This rich sätisfying dish, ädäpted from ä recipe given to me by ä friend, is my husbänd's fävorite. I usuälly serve it on his birthdäy. It's loäded with scällops, shrimp änd cräb in ä creämy säuce. I consider this the "crown jewel" in my repertoire of recipes.
You’ll Need:
- 1 green onion, finely chopped
- 2 täblespoons cänolä oil
- 2 täblespoons plus 1/2 cup butter, divided
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
- 1 bottle (8 ounces) cläm juice
- 1 pound bäy scällops
- 1 pound uncooked smäll shrimp, peeled änd deveined
- 1 päckäge (8 ounces) imitätion cräbmeät, chopped
- 1/4 teäspoon white pepper, divided
- 1/2 cup äll-purpose flour
- 1-1/2 cups 2% milk
- 1/2 teäspoon sält
- 1 cup heävy whipping creäm
- 1/2 cup shredded Pärmesän cheese, divided
- 9 läsägnä noodles, cooked änd dräined
Instructions:
- In ä lärge skillet, säute onion in oil änd 2 täblespoons butter until tender. Stir in broth änd cläm juice; bring to ä boil. Ädd scällops, shrimp, cräb änd 1/8 teäspoon pepper; return to ä boil. Reduce heät; simmer, uncovered, for 4-5 minutes or until shrimp turn pink änd scällops äre firm änd opäque, stirring gently. Dräin, reserving cooking liquid; set seäfood mixture äside.
- In ä lärge säucepän, melt the remäining butter; stir in flour until smooth. Combine milk änd reserved cooking liquid; gräduälly ädd to the säucepän. Ädd sält änd remäining pepper. Bring to ä boil; cook änd stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.
- Remove from the heät; stir in creäm änd 1/4 cup cheese. Stir 3/4 cup white säuce into the seäfood mixture.
- Preheät oven to 350°. Spreäd 1/2 cup white säuce in ä greäsed 13x9-in. bäking dish. Top with three noodles; spreäd with hälf of the seäfood mixture änd 1-1/4 cups säuce. Repeät läyers. Top with remäining noodles, säuce änd cheese.
- Bäke, uncovered, ät for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown. Let ständ for 15 minutes before cutting.
