Bayou Shrimp Casserole Recipes

LOUISIANA SHRIMP CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Heat large skillet over medium heat; add onion, green pepper and celery in butter. Cook and stir until tender, 2-3 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Add soup and shrimp; cook until shrimp turn pink, 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in the rice, crab, bread cubes, cream, onion tops and seasonings. , Spoon into a greased 2-qt. baking dish. Combine topping ingredients; sprinkle over casserole. Bake uncovered until heated through, 25-30 minutes.

BAYOU SEAFOOD CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, add 6 tablespoons butter and cream cheese.
• Heat on low until the butter is melted and cream cheese is softened, stirring frequently to combine mixture; set aside.
• In a big pot, melt 2 tablespoons butter.
• Add the onion, celery, and bell pepper; cook, stirring frequently, for 5 minutes.
• Add the shrimp and cook/stir for 4-5 minutes or until shrimp are pink.
• Add in cream cheese mixture, crawfish, imitation crabmeat, mushroom soup, mushrooms, garlic, thyme, oregano, basil, and hot sauce; stir to combine.
• Add in the rice; stir to combine.
• Pour mixture into a 13 x 9 inch baking dish.
• Sprinkle with cheese and bread crumbs.
• Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees, for 30 minutes or until heated thoroughly.

SHRIMP AND MIRLITON CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add the mirlitons and cook until tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Remove from the heat, drain, and set aside to cool completely.
• Meanwhile, combine the shrimp with 2 tablespoons olive oil and 1 tablespoon Bayou Blast in a mixing bowl and toss to coat evenly. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
• When the mirlitons are cool, cut them in half lengthwise, remove the seeds, peel, and coarsely chop. Set aside.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large heavy pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the onions, bell peppers, and jalapeno. Add the remaining 1/2 tablespoon Bayou Blast and the thyme. Cook, stirring, until the vegetables are soft and lightly golden, 4 to 6 minutes.
• Add the garlic and cook, stirring, for about 2 minutes. Add the mirlitons and cook, mashing them with a potato masher, until very tender and most of the liquid has evaporated, about 30 minutes. Add the shrimp, salt, black pepper, green onions, and parsley. Cook, stirring, until the shrimp turn pink, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from the heat.
• Add the eggs, 1 cup of the bread crumbs, and the pepper sauce. Mix well. Spoon the mixture into a 9 by 13-inch casserole dish. Sprinkle the cheese evenly over the top, then sprinkle with the remaining 1 tablespoon of bread crumbs. Bake until the topping is lightly browned and bubbly, about 30 minutes. Serve warm.
• Combine all ingredients thoroughly.
• Recipe from "New New Orleans Cooking", by Emeril Lagasse and Jessie Tirsch, published by William Morrow, 1993.

BAYOU SHRIMP WITH LEMON-ROSEMARY AIOLI

Steps:

• In small bowl, mix aioli ingredients until well blended.
• Heat 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add 2 teaspoons oil; tilt skillet to lightly coat bottom. Add shrimp; sprinkle evenly with seafood seasoning. Cook 3 to 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until shrimp are pink.
• To serve, place shrimp and any cooking juices on serving platter. Arrange sprigs of rosemary and lemon wedges on platter. Serve with aioli and if desired, toothpicks.

BAYOU SHRIMP

Steps:

• Melt butter in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat. Mix in water, lemon juice, pepper, rosemary, paprika and Worcestershire sauce. Simmer sauce until reduced to 1/2 cup, about 3 minutes. Season with salt. Add shrimp to sauce. Cover pan; cook until shrimp turn pink and are just cooked through, about 4 minutes.
• Transfer shrimp and sauce to shallow bowls, dividing equally, and serve.

BLEND OF THE BAYOU

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a small saucepan, cook and stir cream cheese and 2 tablespoons butter over low heat until melted and smooth. , In a large cast-iron or other ovenproof skillet, saute onion, celery and green pepper in remaining butter until tender. Stir in shrimp, crab, soup, rice, mushrooms, garlic salt, pepper sauce, cayenne and cream cheese mixture., Combine cheddar cheese and cracker crumbs; sprinkle over top. Bake, uncovered, until bubbly, 25-30 minutes.

LOUISIANA SHRIMP CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven broiler. Grease an 8x8 inch baking dish.
• Place rice and water in a pot. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 10 minutes. Transfer to the prepared baking dish.
• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Place shrimp in the skillet and cook 3 minutes, or until opaque; set aside. Melt butter in the skillet. Stir in the mushrooms and cook 2 minutes. Mix in soup and sour cream. Cook until heated through, but do not boil. Return shrimp to skillet and cook until heated through. Scoop skillet mixture over rice in baking dish and top with cheese.
• Broil 5 minutes in the preheated oven, or until bubbly.

BAYOU SHRIMP CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Saute onion and garlic in butter.
• Heat cheese and soup in saucepan. BE CAREFUL WITH CHEESE, AS IT WILL BURN EASILY.
• When melted, add onions and garlic and mix well.
• Add shrimp, rice, & brocolli (be sure to drain well).
• Mix well.
• Sprinkle with bread crumbs. Brown, if desired.
• Mushrooms can be added to top of soup/cheese, if desired.
• VARIATION:.
• Use boiled chicken instead of shrimp and cream of chicken soup instead of cream of shrimp.