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Baked Stuffed Shrimp with Crabmeat Stuffing

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- Ready In:
- 1hr 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 18
- Yields:
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20 Shrimp
ingredients
- 1 lb fresh lump crabmeat, shells removed (or 2 cans of canned crabmeat if fresh isn't available)
- 2 teaspoons cajun seasoning or 2 teaspoons Old Bay Seasoning (or to taste) (optional)
- 4 tablespoons butter, plus
- 3 tablespoons melted butter
- 1⁄2 cup onion, minced
- 1⁄4 cup celery, minced
- 1⁄4 cup green bell pepper, minced
- 1⁄4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
- 1⁄4 cup mayonnaise
- 1 egg, beaten
- 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon hot sauce
- 1 cup buttery cracker, crushed
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- 2 lbs u- 12 shrimp or 2 lbs jumbo shrimp, shelled,deveined,and butterflied
directions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Line your baking dish with foil, and butter or spray with non stick cooking spray.
- Place the crabmeat in a large bowl and season with the Cajun Seasoning, Old Bay or salt and pepper, (your choice).
- Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
- In your fry pan, melt 4 tablespoons butter over medium-high heat.
- Add the onions, celery, and bell peppers and cook, stirring, until softened, about 4 minutes.
- Add the parsley and the garlic, and cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
- Remove from heat and let cool.
- Add the cooled vegetables to the crabmeat and toss to combine.
- Add the mayonnaise, egg, lemon juice, Worcestershire and hot sauce and stir gently.
- Add 1 cup of cracker crumbs, salt and pepper to taste, and stir gently, being careful not to break up the crabmeat.
- Spoon the crabmeat stuffing evenly into each shrimp (about 2 Tbsp), and place, stuffed sides up, in your baking dish.
- Drizzle with the remaining melted butter.
- Bake until golden, about 20 minutes.
Reviews
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Adjusted this recipe for two. I just quartered everything on the ingredient list. Came out perfect! We loved it. After baking for 20, I turned the broiler on for a minute or two. I like things well done. Lump crab is expensive, so by quartering, I can freeze some of it and use it on another meal or two.
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Tweaks
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I used no Old Bay or Cajun seasoning & I used red pepper since green can be so overpowering... I also used 2 large shallots instead of onion and only 1 tbls lemon juice 1/2 sleeve of ritz crackers and 4 tbls butter total...did not drain crabmeat... baked stuffing covered for 20 minutes then let it cool until ready for stuffing... Absolutely fabulous!!!!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Kozmic Blues
Providence, Rhode Island
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