Cajun Crab Stuffed Shrimp Recipes

CRAB STUFFED JUMBO SHRIMP RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Butter a large glass baking dish and set a side.
• Place the crabmeat in a large bowl and season Cajun Seasoning. Reserve in the refrigerator till needed.
• In a metal skillet, melt about 4 tablespoons of unsalted butter over medium heat. Add the celery and red bell peppers, then cook about 3-4 minutes. Add the parsley and the garlic, and cook, for 1 minute. Remove the metal skillet from the heat source.
• Add the sautéed vegetables to the crabmeat. add sliced green onions, and toss to combine. Add the mayonnaise, egg, fresh lemon juice, and hot sauce and stir gently to combine. Add 1 ½ cups of the panko bread crumbs, kosher salt, fresh ground black pepper, and stir gently.
• Mound about 2 tablespoons of the crabmeat stuffing mixture into each butterflied shrimp, and place, with the stuffed sides up, in the prepared glass baking dish. Drizzle the stuffed Jumbo shrimp with the remaining melted unsalted butter.
• Bake the Crab Stuffed Jumbo Shrimp at 350 F until golden, about 15 minutes.
• Garnish the Crab Stuffed Jumbo Shrimp with lemon wedges and fresh parsley.

BAKED STUFFED SHRIMP WITH CRABMEAT STUFFING

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.

CAJUN CRAB STUFFED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5 inch baking dish.
• Stir the cream cheese, Colby-Monterey Jack cheese, seafood seasoning, Cajun seasoning, hot pepper sauce, and garlic powder in a mixing bowl until smooth. Stir in the crabmeat and bread crumbs until evenly blended. Spoon the cheese mixture into the mushroom caps; set them filling-side-up into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 7 minutes; set the oven to broil and broil until the tops are crisp and brown, about 3 minutes.

CRAB STUFFED SHRIMP

Steps:

• Mix together the crushed crackers, Old Bay, Cajun seasoning, salt, pepper and parsley.
• Stir in the melted butter and mix until well combined.
• Add the crabmeat and lightly toss.
• Using approximately one tablespoon measure for each shrimp, form the stuffing into small oblong shaped bullets and press firmly into the butterflied shrimp.
• Lightly sprinkle top of stuffing with a bit more of Old Bay and Creole/Cajun seasoning.
• Place shrimp on a lightly greased or foil lined, rimmed baking sheet.
• Bake at 375 degrees F for 20 minutes.

CRAB MEAT STUFFED SHRIMP

Steps:

• Prep the shrimp by peeling and rinsing each one. You can leave the tail shell on if you want but it's not necessary. Take a paring knife and butterfly the shrimp by slicing 1/2 to 3/4 deep into the shrimp starting at the head end to almost all the way to the tail. Clean out the vein and rinse again. Pat the shrimp dry with paper towels. Place butterflied shrimp in a bowl and mix with 1 to 2 Tbs of creole seasoning. Set aside while you prepare the stuffing.
• Finely chop onions, green onions, garlic and celery and set aside.
• Place the crab meat into a bowl and measure all the other ingredients into prep bowls and set aside.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees

CAJUN CRAB POPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a small bowl, beat the first 5 ingredients until blended. Stir in shredded cheese, crab and bacon. Cut jalapenos in half lengthwise and remove seeds. Spoon filling into pepper halves. Place on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake until lightly browned, 15-20 minutes. Sprinkle with additional parsley.,

CRAB CAKE STUFFED SHRIMP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a nonstick pan over medium-high heat. Add onion, red bell pepper, and green bell pepper. Cook for 3 minutes or until soft. Let cool.
• Pick through crabmeat and remove any shell. Place crab in a medium bowl along with Panko crumbs, Ritz crackers, Old Bay seasoning, lemon zest, cayenne pepper, mayonnaise, and egg. Stir gently to mix.Season to taste with salt and pepper and refrigerate until needed.
• Peel shrimp, leaving the tail on. Cut through the backside of each shrimp, like you would to devein it, but cut more deeply, almost all the way through. Remove and discard the veins.
• On a parchment paper-lined baking sheet, place shrimp butterflied side down, pressing to flatten.
• Shape about 1 heaping tablespoon of crab mixture into a ball and place on top of a shrimp, pressing the tail into the top to secure. Repeat.
• Drizzle melted butter over shrimp.
• Bake in a 350 degree oven for 15 minutes, or until cooked through.

CRAB-STUFFED SHRIMP WITH A SPICY REMOULADE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. Spray a 9"x13" casserole with non-stick cooking spray. Peel (leaving tails on), de-vein, and butterfly shrimp by making a deep slit down the back from the large end to the tail, cutting to, but not through, the curve of the shrimp. Mix 1/2 cup bread crumbs, mayonnaise, egg, mustard, scallions, Worcestershire sauce, Old Bay seasoning and Cayenne pepper (if using). Gently mix in the crabmeat with wet hands, forming into 16 balls. Shape 1 portion of crab stuffing evenly around a butterflied shrimp, forming a ball (leave tail exposed). Place crab-stuffed shrimp in casserole dish with tail curving up and over the top of the crab mixture. Repeat with remaining crab cake portions and shrimp. Sprinkle stuffed shrimp evenly with breadcrumbs. Dust each shrimp with Paprika. (Can be made a day in advance; cover and refrigerate). Whisk together all Remoulade Sauce ingredients. Cover and chill 1 hour, or overnight. Bake shrimp at 400° for 20 minutes or until golden. Serve immediately with Remoulade Sauce.