 48 hours to respond, otherwise their prize is forfeited and a new winner will be picked.
How to Enter:
- Required Entry: Pin a photo from this post to Pinterest and leave a comment here.
Additional Entries (not required, but will give you more chances to win) please leave a comment after completing each task.
- Like The Girl In The Little Red Kitchen on Facebook and like or share any Saucy Mama related posts from The Girl In The Little Red Kitchen
- Tweet this post or any future related Saucy Mama posts from The Girl In The Little Red Kitchen on Twitter.
Good luck to everyone who enters!
FTC Disclosure: Saucy Mama sent me a samples to review, all opinions in this post are of my own. No monetary value was exchanged.
I pinned a photo – those look great! http://pinterest.com/pin/251075747948892585/
MMMMMM! I love mustard and this creamy garlic mustard sounds fantastic. I would have jumped for joy at the announcement of bacon as the secret ingredient too. I would have also been relieved it wasn’t something really crazy like in those actual Chopped challenges!
I pinned your post here. http://pinterest.com/pin/151715081170003655/
I like you on facebook and shared the post. https://www.facebook.com/sandy.headtke
GREAT job – these look delicious, I love stuffed mushrooms 🙂
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I love your pictures and recipes, they are mouth watering. Would love for you to share them with us at foodieportal.com. Over at foodieportal.com we are not photography expert snobs, we are just foodies, so pretty much all your pictures will get accepted.
What a fun challenge! I want to play! Hehe. I cannot wait to see your dessert recipe, that sounds like quite the challenge…
I won some other flavors of Saucy Mama mustard last year, and I loved them! This looks great!
Just pinned it here: http://pinterest.com/pin/153966880983891635/
I tweeted too!
https://twitter.com/divaonadiet/status/344524893523681280
It’s so awesome that you’re in all these challenges, Susan. I’m always too intimidated but I need to start having some confidence in myself, goshdarnit! This would be the perfect appie – what’s not to like? You definitely had me at “bacon.” I can’t wait to see what dessert you whip up with mustard!
I don’t use pinterest – so I’m hoping you’ll accept this entry anyway – I’d love to win these mustards … they sound fabulous – and I really like your stuffed mushroom recipe – yum!
Your food photos are amazing. You can share your mouth watering photos with us at foodienewz.com. foodienewz.com is a new food sharing site and we actually try our best to promote your food photos. At foodienewz.com all your food photos will be published without any editorial review so I really hope you come and join us.
Pinned! (as AngelaFRS). I love Saucy Mama’s stuff, and this recipe sounds great.
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I pinned!!! All 3 of your recipes are so imaginative and interesting!! Best of luck in the contest girl! 😀
pinned it, this looks soooooo good! i seriously love kale and mushrooms and bacon!
http://pinterest.com/pin/70298444156709950/
liked on facebook!
erin neu
i tweeted your dessert
https://twitter.com/erunuevo/status/355581215295807489
tweeted the falafel! I cant wait to make this one!
https://twitter.com/erunuevo/status/355582804161077248
tweeted this fabulous recipe too!
https://twitter.com/erunuevo/status/355619805681815552