Thursday, April 3, 2014

Crab Stuffed Shrimp with a Mango and Pineapple Salsa



















I cannot wait for summer, I hate the cold. We had a very nice spring day here in Denver so I thought about a fun summer dish to make. We went to the store to buy shrimp and the 8-12 prawns where on sale for 14.99 a pound or the 21-25 where on sell for 7.99 a pound. My cheap-ass went for the smaller shrimp, would of rather had the bigger ones because it looks so much better on a plate. Ok... I am done venting about the price of shrimp, on to a new rant when ever I type in the word THE this is what shows up "karen rocks". My wife will not tell me how to change it, yes I am computer moron. She thinks this is so funny, HAHAHAHAHA. Ok I'm really done now back to this dish, this can be a fun appetizer  for a party or a main dish. Make it how ever you like.
Ingredients-

Salsa-
1/2 Cup Red Onion 1/4 inch diced
1 Cup Mango diced peeled 1/4 inch diced
1 Cup Pineapple 1/4 inch diced
1 Jalapeno cored and seeded 1/4 inch dice
1/3 Cup Cilantro Diced

Crab stuffed shrimp-
1 6oz packet of Crab Meat (or you can do extra work and get karen rocks crab legs...)
1/4 Cup Mayo
1/2 Small Onion any color 1/4 inch diced
1 Stick Celery 1/4 inch diced
1 Bell Pepper 1/4 inch diced
1 Tbl Old Bay seasoning
1 Tbl Garlic minced
8 21-25 shrimp tail on and not cooked or 4 8-12 prawn tail on and not cooked. Butterflied
2 Tbl butter
3 Tbl butter melted
2 tsp Worcestershire

Directions-
1. Add all salsa ingredients in a medium mixing bowl and mix together, put it in the fridge for half an hour.
2. In a medium mixing bowl add crab meat and Old Bay, cover and put in fridge for half an hour.
3. In a medium saute pan melt 2 tbl butter. Once melted add onion, celery, peppers and garlic. Saute for 7-9 minutes remove from heat and let cool.
4. Once cooled add veggies to crab meat and add mayo and Worcestershire, mix.
5. Turn on stove to 350 degrees.
6. Remove any shell on shrimp but leave the tails on. Butterfly the shrimp by cutting down the center of the big end cut about 3/4 of the way through so it will stand up as shown in the picture (this is where the big prawns come in handy).
7. With a spoon add a good sized portion of crab mixture to the shrimp. Pour 1 tsp of melted butter over the top of the shrimp this will act as a glue to help hold it together while it cooks.
8. Put into over for 8-12 minutes or until shrimp is cooked. Plate as shown or how ever you like...enjoy.

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