Amazing Crab Shells

My family calls this ‘those crab thingies’ (even the adults), but they request it every holiday, and make up holidays so they can get me to make it.

Original recipe makes 3 dozen

Ingredients

36 jumbo pasta shells
2 (8 ounce) packages Neufchatel cheese
1 pound imitation crabmeat
6 ounces cooked tiny shrimp
1 onion, minced
2 stalks celery, chopped
1/3 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon lemon juice

  • PREP

    2 hrs 40 mins

  • READY IN

    2 hrs 40 mins

Directions

  1. Bring a large pot of salted water to boil, and add pasta shells; boil until al dente. Drain well.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, crab, shrimp, onion, celery, mayonnaise, sugar, salt, pepper and lemon juice; mix well.
  3. Stuff cream cheese mixture into the jumbo pasta shells. Chill for at least 2 hours before serving.

Nutrition

Calories: 130 kcal
Carbohydrates: 15.8 g
Cholesterol: 22 mg
Fat: 4.9 g
Fiber: 0.7 g
Protein: 5.4 g
Sodium: 278 mg

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