Creole Seafood Supreme

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1/2 cup butter, divided
• 1 1/2 lbs raw shrimp, peeled
• 6 green onions, sliced
• 1 red bell pepper, seeded and diced
• 3 celery ribs, thinly sliced
• 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
• 1 (6 ounce) jar sliced mushrooms, drained
• 1/2 teaspoon hot sauce
• 1 teaspoon garlic salt
• 1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 lb crabmeat
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 3 cups rice, cooked
• 2 1/2 cups grated cheddar cheese
• 1 cup crushed ritz cracker
• paprika

Recipe

• 1 melt cream cheese and 6 tablespoons butter in microwave; set aside.
• 2 saute shrimp, green onions, bell pepper, and celery in remaining 2 tablespoons butter, app. 5 minutes or until just soft.
• 3 in a large bowl, combine soup, mushrooms, hot sauce, garlic salt, worchestershire, and cayenne. add the cream cheese mixture and the sauteed shrimp mixture; stir to combine.
• 4 sprinkle crab meat with lemon juice; carefully stir into shrimp mixture. stir in cooked rice.
• 5 spoon into a greased, 3 quart rectangular casserole dish. top with cheese, then sprinkle with cracker crumbs and paprika.
• 6 bake at 350, for 30 minutes, or until bubbly.