Easy Crab and Parmesan Stuffed Salmon
Easy Crab and Parmesan Stuffed Salmon is the best, baked seafood recipe tutorial for how to cook stuffed salmon using crab meat. Serve this crab topped fish alongside your favorite side dishes. Feel free to add in shrimp if you wish! You can even serve it blackened.
Servings 4
Calories 301kcal
Ingredients
- 4 salmon fillets Mine were skin on and weighed 4-5oz each.
- 4 oz lump crab meat
- 2 oz cream cheese softened
- ½ cup plain Greek yogurt or sour cream
- ½ teaspoon worcestershire sauce
- ⅓ cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon seafood seasoning
- 1 teaspoon ground rosemary
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 tablespoon fresh, chopped parsley Optional for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Combine the cream cheese, Greek yogurt, crab meat, garlic, Worcestershire, and Parmesan cheese in a mixing bowl. Stir.
- Spread olive oil onto both sides of the salmon. Make cuts/slices into each of the pieces of salmon without cutting through the entire piece.
- Season the salmon with the seafood seasoning, rosemary, salt, and pepper to taste
- Stuff the crab mixture into each of the slits.
- Sprinkle paprika over the crab mix.
- Line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
- Bake for 6-8 minutes.
- Optional: Broil the salmon for 1-3 minutes to crisp the edges of the salmon and the brown the crab mixture on top.
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Notes
- You can make your own seafood seasoning using ¼ teaspoon of: onion powder, garlic powder, crushed bay leaves, dried parsley, and dried chives. You can also simply use your preferred seasoning.
- While the fish should be an opaque white, beige, or brown on the outside depending on the cooking method, it should still be a slightly translucent pink in the center. If the center of the salmon is opaque, it’s likely overcooked.
- Salmon cooks in minutes. If you start to see white gunk (protein) come from the salmon it is overcooked. Overcooked salmon will taste dry.
Nutrition
Serving: 1stuffed fillet | Calories: 301kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 31g | Fat: 14g