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baked stuffed frozen shrimp

Baked Stuffed Frozen Shrimp With Canned Mushrooms

This baked stuffed shrimp recipe uses frozen shrimp and canned mushrooms instead of scallops for a pantry stable spin on a classic dish.
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Course Dinner, Entree
Cuisine American, Seafood
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound frozen shrimp, thawed
  • 1 4 oz can of mushrooms
  • 1 roll vegetable flavored Ritz crackers (original works too!)
  • 1/4 cup chopped parsley
  • 1 medium onion, minced
  • 1 clove garlic, pressed or minced
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup melted butter
  • 2 tbsp powdered parmesan
  • 1 tbsp olive oil

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • After shrimp are safely thawed, peel and devein the shrimp, leaving the tail intact. To butterfly them, make a slit along the back side. Since these shrimp were previously frozen, I found that they stood up better when I slit completely through them and spread the two sides out on the baking dish. (they will be completely floppy and lifeless...the stuffing will keep them up)
  • Place shrimp on a greased foil lined baking sheet.
  • Chop onions and canned mushrooms until minced (very finely chopped)
  • Add 1 tbsp olive oil to a warm skillet and add onions and mushrooms . Cook until translucent, about 8 minutes. Add garlic at the end and stir for about 60 seconds.
  • While onions/mushrooms are cooking, crush the Ritz crackers with your hands over a separate bowl until a fine powder forms.
  • Add the onions/mushrooms and garlic to the bowl. Toss in parmesan, lemon juice, parsley and melted butter. Mix to combine.
  • Form the mixture into little balls and place on top of butterflied shrimp, so the tail of the shrimp is resting on top of the ball.
  • Cook in oven for 12 minutes, sprinkle with parsley and enjoy!

Notes

Tips: 
  • To make this a mostly pantry stable and frozen food recipe, I used a squeeze bottle of organic lemon juice instead of a real lemon, canned mushrooms, frozen shrimp, sleeve of Ritz crackers and powdered parmesan.  If you have access to the real stuff, use it! 
  • As I mentioned in the recipe, the thawed frozen shrimp are going to be extremely floppy and lifeless after you butterfly them.  Don't give up!  Once you place the ball of stuffing in them and cook them, they will hold their shape well
  • If you are using frozen or fresh scallops instead of mushrooms, insert them at the same step when you mix the mushrooms with the onions.  Everything else is the same.
 
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