Stuffed Shrimp

12 ingredients
1 steps

Ingredients

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

Directions

  1. 1
    Saute onion, pepper and celery in butter until tender. Soak bread in milk; blend thoroughly and add salt, pepper and cayenne pepper. Split raw shrimp almost in half. Leave tail on shrimp. Stuff shrimp with crabmeat mixture and press halves together. Dip shrimp in seasoned flour, then in beaten egg. (Beat 1 egg at a time. It may not be necessary to use all 3 eggs.) Roll shrimp in cracker meal and fry in deep hot fat; fry at about 375° until golden brown. Serve with desired sauce. Serves 6.

Products Matching These Ingredients

More Recipes to Try