Seafood Loaded Baked Potato

Ingredients

• 2 huge russets, scrubbed, salted, oiled
• 1/2 lb shrimp, peeled
• 1/2 lb lump crab
• 1 stick butter
• 3 cloves garlic, grated
• 1 tbsp Cajun seasoning
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 8 oz sharp cheddar

Method

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1. 01Bake potatoes at 425F for 60-70 minutes directly on the rack. Skin should crackle.
2. 02Build a garlic-Cajun butter, then poach the shrimp in it gently — 2 minutes, no more.
3. 03Fold cream and cheddar into the butter off the heat for a sauce that won't break.
4. 04Split potatoes, fluff the insides, season the inside like it's a separate dish.
5. 05Load with seafood, blanket in sauce, broil 2 minutes for the browned top.

The grown-up move

Fold the crab in last, off heat. Cooking lump crab twice is how the trend went wrong.