Portabella Mushrooms Topped With Crab Imperial A La John Shields Recipes

CRAB STUFFED PORTOBELLOS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Put a large skillet over medium-high heat and add 2 tablespoons of the coconut oil. Once heated, add the portobello stems and sliced scallions and saute until tender, about 2 minutes. Fold in the crabmeat, Creole seasoning, and salt and pepper to taste. Brush the mushroom caps with the last tablespoon of coconut oil. Stuff the caps with the crab filling and put into the oven to roast for 15 minutes.
• Remove the mushrooms from the oven and top with the Parmesan. Put back into the oven and continue cooking until the cheese has melted, another 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from the oven and cut as desired for serving.

BAKED SALMON TOPPED WITH CRAB

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Take a baking pan and line it with foil. Spray a thin layer of PAM.
• Crumble crab meat.
• Take your salmon and cut open so it opens up like one of those science project boards. Season with one teaspoon lemon pepper. Close flaps.
• Spread mayonnaise on top of the fillet and sprinkle remaining lemon pepper onto salmon.
• Top salmon with crab meat.
• Sprinkle cheese onto the crab meat.
• Bake about 25 to 30 minutes.
• Then broil for 2 minutes or until the cheese turns brown.

PORTABELLA MUSHROOMS TOPPED WITH CRAB IMPERIAL A LA JOHN SHIELDS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• SAUTE MUSHROOMS:.
• Melt the butter in a skillet large enough to hold your mushrooms at one time. Saute the mushroom caps for 5 minutes, or until barely tender.
• Pour in the sherry, turn up the heat, and reduce the liquid by half.
• Remove from the heat and let cool.
• Meanwhile line a baking/broiling tray with aluminum foil. Place the mushroom caps on the tray, reserving the butter/sherry liquid in the skillet.
• MAKE CRAB MIXTURE:.
• Saute the bell peppers and mushrooms in the reserved butter/sherry liquid until soft. Set aside.
• Combine the mayonnaise, mustard, Worcestershire, Tabasco, capers, pepper, and Chesapeake seasoning in a small bowl and mix well. Add the sauteed peppers and mushrooms.
• Place the crabmeat in a mixing bowl and pour the seasoned mayonnaise mixture over it. Toss gently.
• Spoon the crabmeat mixture on top of the mushroom caps (already on the aluminum-foil-lined trays).
• Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 to 25 minutes.
• MAKE IMPERIAL TOPPING:.
• Meanwhile, combine all Imperial Topping ingredients in a small bowl and mix well.
• Preheat the broiler.
• Spoon the topping evenly over each mound of crabmeat.
• Broil for 1 to 2 minutes, or until nicely browned. (If broiler is unavailable, brown the top in the oven. It will take a bit longer.).
• Serve immediately. Serves 4.

TILAPIA TOPPED WITH SHRIMP IMPERIAL

Steps:

• Dice red pepper.
• Peel, devein and dice shrimp.
• Heat butter in nonstick skillet, add red pepper and cook for 3 minutes. Add shrimp, salt and pepper to taste and cook until shrimp are just fully cooked. Transfer to a bowl and allow to cool a few minutes.
• Butter a 9 X 13 casserole dish. Season fish on both sides with salt and pepper and place in dish.
• Add remaining ingredients except parmesan cheese to the pepper and shrimp mixture and mix well.
• Spread mixture equally on to the top of both filet's making sure the thickness of the topping remains equal. Sprinkle with parmesan Cheese.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Cover casserole dish and bake for 18 minutes covered.
• Remove cover, place under broiler and broil on low for 5 minutes. Watch to make sure it doesn't burn.
• Switch oven back to bake at 350 degrees for another 5 minutes.
• Remove from oven, let rest 2 or 3 minutes and serve.