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August 2, 2011
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Crab-Stuffed Shrimp

Crowd-Pleasing Seafood
Prep time:
35 minutes
baking time:
20 to 30 minutes

Grandma liked this recipe because she could serve it as a main course or as an appetizer.

Grandma liked this recipe because she could serve it as a main course or as an appetizer.

Ingredients

Serves 6 

  • 1 pound crabmeat, drained
  • 45 saltine crackers, crushed
  • 1/2 cup each cream cheese and mayonnaise
  • 4 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 2 tablespoons prepared yellow mustard
  • 1 tablespoon each hoisin sauce and chopped sun-dried tomatoes
  • 1 large egg, beaten
  • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/8 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
  • 24 to 32 jumbo shrimp, peeled, deveined
  • 12 to 16 slices bacon
Directions
  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 400°F.

  2. 2

    Combine crabmeat, crackers, cream cheese, mayonnaise, butter, mustard, hoisin sauce, tomatoes, egg, Worchester sauce and hot pepper sauce in a large bowl and mix well.

  3. 3

    Place 2 shrimp in each bacon slice. Top with 3 tablespoonfuls of crabmeat mixture.

  4. 4

    Fold over ends of each bacon slice to enclose the crabmeat mixture. Secure with a toothpick. Arrange in a 13 x 9 inch baking dish.

  5. 5

    Bake until the shrimp turn pink on the outside and opaque on the inside, 20 to 30 minutes. Broil until bacon is browned, about 1 minute.

  6. 6

    VARIATION: Substitute chili sauce for the cream cheese and hoisin sauce.

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Grandma's Secret Trick

Grandma's Secret Trick

Crabmeat and mayonnaise were the base of one of Grandma's best party appetizers: She combined the crabmeat, mayonnaise, cream cheese, hoisin and sun-dried tomatoes in a bowl. Then she spooned the mixture onto bread rounds or sliced French bread and baked the appetizers at 375°F until the mixture was puffed and golden.

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