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Stinky's Stew with Mema's Pressed Crab Po Boy

Recipe courtesy Chef Jim Richard, Stinky's Fish Camp, Santa Rosa Beach, Florida
Show: Emeril's Florida Episode: Florida's Beach & Waterfront Restaurants
TOTAL TIME: 1 hr 55 min
Prep: 50 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 1 hr 5 min
YIELD: 1 serving stew; 4 servings po boy
LEVEL: Intermediate

ingredients

CRAB STOCK:
  • 6 ounces onions
  • 4 ounces celery
  • 4 ounces leeks
  • 1 gallon shrimp shells
  • 4 roasted blue crab bodies
CRAB PO BOY:
  • 1 ounce unsalted butter
  • 3/4 cup chopped celery
  • 3/4 cup chopped onions
  • 1 ounce white wine
  • 1/4 teaspoon chicken base
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 ounce lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon mixed salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 to 3 dashes hot sauce, such as Tabasco
  • 1 pound crab claw meat, picked well
  • 2 tablespoons chopped green onions
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
  • 14 crushed butter crackers or wafer crackers, such as Captain's
  • Four 6- to 8-inch soft white rolls
STINKY'S STEW:
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 3 peeled and deveined (16-20 count) shrimp
  • 2 ounces Gulf fish pieces
  • 2 U-10 sea scallops
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1/4 cup roasted corn kernels
  • 1/4 cup Roma tomatoes, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
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Directions

For the stock: Lay the onions, celery and leeks in the bottom of a large pot.Lay the shrimp shells, crab bodies and fish bones over the vegetables.Add the sherry, peppercorns and bay leaves and cover and steam Pour in the chicken stock and simmer for 45 minutes. Strain and reserve.

For the po boy: Melt the butter, then add the celery and onions and cook for 5 minutes. Add 1 ounce water, the wine, chicken base and bring to simmer. Stir in the lemon juice, salt and black pepper and hot sauce. Add the crab meat and toss together (do not overcook). Fold in the onions, parsley and crackersook for one minute more. Spoon the crab mixture onto the rolls.

For the stew and assembly: Place crab po boy on a sandwich press. Reserve the rest to cook and eat separately. Meanwhile, melt butter in a small saucepot over medium heat. Sprinkle the shrimp with salt and black pepper and sear the shrimp, fish. Remove.Add the corn, tomatoes, garlic and red pepper flakes and cook for 3 minutes. Pour in the wine to deglaze, and then add 1 1/2 cups of the crab stock and bring to a simmer.Add for 4 minutes. a large stew bowl. Place crab cluster hanging on edge of bowl. Serve with a pressed po boy on side, a cocktail fork, soup spoon, shell bowl and wet nap on a doilied plate.

Notes

This recipe was provided by a chef, restaurant or culinary professional and may have been scaled down from a bulk recipe. The Food Network Kitchens chefs have not tested this recipe, in the proportions indicated, and therefore, we cannot make any representation as to the results.

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