Crab Cake Stuffed Shrimp

Crab Cake Stuffed Shrimp

  Ready in : 45 mins

Crab Cake Stuffed Shrimp requires roughly 45 minutes from start to finish. Watching your figure? This pescatarian recipe has 94 calories, 5g of protein, and 6g of fat per serving. For 63 cents per serving, you get a hor d'oeuvre that serves 24. Not a lot of people made this recipe, and 6 would say it hit the spot. This recipe from Foodista requires garlic, ground pepper, bell pepper, and old bay seasoning. Taking all factors into account, this recipe earns a spoonacular score of 20%, which is not so tremendous.

Ingredients

butter

butter

10 tablespoons

onion

onion

1 cup

bell pepper

bell pepper

1 cup

bell pepper

bell pepper

1 cup

wine

wine

0.5 cup

garlic

garlic

2 cloves

crab meat

crab meat

8 ounce

round buttery crackers

round buttery crackers

30

panko bread crumbs

panko bread crumbs

0.5 cup

ground pepper

ground pepper

0.5 teaspoon

old bay seasoning

old bay seasoning

1 teaspoon

salt

salt

1 teaspoon

ground pepper

ground pepper

1 teaspoon

shrimp

shrimp

24 large

optional: lemon

optional: lemon

1

Cooking in Steps

  1. 1
    Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

    baking paper
    baking paper
    baking sheet
    baking sheet
  2. 2
    Heat 5 tablespoons butter until melted.

    butter

    butter

  3. 3
    Add onion and saute until translucent.

    onion

    onion

  4. 4
    Add bell pepper, remaining 5 tablespoons butter, wine and garlic.

    bell pepper

    bell pepper

    butter

    butter

    garlic

    garlic

    wine

    wine

  5. 5
    Cook until tender (about 4 minutes).

  6. 6
    In a large bowl, add crab meat, onion mixture, cracker crumbs, panko, red pepper, Old Bay, salt and pepper.

    salt and pepper

    salt and pepper

    cracker crumbs

    cracker crumbs

    red pepper

    red pepper

    crabmeat

    crabmeat

    onion

    onion

    panko

    panko

    bowl
    bowl
  7. 7
    Stir to combine.

  8. 8
    Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour to 24 hours.

  9. 9
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

    oven
    oven
  10. 10
    Using a sharp knife and staring at the tail end, butterfly each shrimp.

    shrimp

    shrimp

    knife
    knife
  11. 11
    Place each butterflied shrimp on prepared pan, pressing to flatten.

    shrimp

    shrimp

    frying pan
    frying pan
  12. 12
    Form about 3 tablespoons crab mixture into an ball.

    crab

    crab

  13. 13
    Place on top of shrimp, pressing the shrimp tail over the crab.

    shrimp

    shrimp

    crab

    crab

  14. 14
    Repeat with remaining shrimp and crab mixture.

    shrimp

    shrimp

    crab

    crab

  15. 15
    Bake 10 to 15 minutes.

    oven
    oven
  16. 16
    OPTIONAL: Squeeze fresh lemon juice over cooked appetizer.

    lemon juice

    lemon juice

  17. 17
    Serve immediately.