Crab Meat Stuffed Shrimp Recipes

Steps:

• Peel shrimp leaving tails and slice down middle deveining as you go.
• Lay on greased cookie sheet to form a circle with the tail pointing up.
• (Fan the tail out for beauty and handle) Mix first 7 ingredients and gently fold into crabmeat.
• Place a spoonful of crabmeat mixture on top of the circle.
• Top with fresh parmesan (optional) Place cookie sheet in 350 degree oven for 15 minutes, remove with spatula to serving tray, Serve immediately.
• Also, try stuffing mushrooms which only take 10-15 minutes in the oven, same temp.
• To prepare for a party, prepare trays, cover with plastic wrap and store in refrigerator, then just place in oven when ready and serve in 15 minutes!
• Having medium shrimp saves money and makes more of a finger-food size.
• I've made extra and frozen some to be used as side dishes.
• If you can't get seafood where you live, you can order all supplies from a seafood place in Florida- Joe Patti's Seafood online.
• Even mid-westerners can enjoy a special fresh seafood treat.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Butter a large baking dish and set aside.
• Place the crabmeat in a large bowl and season with the Essence. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
• In a large skillet, 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 with a large wooden spoon. Add 1 cup of the cracker crumbs, the salt, and pepper, and stir gently, being careful not to break up the crabmeat.
• Mound about 2 tablespoons of the crabmeat stuffing into each shrimp, press gently to close, and place, stuffed sides up, in the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle the remaining 1/2 cup of the flaky, buttery cracker crumbs over the stuffed shrimp and drizzle with the remaining melted butter. Bake until golden, about 20 minutes.
• While the shrimp are baking, heat a large saute pan over medium-high heat. When the pan is hot, add the olive oil. Add the garlic and crushed red pepper and cook, stirring continuously, for 1 minute. Add the kale and saute until the kale is just wilted, about 3 to 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• Place the kale on 4 plates. Remove the shrimp from the oven and divide among plates, on top of the kale. Garnish with parsley and lemon wedges. Serve immediately.
• Combine all ingredients thoroughly and store in an airtight jar or container.
• Recipe from "New New Orleans Cooking", by Emeril Lagasse and Jessie Tirsch. Published by William and Morrow, 1993.

Steps:

• Position an oven rack in the top of the oven and preheat the broiler to high.
• Add the crab, breadcrumbs, mayonnaise, parsley, lemon zest and juice, garlic, 2 tablespoons of the steak sauce and 1/2 teaspoon salt to a large bowl and stir until well combined.
• Cut a deep slit down the ridged back of each shrimp and open it up like a book. Put the shrimp on a baking sheet and press the tails down firmly so they lay flat. Top evenly with the crab mixture, then lay a piece of bacon across the crab mixture on each shrimp, tucking the ends under the shrimp and making sure they do not overlap.
• Broil until the bacon starts to crisp, about 10 minutes. Remove from the oven, brush with the remaining 1 tablespoon steak sauce and continue to broil until the bacon is dark golden and slightly charred in a few spots, about 2 minutes more depending on your broiler. Serve with lemon wedges.

Steps:

• 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.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Leaving the tail intact, cut a slit on the inside curve of each shrimp without cutting all the way through. Press open to butterfly.
• In 10-inch skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Cook onion, celery and garlic in butter about 2 minutes, stirring occasionally, until softened. Stir in wine; cook about 30 seconds or until bubbly.
• In medium bowl, stir vegetable mixture, bread crumbs, salt, parsley, whipping cream and crabmeat until well mixed. Mound slightly less than 1 tablespoon of stuffing onto each butterflied shrimp, pressing to shape.
• In ungreased 15x10x1-inch pan, place shrimp with stuffing sides up. Sprinkle cheese and paprika over stuffing. Bake about 30 minutes or until shrimp are pink and stuffing is starting to brown.