SHRIMP-STUFFED MIRLITON
Mirliton -- also known as chayote -- is a light green, slightly pear-shaped squash that's a staple in Louisiana. This crab and shrimp-stuffed version is a dish often found in restaurants. Go to a specialty supermarket to hunt down the squash and celebrate your next holiday New Orleans style.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories main-dish
Time 2h15m
Yield 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Put the mirliton halves cut-side down in a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Add 1 cup of water, cover tightly with foil and bake until soft, cooked through and easily poked with a fork, about 1 hour 15 minutes. Set aside until cool enough to handle, about 20 minutes. (Leave the oven on.) Scoop out the pulp--making sure to leave a 1/4-inch border all around--then chop the pulp and reserve. Discard the water from the baking dish and return the scooped-out mirliton halves cut-side down.
- Meanwhile, melt 6 tablespoons of the butter with the Cajun seasoning in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the celery, garlic, bell pepper, onion and 1 teaspoon salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are soft and just begin to brown, 7 to 8 minutes. Add the sausage, hot sauce and tomatoes and cook, stirring, until the sausage is warmed through and the tomatoes start to release their juices, about 3 minutes. Add the crab, shrimp and reserved mirliton pulp and continue cooking until heated through, 2 to 3 minutes.
- Microwave the remaining 2 tablespoons butter in a small microwave-safe dish until melted, about 30 seconds. Add the breadcrumbs and parsley and stir until well combined.
- Turn each mirliton half over so the cut side is facing up. Stuff each with about 1/2 cup of the crab and shrimp mixture--it will seem like a lot, but that's OK. Sprinkle with the breadcrumb mixture and bake until the shrimp are cooked through and the breadcrumbs turn a deep golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Serve with additional hot sauce if desired.
SAUTéED CHAYOTE SQUASH
Steps:
- Gather the ingredients.
- Slice the squash in half lengthwise and scoop out the seeds. Place the squash on a cutting board, cut-side down, and slice it thinly. Repeat with the remaining chayote squash.
- Melt the butter in a large sauté pan or skillet over medium heat. Add the sliced shallots and cook for about 5 minutes, or until they are tender and beginning to brown. Add the garlic and continue to cook for 1 minute longer.
- Add the sliced chayote squash to the skillet and continue to cook, tossing often, for 3 to 5 minutes, or until crisp-tender. Season with salt and pepper.
- Serve the chayote squash with a garnish of fresh herbs and/or Parmesan cheese, if desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 86 kcal, Carbohydrate 10 g, Cholesterol 11 mg, Fiber 5 g, Protein 1 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, Sodium 77 mg, Sugar 4 g, Fat 5 g, ServingSize 4 servings, UnsaturatedFat 0 g
BAKED STUFFED MIRLITONS (CHAYOTE OR VEGETABLE PEARS)
Make and share this Baked Stuffed Mirlitons (Chayote or Vegetable Pears) recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Molly53
Categories Pork
Time 1h
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Soak the dry toast/stale bread in water; squeeze out and set to the side.
- Cut vegetables in half lengthwise; remove seed in center.
- Boil in water until tender.
- Scoop out and and mash or chop; reserve the shell for stuffing.
- Saute the onions, garlic until translucent; add the ground pork and cook to a light brown.
- Add 1 cup of water and cook slowly.
- Add the drained and mashed or cut up vegetable and the toast/bread to the sausage mixture.
- Mix well, season to taste with salt and pepper and fill reserved shells.
- Sprinkle with bread crumbs and dot with butter.
- Bake until crumbs brown, approximately 30 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 403.6, Fat 22.3, SaturatedFat 6.9, Cholesterol 84.9, Sodium 225.4, Carbohydrate 26.4, Fiber 3.4, Sugar 5, Protein 24.1
STUFFED MIRLITON
A mirliton is a chayote squash or a vegetable pear. It is also the name for instruments in which a voice resonates over a membrane, as in a kazoo. The Carolina Chocolate Drops are bringing the kazoo back in style with their unique take on traditional jug-band music. I am mounting a campaign to bring the squash back too.
Yield serves 6
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Heat the oven to 375° F.
- In a large pot, boil the mirlitons in lightly salted water until the flesh is tender, about 6 minutes. Remove from the pot and cool under running tap water. Halve them and, using a metal spoon, remove the seeds and discard. Gently scoop all of the flesh out of the shells. Set the flesh and shells aside.
- In a medium saucepan set over medium-low heat, melt 6 tablespoons of the butter. Add the onion, celery, bell pepper, green onions, ham, and garlic. Cook, stirring, for about 10 minutes or until the vegetables are wilted. Add a little of the chicken broth if the mixture becomes too dry. Add the mirliton flesh and cook for 20 minutes. Add the shrimp and parsley and cook for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle in 1 cup of the bread crumbs.
- Mound the stuffing mixture into the mirliton shells. Put the halves in a baking dish and top with the remaining 1/2 cup bread crumbs. Dot with the remaining 2 tablespoons butter and pour the remaining broth in the baking dish. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, until the crumbs are golden brown.
STUFFED MIRLITON
Mirlitons are plentiful in Louisiana around November, so this is a great side dish for Thanksgiving. This is a family recipe from a friend of mine from New Orleans. Shrimp can be substituted for the ham in this recipe.
Provided by Melissa Spangler
Categories Pork
Time 50m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Simmer mirlitons until tender.
- Cut each in half, remove seeds and carefully spoon out pulp.
- Set aside.
- Saute onion, garlic& margarine until tender.
- Add french bread that has been soaked in water and squeezed until almost dry, then chopped.
- Cook a few minutes, then add thyme& parsley, continue to cook another 5 minutes.
- Add mirliton that has been chopped& mashed.
- Add salt& pepper.
- Cook 12-15 minutes, then add ham.
- Cook 8-10 minutes.
- Put in greased casserole dish& top with bread crumbs.
- Bake at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes.
- 1/4 lb.
- shrimp or 3-4 slices of bacon can be substituted for the ham.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 234.2, Fat 10, SaturatedFat 2, Cholesterol 9.8, Sodium 803.1, Carbohydrate 27.9, Fiber 3.8, Sugar 3.7, Protein 9.1
SHRIMP STUFFED MIRLITONS (CHAYOTE OR VEGETABLE PEARS)
Make and share this Shrimp Stuffed Mirlitons (Chayote or Vegetable Pears) recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Molly53
Categories Cheese
Time 1h
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Parboil mirlitons/chayote/vegetable pears until almost tender.
- Cut in half and scoop out the meat; mash and set aside, reserving shells.
- Saute onion and garlic in shortening until translucent; add celery and cook until tender.
- Add mashed mirlitons, shrimp, 1/2 of the cheese, and salt and pepper to the sauteed vegetables.
- Fill the reserved shells, cover with remaining cheese and bread crumbs.
- Bake until crumbs have browned, approximately 30 minutes.
STUFFED CHAYOTE AKA MIRLITON, CHOKO OR VEGETABLE PEAR
This vegetable originates from Mexico and is now known all across the globe. From the Western chapter of the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, 1947.
Provided by Molly53
Categories Vegetable
Time 1h50m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Wash chayotes, cut and half and scoop out, using a spoon or potato ball cutter; reserve pulp.
- Mix next five ingredients together and fill cavities loosely.
- Saute pulp in olive oil until golden and add tomatoes.
- Place stuffed chayotes ina greased pan, pour sauteed mixture over them and enough hot water to cover.
- Simmer, covered, for 90 minutes or bake in a slow oven (325F).
- Serve hot with sauce.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 302.1, Fat 19.4, SaturatedFat 8.3, Cholesterol 63.9, Sodium 85.3, Carbohydrate 17.1, Fiber 3.8, Sugar 5.6, Protein 15.6
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