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Seafood Bake

What's more delicious than shrimp, scallops and crab in a creamy sauce baked in the oven with buttery breadcrumbs?
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Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Course Main Course
Servings 6 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 3/4 cup basmati, or other long grained rice
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 2 celery ribs, chopped
  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • 1 carrot, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 1/2 tsp dill weed
  • 2 tbsp fresh parsley
  • 8 ounces medium raw shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • 8 ounces bay scallops
  • 8 ounces crabmeat (fresh, canned, or imitation)
  • 3 tbsp butter
  • 3 tbsp flour
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 6 ounces cream cheese, cubed
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 1/2 tsp dill weed
  • 1/4 tsp dried thyme
  • 5 slices bread, ripped into croutons
  • 3 tbsp butter melted

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease an 11"x7" baking dish and set aside.
  • In a small saucepan, cook rice in 1 1/2 cups of water until boiling. Stir, cover and turn heat to low. Steam for 15 minutes.
  • In a large skillet on medium high heat, melt butter. Add onion, celery and carrot and cook until tender. Add garlic, salt an pepper and cook for 1 minute longer.
  • Add cooked rice, dill and parsley to skillet. Stir to combine. Transfer rice to prepared baking dish and press down to evenly distribute.
  • To a medium saucepan, add water to fill halfway. Bring water to a boil and add shrimp and scallops. Reduce heat to medium and cook for 5 minutes or until scallops are firm and shrimp are pink.
  • Drain water from seafood, reserving 1/2 cup. Transfer shrimp and scallop to a large bowl. Add crab and gently combine. Set aside
  • In a small saucepan, melt butter over medium. Whisk in flour until golden. Stir in the milk and reserved seafood water.
  • Turn heat to low and add cream cheese, salt, pepper, dill and thyme. Stir until cheese is melted and combined.
  • Pour cheese mixture over seafood and combine, Pour this mixture over rice in baking dish.
  • Toss bread crumbs in melted butter and sprinkle evenly over casserole. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.

Notes

  • Those large breadcrumbs in the photo are actually leftover mini croissants that I used instead of sliced bread. They were delicious. The better the bread, the better the breadcrumb.