Best 7 Spiced Crabs And Shrimp With Potatoes Recipes

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Indulge in a tantalizing seafood feast with our Spiced Crabs and Shrimp with Potatoes recipe. This delectable dish combines the succulent flavors of crab and shrimp, perfectly complemented by tender potatoes. Dive into a symphony of spices as the aromatic blend of paprika, cayenne, and garlic dances on your palate. Discover a treasure trove of additional seafood recipes within the article, including a zesty Shrimp Scampi with Angel Hair Pasta, a creamy Seafood Alfredo Pasta, and a hearty Seafood Paella. Embark on a culinary adventure and elevate your seafood cooking skills with our comprehensive guide.

**Additional Recipes Mentioned in the Article:**

1. **Shrimp Scampi with Angel Hair Pasta:** Dive into a classic Italian dish where tender shrimp are sautéed in a luscious combination of butter, garlic, white wine, and lemon juice. Served over a bed of perfectly cooked angel hair pasta, this recipe offers a delightful balance of flavors and textures.

2. **Seafood Alfredo Pasta:** Experience the ultimate comfort food with this rich and creamy pasta dish. A medley of succulent seafood, including shrimp, scallops, and crab, is tossed in a velvety Alfredo sauce made with heavy cream, Parmesan cheese, and a hint of garlic. Served over your favorite pasta, this recipe is sure to satisfy your cravings.

3. **Seafood Paella:** Embark on a culinary journey to Spain with this vibrant and flavorful paella. A symphony of seafood treasures, such as shrimp, mussels, clams, and calamari, are united in a saffron-infused broth and adorned with colorful vegetables. Cooked in a traditional paella pan, this dish is a feast for both the eyes and the taste buds.

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CAJUN SHRIMP BAKE RECIPE BY TASTY



Cajun Shrimp Bake Recipe by Tasty image

Here's what you need: andouille sausages, shrimp, red potatoes, corn, oil, butter, garlic, garlic powder, paprika, dried oregano, onion powder, dried thyme, red pepper flakes, cayenne pepper, salt, pepper, fresh parsley, lemon wedge

Provided by Hitomi Aihara

Categories     Dinner

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 18

4 andouille sausages, chopped
1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined
4 red potatoes, quartered
2 pieces corn, quartered
2 tablespoons oil, divided
1 tablespoon butter, cubed
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons garlic powder
2 ½ teaspoons paprika
1 ¼ teaspoons dried oregano
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 ¼ teaspoons dried thyme
½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon pepper
fresh parsley, chopped
lemon wedge, to garnish

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C).
  • In a small bowl, combine the Cajun spice mix ingredients and stir to combine.
  • In a baking dish, combine potatoes, corn, 2 garlic cloves, 1 tablespoon of oil, and ½ tablespoon of the cajun spice mix.
  • Mix until the vegetables are coated evenly with the spice mix. Place butter on top.
  • Bake for 25 minutes.
  • In a medium bowl, combine the sausage, shrimp, garlic, oil, and ½ tablespoon of the spice mix. Save the remaining spice mix for future recipes.
  • Mix well.
  • Add the sausage and shrimp into the same baking dish as the corn and potatoes.
  • Bake for another 15 minutes.
  • Top with fresh parsley. Serve with lemon wedges and beer!
  • Enjoy!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 753 calories, Carbohydrate 49 grams, Fat 43 grams, Fiber 5 grams, Protein 43 grams, Sugar 4 grams

CRAB AND SHRIMP BOIL WITH NEW POTATOES



Crab and Shrimp Boil with New Potatoes image

Provided by Nancy Fuller

Categories     main-dish

Time 1h5m

Yield 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 12

8 quarts water
1/4 cup Old Bay seasoning
1/4 cup kosher salt
1 head garlic, halved through the equator
1 tablespoon chile flakes
1 bunch parsley, tied
1 1/2 pounds new potatoes, cleaned
8 to 10 large blue crabs, cleaned
2 pounds (about 2 dozen) jumbo shrimp, heads removed, shell-on
Melted butter, to serve
Toasted bread, to serve
Lemon wedges, to serve

Steps:

  • Bring the water to a boil in a very large stockpot. Add the Old Bay, salt, garlic, chile flakes and parsley and boil for 10 minutes to infuse. Add the potatoes and cook another 10 minutes. Add the crabs; cook 10 minutes more, or until the crabs are cooked through. Carefully remove the crabs with tongs; then add the shrimp and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, or until just opaque. Drain immediately. Serve the crab, shrimp and potatoes with melted butter, toasted bread and lemon wedges.

SPICY BOILED CRABS, SHRIMP, POTATOES, CORN, AND GARLIC



Spicy Boiled Crabs, Shrimp, Potatoes, Corn, and Garlic image

Categories     Garlic     Potato     Crab     Shrimp     Corn     Summer     Boil     Gourmet

Yield Serves 6

Number Of Ingredients 12

24 live blue crabs
two 3-ounce packets Zatarain's crab boil or 5 tablespoons Old Bay seasoning
1 tablespoon cayenne
1/2 cup table salt
3 lemons, quartered
2 onions, halved
1 1/2 pounds small potatoes (about 2 inches in diameter)
2 heads of garlic (not separated into cloves)
6 ears of corn, shucked
2 tablespoons Old Bay Seasoning*, or to taste, for sprinkling over boiled seafood
2 pounds large shrimp (about 30, preferably with heads)
Accompaniments:Horseradish Cocktail Sauce and French bread

Steps:

  • In a 7- to 8-gallon kettle bring 5 gallons water to a boil.
  • While water is coming to a boil, in a deep sink rinse crabs in 2 or 3 changes of water. (Do not fill sink too full or crabs may crawl out.)
  • Add Zatarain's crab boil or 5 tablespoons Old Bay seasoning, cayenne, salt, lemons, and onions to boiling water and boil 5 minutes. Add potatoes and garlic and boil until tender, about 15 minutes. Transfer potatoes and garlic with a large sieve to a large platter and keep warm, covered with foil. Add corn to boiling water and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Transfer corn with tongs to platter and keep warm, covered with foil.
  • Return water to a boil. Transfer about 6 crabs carefully with long tongs to sieve, holding them down in sieve with tongs, and turn crabs out into boiling water. Add remaining crabs in same manner. Return water to a boil and cook crabs until just cooked through, about 10 minutes. (To determine doneness, remove a claw and crack it with the handle of a dinner knife. Use Knife to extract meat from claw.) Transfer crabs with sieve to another large platter and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon Old Bay seasoning.
  • Return water to boil and cook shrimp until just cooked through, about 2 minutes. Transfer shrimp with sieve to large platter with crabs and sprinkle with remaining tablespoon Old Bay seasoning.
  • Serve crabs, shrimp, and vegetables with horseradish cocktail sauce and French bread.

SPICY CRAB AND SHRIMP SOUP



Spicy Crab and Shrimp Soup image

A robust seafood soup from the Robert Morris Inn. Accompany this soup with crusty bread for a satisfying meal.

Provided by mjmurr

Categories     Crab

Time 40m

Yield 8 cups, 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 18

6 tablespoons butter sticks (3/4)
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup celery
4 (8 ounce) bottles clam juice
14 ounces diced tomatoes with juice
1 1/2 cups tomato juice
2 tablespoons dry sherry
1/4 cup pearl barley
1 bay leaf
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
1 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon hot sauce (Tabasco )
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 lb uncooked medium shrimp, peeled deveined
1/2 lb crabmeat (picked over )

Steps:

  • Melt butter in heavy saucepan over meduium-high heat.
  • add onion and celery ,.
  • saute' until tender ,about 6 minutes.
  • Add clam juice , tomatoes with their jucies and sherry.
  • Bring to a boil.
  • Add next 8 ingredients.
  • Simmer until barley is tender ,stirring often about 25 minutes.
  • Add seafood to soup, simmer until shrimp are cooked through, about 3 minutes.
  • season with salt and pepper.
  • .

Nutrition Facts : Calories 408.9, Fat 3.2, SaturatedFat 0.5, Cholesterol 196.6, Sodium 2025.6, Carbohydrate 50.5, Fiber 5.3, Sugar 16.5, Protein 37.9

KING CRAB AND SHRIMP BOIL



King Crab and Shrimp Boil image

My own adaptation of frogmore stew. An easy southern comfort dish...just throw it all in the pot! Serve in large bowls as a stew. Peel shrimp and crab as you eat.

Provided by kenzie02m

Categories     Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes     Stews     Seafood

Time 55m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 10

6 quarts water, and more as needed
¼ cup seafood seasoning (such as Old Bay®), or to taste
1 pound small red potatoes
2 pounds king crab legs
2 cups chopped carrots
1 ½ cups chopped celery
12 pearl onions
1 pound spicy sausage links, cut into rounds
4 ears corn, husked
2 pounds unpeeled shrimp

Steps:

  • Bring 6 quarts water to a boil in a large stewing pot; add seafood seasoning. Cook potatoes in the seasoned water for 15 minutes.
  • Bring a separate pot of water to a boil; add seafood seasoning to taste. Cook crab legs until meat is tender, about 10 minutes.
  • Mix carrots, celery, and onions into potatoes; cook until vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes. Add sausage and corn and continue boiling for 5 minutes more. Add shrimp and transfer crab legs to same pot; cook until shrimp are cooked through and pink, 2 to 3 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 982.7 calories, Carbohydrate 47.6 g, Cholesterol 578.3 mg, Fat 47.3 g, Fiber 6.8 g, Protein 90.6 g, SaturatedFat 13.8 g, Sodium 3649.5 mg, Sugar 8.3 g

SHRIMP WITH INDIAN-SPICED POTATOES



Shrimp with Indian-Spiced Potatoes image

Provided by Maggie Ruggiero

Categories     Garlic     Potato     Sauté     Quick & Easy     Lunch     Shrimp     Curry     Pea     Fall     Winter     Gourmet     Pescatarian     Dairy Free     Wheat/Gluten-Free     Peanut Free     Tree Nut Free     Soy Free     No Sugar Added

Yield Makes 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 pound peeled and deveined medium shrimp (not cooked)
5 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided
4 teaspoons minced peeled ginger, divided
3 garlic cloves, forced through a garlic press, divided
1 tablespoon curry powder
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
Rounded 1/4 teaspoon cayenne
8 scallions, chopped
2 (1-pound) packages frozen plain hash browns (not thawed)
1 cup frozen peas (not thawed)
Garnish: chopped cilantro; lime wedges

Steps:

  • Toss shrimp with 1/4 teaspoon salt. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large heavy nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until hot, then cook half of ginger and half of garlic, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add shrimp and cook, stirring, until just cooked through, about 2 minutes. Transfer to a dish and cover.
  • Wipe skillet clean and heat remaining 1/4 cup oil over medium-high heat until hot, then cook remaining ginger and garlic, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add spices and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add scallions and 1 1/4 teaspoons salt and cook, stirring, until softened. Stir in hash browns and peas and cook, stirring occasionally, until heated through and potatoes are golden and crisp in patches, about 10 minutes. Stir into shrimp.

CAJUN SHRIMP WITH POTATOES



Cajun Shrimp with Potatoes image

"This is a quick-and-easy version of a seafood-stuffed baked potato," explains Angelique Schultz from her home in Denham Springs, Louisiana. "Not only does this recipe reduce prep time, it cuts down on cleanup, too. I buy cooked crumbled bacon to speed it along even more."

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Dinner

Time 30m

Yield 4 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 10

1/2 cup chopped onion
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/4 cup chopped green onions
1/4 cup chopped celery
6 medium potatoes, peeled and diced
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons Cajun seasoning
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 pound uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
1/4 cup crumbled cooked bacon

Steps:

  • In a 2-1/2-qt. microwave-safe dish, combine onion and oil. Cover and microwave on high for 1-3 minutes. Stir in green onions and celery; cover and cook 1-2 minutes longer. Add the potatoes, salt, Cajun seasoning and pepper. , Cover and cook for 7-9 minutes or until potatoes are nearly tender. Stir in shrimp and bacon. Cover and cook on high for 3-1/2 minutes or until shrimp is pink and potatoes are tender.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 367 calories, Fat 9g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 173mg cholesterol, Sodium 1353mg sodium, Carbohydrate 46g carbohydrate (5g sugars, Fiber 4g fiber), Protein 25g protein.

Tips:

  • Choose the freshest seafood possible. The fresher the seafood, the better the dish will taste.
  • Use a variety of spices. The spices in this recipe are just a suggestion; feel free to use your own favorites.
  • Don't overcook the seafood. Seafood cooks quickly, so it's important to keep an eye on it and remove it from the heat as soon as it's cooked through.
  • Serve the dish with your favorite sides. This dish can be served with a variety of sides, such as rice, potatoes, or vegetables.

Conclusion:

This spiced crabs and shrimp with potatoes is a delicious and easy-to-make dish that is perfect for any occasion. The combination of spices and seafood creates a flavorful and aromatic dish that is sure to please everyone at the table. So next time you're looking for a seafood dish that is both delicious and easy to make, give this recipe a try.

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