Crab-Stuffed Shrimp

Preparation info
  • 4 to 6

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
New York Times Menu Cookbook

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1966

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Ingredients

  • pounds jumbo shrimp, shelled and deveined
  • 1 teaspoons sugar
  • 4

Method

  1. Drop shrimp into boiling water containing sugar, peppercorns, parsley and two teaspoons of the salt. Cook for three to five minutes, until shrimp turn pink. Drain. Cool.

  2. Split each shrimp down the back, removing a thin wedge of meat to allow room for stuffing. Chop removed shrimp.

  3. Drain and flake crabmeat. Combine with chopped shrimp