A Kind of Bizarre Question...

[gnomi]

...for me, at least, but could anyone out there hook a frum chick up with some otherwise-kosher-friendly recipes for things to do with cooked crabmeat, cooked lobster, or cooked shrimp?

Thanks!

Comments

[betra.livejournal.com]

Ok coming from YOU this is an OMGWTFBBQ sort of question.

However, I would suggest checking with the Food Network online. Off the top of my head I think crabcakes, or crab stuffed mushrooms or something.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Heh. Yeah.

The secret is, I've got this (http://www.mykoshermarket.com/detail.aspx?ID=11027) and its lobster and crab friends in my freezer (with access to more). So I want to find what to do other than just making seafood salad with it.

[sanpaku.livejournal.com]

Did you get that at the Butcherie? I haven't had access to kosher fake crabmeat in ages... remembering from when I did, I believe there's a pretty excellent crab cake recipe on the back of a box of Old Bay seasoning. We talk nostalgically about it every summer...

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Yup. Butcherie has all three (crab, lobster, and shrimp) in their freezer case, and I try to keep some in my freezer.

Dumb Question But

[cbpotts.livejournal.com]

Would you be allowed to use cream or butter or dairy in your kosher non-kosher food? I have some recipes, but want to send you those you can use.

Re: Dumb Question But

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Dairy mixed with fish is fine.

Re: Dumb Question But

[estherchaya.livejournal.com]

Unless you're Sephardic or Lubavitch, but since you're not, I suppose that's a moot point.

Re: Dumb Question But

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Really? Not something I've ever heard of. Tell me more.

[cbpotts.livejournal.com]

Lobster Corn Chowder

INGREDIENTS:
2 tablespoons butter or part bacon drippings
5 or 6 green onions, with about 3 inches of green, thinly sliced
1 rib celery, diced
3 tablespoons diced sweet red bell pepper
2 tablespoons flour
1/4 teaspoon Creole seasoning
3 cups chicken broth
1 1/2 cups corn kernels
1 1/2 cups heavy cream, fresh or frozen and thawed
1 1/2 to 2 cups diced cooked lobster meat
1 medium tomato, seeded, diced, optional
salt and pepper, to taste
1 tablespoon dry sherry, optional

PREPARATION:
Heat butter in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat; add green onion, celery, and bell pepper. Sauté until celery is tender, stirring frequently. Add flour and stir until blended. Stir in Creole seasoning and chicken broth.

Stir in corn kernels. Cook, stirring, until thickened and bubbly. Stir in heavy cream, lobster, and tomato. Taste and add salt and pepper, to taste. Stir in sherry and heat through.

Serve with crackers or hot buttered biscuits.

Serves 4 to 6.

*I am not sure if you can mix chicken broth w/lobster, but I've made a similar soup with veggie stock, which AFAIK is kosher*

[cbpotts.livejournal.com]

Also: the bacon grease thing can be omitted: I use it, but obviously you don't have to.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Oh, yum. Thanks!

Lobster Newburg

[cbpotts.livejournal.com]

(You can actually make this with any kind of seafood or white fish. It DOES NOT work with salmon, tho)

INGREDIENTS:
2 cups cooked lobster meat, about 2 small lobsters
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1/4 teaspoon salt
dash of cayenne pepper
3 tablespoons dry sherry
3 egg yolks, lightly beaten
1 cup half-and-half
buttered toast or pastry shells

PREPARATION:
In a medium saucepan over low heat, heat lobster in the butter for 2 to 3 minutes. Add salt, cayenne pepper, and sherry. Mix beaten egg yolks with the half-and-half and add to lobster. Cook, stirring constantly, until lobster newburg is thickened and heated through, but do not bring to a boil.

Serve lobster newburg over buttered toast or pastry shells. Lobster Newburg recipe serves 4. (Unless you are at my house. Then it serves me)

Re: Lobster Newburg

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Ooh! I could make this with some scrod or something of that ilk, maybe for the upcoming holiday, if not with the fake lobster. Thanks!

Martha says....

[saraphina-marie.livejournal.com]

Lobster recipes!

Crab recipes!

Shrimp!

It's a Good Thing!

Re: Martha says....

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Heee! Thanks!

[fjm.livejournal.com]

Chop all of the above. Mix with finely chopped onion, a little matzo meal and a large spoonful of thai curry paste.

Fry as fish cakes.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Oh, that sounds both tasty and easy! Thanks!

[gilana]

I've only ever made this with the kosher stuff myself, and it was really yummy. Thanks for the reminder, this would be great for Shavuos!

Crab and Avocado Cocktail

1 c Crab Meat, cooked
2 Avocados, Peeled & Chopped
2 Jalapeno Chiles, seeded and finely chopped
1/4 c Tomato; Chopped, 1 small
1/4 c Lime Juice
2 T Olive Or Vegetable Oil
2 T Onion; Chopped
2 T Cilantro; Fresh, Snipped
1 Clove Garlic; Finely Chopped
3/4 t Salt
dash of pepper
1 1/2 c Lettuce, finely chopped
Lemon or Lime Wedges

Mix all ingredients except lettuce and lime wedges. Place 1/4 cup of lettuce on ead of 6 serving dishes. Divide the crabmeat mixture among the dishes. Garnish with lime wedges.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Oh, that sounds delicious.

I haven't even begun thinking about Shavuot meals.

[estherchaya.livejournal.com]

I make crab cakes (I use the recipe on the back of the box of Kellog's Corn Flake Crumbs, except that I don't actually follow the recipe...).

Warning, you can't always just replace crab with fake crab in cooked recipes... the texture is already very different, and when you cook it, it can become even more rubbery.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the warning. I'll keep that in mind.

We had your crab cakes, I think, when we were down by you for Shabbat in December. They were quite tasty.

[estherchaya.livejournal.com]

it might have been my gefilte fish fritters. Though I make both, so who knows. Maybe it was the crab cakes. (I'm inclined to believe it was the fritters, though, because I tend not to make the crab cakes for such a large crowd and I think we had bunches of people that night)

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think you're right that it was your fish fritters. They were delicious.

I barely remember what I had yesterday to eat. Brain all squishy.

[elul-3.livejournal.com]

SUSHI!