Showing posts with label hot crabmeat dip. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hot crabmeat dip. Show all posts

It's Smelling a Lil' Fishy!

April 14, 2011








Think Tank Momma 

It's been a while since I've participated in Momma B's Share a Spoon. Since her theme is seafood this week she told me I had to I decided to share a couple of my recipes! (Totally kidding about the her being bossy part lol.) If you'd like to share a recipe you can click on the pic above. 
 
You might be surprised to know that even though I'm Cajun I don't eat much seafood, like almost none lol. I just don't like it. But this first recipe, I swear I think I could eat my weight in the stuff. It's good y'all.
 



{Good Lawd this stuff is GOOD!}

Hot Crabmeat Dip

1/2 stick butter
2 stalks celery, diced
2 cloves garlic, diced
8 oz cream cheese, cubed
8 oz processed cheese (Velveeta), cubed
1 tbsp milk
1 tsp cayenne pepper
1 bunch green onions, chopped
1 lb lump or jumbo lump crabmeat, picked over for shells
Shredded cheddar to sprinkle on top

In a medium saucepan, melt butter and add celery and garlic. Cook over medium heat for about 15 minutes. Add cream cheese and processed cheese - lower heat, and stir constantly until melted. Add milk and mix well. Add peppers and green onions, blending well. Fold in crabmeat. Pour into oven safe ramekin, sprinkle cheddar on top and bake at 350 until cheese on top is melted and bubbling. Serve warm with crackers or toast rounds.

The next recipe I found on Food Network (here) a couple of years ago and I knew hubby would love it. I've cooked it a couple of times and he loves it. I wont eat it, I'm not big on shrimp (unless it's fried), but everyone who's tried it really liked it!



Smokin' Dave's Cafe's Fiery Cajun Shrimp Alfredo


1 1/2 pounds large shrimp, peeled and deveined
6 tablespoons Essence, plus more for garnish, recipe follows
2 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
10 ounces andouille sausage, chopped
1/2 medium onion, minced
1 1/2 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes
5 cloves garlic, minced
3 shakes Worcestershire sauce
1 pound linguine
2 cups heavy cream
1 cup whole milk
1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon hot chili powder
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, sliced
1 1/2 cups grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
Chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley, for garnish

Place the shrimp and 3 tablespoons Essence in a large resealable plastic bag and shake. Place the bag in the refrigerator while you prepare the sauce.

Heat a deep 3-quart skillet over medium-high heat. Add 1 tablespoon olive oil and the andouille sausage. Saute sausage for 2 minutes, stirring often. Add onions and saute for 2 minutes. Add crushed red pepper flakes and garlic and cook 1 minute. Add Worcestershire sauce.

Meanwhile, cook the pasta in boiling salted water according to package instructions.

To the skillet, add cream, milk, remaining Essence, black pepper, chili powder, and salt. Stir to a consistent color. Add butter and stir until melted. Stir in cheese until melted. Lower heat to a simmer.

Heat the remaining olive oil in another large skillet over high heat and add the shrimp. Saute shrimp for 1 to 2 minutes per side or until they just start to turn pink. Add the shrimp and cooked, drained pasta to the first skillet. Stir to combine and blend flavors, about 1 minute.

Serve in a large pasta bowl. Sprinkle with parsley and Essence for garnish.

Hope y'all enjoy them! 



Share A Spoon - Appetizers - Hot Crabmeat Dip and Cocktail Meatballs

July 8, 2010


Think Tank Momma


This week Miss B let me have the honor of choosing what the theme of Share A Spoon would be. I'm an appetizer eatin' fool. If there are appetizers involved...chances are, I'll be there lol. 

Now I'll be the first person to tell you that I do NOT like seafood. (Yeah, I'm Cajun and I don't like seafood!!) Fried shrimp is about the only seafood I'll eat and honestly, the last few times I've had it I wasn't all that thrilled with it. 

Anyappetizers, I didn't like crab meat, at all. Even now, if it has a strong "odor" to it...I wont go near it. But this dip is so effin' good. Seriously...yummy!
 
 (image courtesy of Google images)

Hot Crabmeat Dip

1/2 stick butter
2 stalks celery, diced
2 cloves garlic, diced
8 oz cream cheese, cubed
8 oz processed cheese (Velveeta), cubed
1 tbsp milk
1 tsp cayenne pepper
1 bunch green onions, chopped
1 lb lump or jumbo lump crabmeat, picked over for shells 
Shredded cheddar to sprinkle on top

In a medium saucepan, melt butter and add celery and garlic. Cook over medium heat for about 15 minutes. Add cream cheese and processed cheese - lower heat, and stir constantly until melted. Add milk and mix well. Add peppers and green onions, blending well. Fold in crabmeat. Pour into oven safe ramekin, sprinkle cheddar on top and bake at 350 until cheese on top is melted and bubbling.  Serve warm with crackers or toast rounds.



I love cocktail meatballs! And I make really good meatballs...if I may say so myself!! This recipe is super easy too and you'll be surprised to know that the sauce is made out of two things...grape jelly and chili sauce (besides seasonings)! That's it.
 
Usually all I do is season the ground beef like I normally would for burgers. I don't add eggs or bread crumbs or anything like that. I Roll out the meatballs, and then I throw them in the oven to cook them, I'm too lazy to stand there and fry them (lol) and they usually end up falling apart on me when I fry them. Once they're done baking (at 350) I take them out of the oven and place them on a cookie sheet lined with paper towels to drain off any grease. While they're draining I put 12 oz of chili sauce for every 1 1/4 cup grape jelly into my crockpot. Honestly, I don't really even measure it anymore. Usually when I make them I use two 12 oz jars of chili sauce and about a half of a small jar of grape jelly. I put the crock pot on high until the jelly is dissolved, stirring frequently. Once the jelly is dissolved, put the cock pot on low and add the meatballs. I'm going to give you the recipe that I first used though.
 
Cocktail Meatballs
 
1 pound ground beef
1/2 cup dry bread crumbs
1/4 cup milk
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 tablespoon snipped fresh parsley
1/3 cup minced onion
1 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup shortening
1 (12 ounce) bottle chile sauce
1 1/4 cups grape jelly
Directions
In a large bowl, combine the ground beef, dry bread crumbs and milk. Blend in ground pepper, parsley, onion, salt, egg and Worcestershire sauce. Mix thoroughly.
Shape the beef mixture into 1 inch meatballs. In a large skillet, melt the shortening over medium heat and brown the meatballs.
Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, mix the chile sauce and grape jelly over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until jelly is melted.
Pour the sauce over the browning meatballs and simmer for 30 minutes, or until meatballs are thoroughly cooked.