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Dans Baked Stuffed Shrimp Recipe

	Saucylady / All my dishes 1 year, 6 months ago Crowd Pleaser Prep:15m Cook:20m Servings:6	Saucylady
	makeahead easy versatile

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Ingredients

For stuffing

1 cup chopped mushrooms (about 1/4 pound)

3 tablespoons minced onion

2 tablespoons minced celery ribs

1 tablespoon minced garlic (about 3 cloves)

3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley leaves

3 tablespoons unsalted butter

1/2 pound scallops, chopped, or lump crabmeat, picked over

1/2 cup chicken broth

32 Ritz crackers (about two thirds of a 12-ounce package), crushed into coarse crumbs

18 jumbo shrimp (about 2 pounds), shelled, leaving tail and connecting shell segment intact

2 tablespoons unsalted butter

1/4 teaspoon paprika

Garnish: chopped fresh parsley leaves

Accompaniment: lemon wedges

Directions

Preheat oven to 375°F. and butter a large baking dish.

Make stuffing:

In a large heavy skillet cook mushrooms, onion, celery, garlic, and parsley in butter over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until softened and liquid mushrooms give off is evaporated. Add scallops or crabmeat and cook over moderately high heat, stirring, 3 minutes. Stir in broth and cracker crumbs and remove skillet from heat.

Butterfly shrimp by cutting lengthwise along inside curve, almost completely through. Split open shrimp and devein. Mound about 2 tablespoons stuffing onto each shrimp, pressing gently, and put shrimp, stuffed sides up, in baking dish. Melt butter and drizzle over shrimp. Sprinkle shrimp with paprika and bake 20 minutes, or until stuffing is golden.

Garnish shrimp with parsley and serve with lemon wedges

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Comments

chefmeow 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Will be trying in the very near future. Sounds exquisite. Thanks for posting.

pat2me 11 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Going to try this soon!
Thank you!

trackwidow 11 months, 3 weeks ago said:
These sound yummy. Love shrimp in any form.

merlin 4 months, 1 week ago said:
These sound great. A very creative concept.

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Alterations

saucylady 1 year, 6 months ago said:
I sprinkle the shrimp with Seafood Seasoning instead of Paprika.
Also, the stuffing can be used for lobster, prawns or any mild white fish.

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