Creole Stuffed Potatoes

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 medium baking potatoes
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 medium onion (chopped )
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 red bell pepper (chopped )
• 1/2 lb andouille sausages or 1/2 lb smoked sausage, diced
• 1 lb small shrimp, chopped
• 1/2 cup butter (melted )
• 8 ounces cream cheese (cubed )
• 8 ounces crabmeat
• salt & pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon cajun seasoning
• 1/2 cup green onion (chopped )
• 6 ounces cheddar cheese (grated)

Recipe

• 1 bake potatoes, and scoop out insides, reserving skins.
• 2 coarsely mash potatoes, and set aside.
• 3 melt 1/2 cup buttter, and saute onion, garlic and bell peppers until limp.
• 4 add andouille; cook 4 minutes.
• 5 add shrimp: cook lightly.
• 6 add 1/2 cup butter and cream cheese: cook until cream cheese melts.
• 7 remove from heat.
• 8 stir in crabmeat and mashed potatoes.
• 9 mix well, and add salt and pepper, if needed.
• 10 if consistency is too heavy, add more melted butter.
• 11 stuff mixture back into potato skins, and top with green onions and cheddar cheese -- bake until hot.