Spiced Crabs And Shrimp With Potatoes Recipes

Steps:

• Bring the water to a boil in a very large stockpot. Add the Old Bay, salt, garlic, chile flakes and parsley and boil for 10 minutes to infuse. Add the potatoes and cook another 10 minutes. Add the crabs; cook 10 minutes more, or until the crabs are cooked through. Carefully remove the crabs with tongs; then add the shrimp and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, or until just opaque. Drain immediately. Serve the crab, shrimp and potatoes with melted butter, toasted bread and lemon wedges.

Steps:

• Put the potatoes in a large pot, cover with water by 2 inches and season generously with salt. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer until the potatoes are tender when pierced with a knife, 12 to 15 minutes. Add the broccoli and cook until bright green and crisp-tender, about 1 more minute. Reserve 3 tablespoons cooking water, then drain the potatoes and broccoli.
• Stir the cream cheese and reserved cooking water in a large bowl until smooth. Add the potatoes and broccoli and toss until evenly coated. Season with salt and pepper.
• Toss the shrimp with the olive oil and everything seasoning in a medium bowl. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until very hot. Add the butter and let melt. Add the shrimp in a single layer and cook, turning halfway through, until browned, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Stir the chives into the potato mixture. Divide the potato mixture and shrimp among plates. Sprinkle with more everything seasoning.

Steps:

• 1. In a pot with a spoon full of salt, and 1/2 tsp liquid crab boil, cook the potatoes until done. Let cool enough to handle and peel then chop into 3/4" to 1" pieces.
• 2. Put potatoes, mushrooms, green onions into a deep baking pan and sprinkle with Creole seasoning. Set aside.
• 3. In a medium bowl add cream cheese, sour cream, shrimp soup, cheddar cheese and mix until well blended. Set aside.
• 4. In a large and deep skillet, or Dutch oven melt together the butter and olive oil over high heat.
• 5. A handful at a time, begin dropping in the shrimp - don't over crowd the pan. Stir and saute them only until they turn pink - *DON'T let them render out their juices.
• 6. As soon as they loose their gray color, take a strainer spoon and remove them temporarily to a bowl and set aside. Continue until all shrimp are done.
• 7. Reduce heat to medium and add the onions, celery, carrots, bell pepper and sausage (broken into small pieces). Once vegetables start to soften add garlic and saute until vegetables are soft and thoroughly wilted. When sausage is cooked, spoon out some of the rendered grease and discard.
• 8. Reduce heat to medium low and add the shrimp to the vegetables and mix well. Begin folding in the cream cheese mixture along with enough half & half to keep the mixture fairly liquid. Taste and add salt & white pepper to taste. The potatoes will absorb the liquid while baking.
• 9. Pour this mixture over the potatoes in the baking pan, and gently work it into the potato & mushrooms until blended.
• 10. Evenly layer the lump crabmeat over the potato mixture and gently press it down into the mixture, being careful not to break up the lumps.
• 11. Spread the Parmesan or Gouda over the mixture then sprinkle the crushed potato chips over the cheese.
• 12. Bake at 350* F, on middle rack, until the sides are hot and bubbly and the cheese is light brown and crusty, 45 minutes. Garnish with fresh minced parsley. Ahhhhh, C'est ci bon!

Steps:

• In a 7- to 8-gallon kettle bring 5 gallons water to a boil.
• While water is coming to a boil, in a deep sink rinse crabs in 2 or 3 changes of water. (Do not fill sink too full or crabs may crawl out.)
• Add Zatarain's crab boil or 5 tablespoons Old Bay seasoning, cayenne, salt, lemons, and onions to boiling water and boil 5 minutes. Add potatoes and garlic and boil until tender, about 15 minutes. Transfer potatoes and garlic with a large sieve to a large platter and keep warm, covered with foil. Add corn to boiling water and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Transfer corn with tongs to platter and keep warm, covered with foil.
• Return water to a boil. Transfer about 6 crabs carefully with long tongs to sieve, holding them down in sieve with tongs, and turn crabs out into boiling water. Add remaining crabs in same manner. Return water to a boil and cook crabs until just cooked through, about 10 minutes. (To determine doneness, remove a claw and crack it with the handle of a dinner knife. Use Knife to extract meat from claw.) Transfer crabs with sieve to another large platter and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon Old Bay seasoning.
• Return water to boil and cook shrimp until just cooked through, about 2 minutes. Transfer shrimp with sieve to large platter with crabs and sprinkle with remaining tablespoon Old Bay seasoning.
• Serve crabs, shrimp, and vegetables with horseradish cocktail sauce and French bread.

Steps:

• In a large pot, cover the potatoes with cold water, add some salt then bring to a simmer. Cook, uncovered, until tender when pierced with a knife, about 20 minutes. Drain the potatoes.
• Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic and the onion and cook until the onion has softened, about 2 minutes. Add the potatoes. Stir in the curry powder, then add the spinach and tomato. Cook and stir until the spinach has wilted and all the flavors have merged together, about 2 more minutes. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Add the red-pepper flakes, salt and 3 quarts water to a large pot. Bring to a boil over high heat. Add the crawfish and shrimp, return to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer until the shellfish is deep red, about 10 minutes, skimming off any foam that rises to the surface. Turn off the heat, cover and let stand for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, prepare the vegetables: In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium-high. Add the onion and sauté until it begins to soften, about 3 minutes. Add the sweet potato, chile powder, filé powder and 2 cups of the shellfish cooking water and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer until the sweet potatoes are tender, stirring occasionally, 8 to 10 minutes. Stir in the blackberries and sliced greens and cook for 1 to 2 minutes. Using the back of a fork or the tip of a wooden spoon, mash the blackberries gently and season the mixture to taste with coarse sea salt and red-pepper flakes.
• Spoon the vegetables onto individual plates or a large platter. Strain the crawfish and shrimp mixture, then arrange the cooked shellfish on top of the vegetables. Garnish with the reserved leaves.

Steps:

• In a 2-1/2-qt. microwave-safe dish, combine onion and oil. Cover and microwave on high for 1-3 minutes. Stir in green onions and celery; cover and cook 1-2 minutes longer. Add the potatoes, salt, Cajun seasoning and pepper. , Cover and cook for 7-9 minutes or until potatoes are nearly tender. Stir in shrimp and bacon. Cover and cook on high for 3-1/2 minutes or until shrimp is pink and potatoes are tender.

Steps:

• Bring 6 quarts water to a boil in a large stewing pot; add seafood seasoning. Cook potatoes in the seasoned water for 15 minutes.
• Bring a separate pot of water to a boil; add seafood seasoning to taste. Cook crab legs until meat is tender, about 10 minutes.
• Mix carrots, celery, and onions into potatoes; cook until vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes. Add sausage and corn and continue boiling for 5 minutes more. Add shrimp and transfer crab legs to same pot; cook until shrimp are cooked through and pink, 2 to 3 minutes.