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Seafood Dresing

Rich, buttery, and loaded with shrimp and crab, this easy Seafood Dressing also works as a stuffing in your favorite fish.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time35 minutes
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: bbq shrimp, cold crab dip, easy seafood recipe, seafood dressing, seafood stuffing
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 751kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 cup rice cooked
  • 1 cup stuffing mix
  • 8 ounces salad shrimp or other small shrimp
  • 4 ounces crab or imitation crab
  • 2 ounces cream cheese softened
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup diced onion
  • 1/2 cup diced celery
  • 1/2 cup diced red bell pepper
  • 2 cloves garlic finely minced
  • 1/4 cup seafood broth or chicken broth
  • 1 tablespoon fresh dill chopped
  • 2 tablespoons parsley chopped
  • 2 teaspoons Old Bay seasoning
  • salt and pepper to taste

For the topping:

  • 1/4 cup butter melted
  • 1/2 cup Panko bread crumbs
  • 2 tabelspoons grated Parmesan cheese

Instructions

  • Sautee the veggies in the butter until just tender. Add the garlic and cook for an additional minute or until the garlic is aromatic.
  • Add the cream cheese to the hot veggies and mix until the cream cheese has melted into them.
  • Mix the cooked rice, stuffing mix, shrimp, crab (or imitation crab), herbs, and Old Bay in a bowl with the vegetable mixture. Stir well to combine.
  • Add the chicken or seafood broth. The mixture should be damp and will form a clump if you press it together, but not wet. It'll moisten up more as it cooks.

To make the buttery crunchy topping:

  • Combine the melted butter, Panko bread crumbs and Parmesan in a small bowl. Mix well.

To assemble:

  • Put the seafood dressing mixture into a casserole dish and sprinkle the buttery Panko topping over the top.
  • Bake at 350-F covered, for about 15-20 minutes (depending on the depth of your casserole dish) and then take the cover off for the last 5 minutes of cooking.

Notes

Chef Jenn's Tips

  • If you're using this as shrimp stuffing, make sure you finely dice all your vegetables. You don't want big chunks sticking out of whatever you're stuffing it into.
  • If your dressing is too wet (if it squishes when you squeeze a ball together) add a bit more of the dried stuffing mix to absorb the liquid.
  • Old Bay already has salt in it - cook a bit of the seafood dressing in the microwave to test it for salt and pepper, adding as necessary.

Nutrition

Serving: 0.5cup | Calories: 751kcal | Carbohydrates: 93g | Protein: 22g | Fat: 32g | Saturated Fat: 18g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 152mg | Sodium: 1542mg | Potassium: 458mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 1852IU | Vitamin C: 29mg | Calcium: 171mg | Iron: 4mg