Maggiano’s Little Italy Crab and Shrimp Imperial Recipe
Maggiano’s Little Italy Crab and Shrimp Imperial is a rich, savory dish featuring tender shrimp and crabmeat baked in a creamy, seasoned sauce with a crispy breadcrumb topping, offering a luxurious blend of seafood flavors.
Make this Straight-From-the-Restaurant Maggiano’s Little Italy Crab and Shrimp Imperial Recipe at home and your Crab and Shrimp Imperial will taste just like Maggiano’s Little Italy.
Photo by Amy the Nurse
Maggiano’s Little Italy Crab and Shrimp Imperial
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Maggiano’s Little Italy
Maggiano’s Little Italy, established in 1991, has become a prominent name in the American restaurant scene with its commitment to providing an authentic and hearty Italian-American dining experience. The restaurant’s roots trace back to Chicago, where it was founded with the vision of offering classic, homemade Italian dishes in a warm and inviting atmosphere.
Maggiano’s menu reflects the richness of Italian-American cuisine, featuring a variety of pasta dishes, seafood, steaks, and classic desserts. The portions are notably generous, and the emphasis on family-style dining encourages a communal and convivial atmosphere reminiscent of Sunday dinners in an Italian household.
Among the favorite and popular dishes at Maggiano’s is the Famous Rigatoni ‘D’, a signature pasta dish known for its indulgent combination of rigatoni, vodka cream sauce, grilled chicken, and mushrooms. Other notable menu items include Chicken Parmesan, Lasagna, and Shrimp Scampi. The restaurant’s commitment to quality ingredients and traditional cooking techniques ensures that each dish is a flavorful and satisfying homage to Italian-American comfort food.
With locations across the United States, Maggiano’s has extended its reach while maintaining its dedication to providing an elevated dining experience. The restaurant’s interior design, reminiscent of a classic Italian-American supper club, adds to the ambiance, creating a sense of nostalgia for old-world charm.
Maggiano’s Little Italy has become a go-to destination for celebrations, family gatherings, and intimate dinners alike. The combination of warm hospitality, extensive menus, and a commitment to culinary excellence has solidified Maggiano’s reputation as a beloved restaurant, where guests can savor the flavors of Italy while enjoying the comforts of a home-cooked meal in a welcoming, familial setting.
Italian Seafood Dishes
Italian Seafood Dishes are a love letter to the sea, an underappreciated yet glorious facet of Italian cuisine. While Italian food often brings to mind hearty pastas, creamy risottos, or rustic pizzas, its seafood offerings are quietly exceptional, especially along the coastal regions where fresh catches define the day’s menu. From the briny flavors of frutti di mare pasta to the delicate layers of seafood lasagna, Italian seafood is about coaxing the natural sweetness and freshness of each ingredient.
Take zuppa di pesce, a rich, tomato-based seafood soup brimming with clams, mussels, shrimp, and calamari—each spoonful is a taste of the ocean, earthy and comforting yet light. Or baccalà alla Vicentina, where salt-cured cod is simmered in a sauce that melts into the fish, softening its brine into something entirely different, something both robust and refined. And then there’s risotto al nero di seppia, blackened with squid ink, a dramatic and deeply flavorful dish that’s both mysterious and elegant.
Italian seafood shines because it’s crafted with simplicity; the dishes highlight the seafood itself, enhanced by olive oil, lemon, fresh herbs, and the lightest touch of garlic. These dishes capture the coastal spirit of Italy, flavors that dance on the palate like waves on a shore. They’re a reminder that Italy’s love of food extends from the farms to the seas, offering a taste of the Mediterranean’s depths in each beautifully crafted bite.
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Maggiano's Little Italy Crab and Shrimp Imperial Recipe
Ingredients
- 16 Jumbo Shrimp peeled and deveined
- 1/4 cup White Wine
- Freshly squeezed Juice of 1 Lemon
- Paprika for dusting
- 2 tablespoons Clarified Butter
- 1 teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes
- 1 cup Orzo, cooked with 2 tablespoons finely diced Red Bell Pepper, 2 tablespoons finely diced Red Onion and 1 tablespoon finely chopped Chives
- 1 cup Creamy Lobster Sauce store bought or homemade, of choice
- 1 ounce Garlic Butter
Imperial Stuffing
- 1 pound fresh Lump Crab Meat picked over (pick through crab meat carefully to remove any bits of shell or cartilage)
- 1 cup Mayonnaise
- 1/8 teaspoon Tabasco Sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly squeezed Lemon Juice
- 1/8 teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce
- 1/8 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning
- 1/4 cup fresh Breadcrumbs
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450°F.
- In a medium bowl, add all Imperial Stuffing ingredients. Mix until thoroughly blended.
- Split each shrimp along bottom, so that shrimp rests flat on pan and tails curl over top (See photo above.)
- Stuff each shrimp with about 1 1/2 ounces prepared Imperial stuffing.
- Carefully place shrimp on a buttered pan or casserole.
- Sprinkle with lemon juice and white wine.
- Dust with paprika.
- Place in preheated oven and bake 7 - 9 minutes, or until tails curl and stuffing is lightly browned.
- While shrimp are baking, place clarified butter and red pepper flakes in a small sauté pan.
- Place pan over medium heat. Cook for about 30 seconds.
- Add precooked orzo to pan and cook, stirring, just until orzo is hot.
- Remove from heat and spoon orzo onto a serving plate (See photo above for serving idea from Maggiano's Little Italy).
- Place lobster sauce in a clean sauté pan.
- Place pan over medium heat.
- Add garlic butter and stir to melt.
- When sauce is hot, remove from heat and add to serving plate.
- Carefully place cooked shrimp on plate, resting in the lobster sauce in front of the orzo.
- Serve hot with a lemon wedge.
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