Stuffed Shrimp

12 ingredients
9 steps

Ingredients

  • 1/4 c. butter
  • 1 Tbsp. finely chopped onion
  • 1 Tbsp. finely chopped green pepper
  • 1 tsp. finely chopped celery
  • 6 slices bread, crumbled
  • 1/2 c. milk
  • 3/4 c. crab meat
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • dash of cayenne
  • 3 doz. large, raw shrimp, cleaned and deveined
  • 3 eggs
  • flour and cracker meal

Directions

  1. 1
    Saute onion, green pepper and celery in butter until tender. Soak bread in milk.
  2. 2
    Combine sauteed onion, pepper, celery, bread and crab meat.
  3. 3
    Blend thoroughly and add salt, pepper and cayenne. Split raw shrimp almost in half.
  4. 4
    Leave tail on shrimp.
  5. 5
    Stuff shrimp with crab meat mixture and press halves together.
  6. 6
    Dip shrimp in seasoned flour, then in beaten eggs.
  7. 7
    (Beat one egg at a time; it may not be necessary to use 3 eggs.)
  8. 8
    Roll shrimp in cracker meal and fry in deep, hot fat (about 375°) until golden brown.
  9. 9
    Serve with desired sauce.

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