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    Home » Recipes » Seafood Recipes

    How to make a Broiled Seafood Combination featuring Clams Casino

    Published: Jan 1, 2012 · Modified: Jun 19, 2022 by Chef Dennis Littley

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    How to make a broiled seafood combination featuring clams casino

    broiled seafood combination on a white plate

    Making delicious restaurant style meals at home is really easier than you think, and dishes like a seafood combination are not only perfect for that intimate dinner for two, but also for a party of eight,  It’s all in the timing!

    Ingredients can vary depending on what’s available and what you like, but a standard seafood combo, usually has, Flounder, scallops, shrimp, and some form of crabmeat, other than that whatever else you like can be an added bonus. In my restaurant days, we stuffed the shrimp with crab imperial, or sometimes the dinner would include a small lobster tail and that would be stuffed with crab imperial. In my restaurant days, Clams Casino was king and  I made one of the best clams casino you’ll ever have, and there were always a few on any seafood combo I served

    I don’t know when clams casino lost their popularity, and it’s a rare occasion to find them on a menu. For those of you that have never had them, you really need to make them. The next time you friends or family over make two dozen and watch them disappear, I  promise you they will be the hit of the evening! If you’re pressed for time, you can make the clams up ahead of time, they store well and can even be frozen. I’ll let you in on a little secret to opening clams easily too!

    If your stuffing clams, throw them in the freezer for about an hour, rinse them under cool water and just slip a knife in and they open like magic! Now this only works for stuffing clams, please don’t use this method for clams on the half shell! While we’re talking about clams, I want to mention that you need to be sure your source is reliable, small bags of clams will always have a tag on them, telling you when and where they came from, it’s the law! This is true for mussels too. If your buying clams or mussels by the dozen and they’re on display, you can ask to see the tag that came off the original container. Only buy shellfish from reliable sources you trust!

    side view of broiled seafood combo on a white plate

    My seafood combo was very basic with 3 shrimp, 4 scallops, a small piece of flounder with some jumbo lump crabmeat, a half a dozen mussels, and of course my clams casino. I placed all my seafood (except the crabmeat and clams casino) in a baking dish with a little water in the dish, and spooned a little melted butter over the seafood and a sprinkle of old bay, place in a 350-degree oven for about 20 minutes. I kept the casino in a separate dish because they needed a few minutes under the broiler, after their time in the oven.

    The crab meat I gently sauteed in melted butter and topped the flounder with the crab meat when I was ready to serve dinner. Make your favorites sides, a small salad, and you’ve just saved yourself about 65% of what the meal would have cost you if you had gone out to dinner.

    close up of clams casino on the broiled seafood combo
    Broiled Seafood Combination
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    Clams Casino

    Why pay high restaurant prices when you can make the same thing at home. Use your favorites and my clam casino for your broiled seafood combination!
    Prep Time20 mins
    Cook Time35 mins
    Total Time55 mins
    Course: Appetizer
    Cuisine: American
    Servings: 8
    Calories: 366kcal
    Author: Chef Dennis Littley

    Ingredients

    • 24 Top neck clams-cleaned
    • 8 ounces Butter
    • ½ pound Bacon thinly sliced
    • 1 Large Red Bell Pepper- small dice
    • 1 Large Spanish or Va dahlia Onion -small dice
    • ½ cup grated Romano Cheese
    • 1 teaspoon Oregano
    • ½ teaspoon Black Pepper
    • 1 Tablespoon fresh Italian Parsley finely chopped
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    Instructions

    • Chop the onion, and bell pepper into a small dice
    • Slice the bacon slices about ⅛ of an inch thick.
    • place the butter, bacon, peppers, and onions into a medium sauce pan and cook on low heat for about 15-20 minutes.
    • Remove the pan from the heat and add the grated Romano, black pepper, Oregano (and always use dry, fresh oregano does not work as well) and the chopped parsley. Mix well.
    • Place into the refrigerator and stir it occasionally so all the ingredients stay well blended, until the butter has firmed back up. This will take at least 2 hours, so give yourself time.*
    • Take the clams out of the freezer, and rinse them in a bowl with running water for about 5 minutes.
    • Open your clams with the blade of a knife, just be careful!
    • Take a spoonful of the prepared Casino mix and make a nice mound of it on top of the clam, pressing it into the clam firmly with your hand. Repeat this process until all of the clams are stuffed.
    • Now place your clams in a casserole, there will be butter run off, so we don’t want that spilling into your oven.
    • Place the clams into a 375 degree oven for about 15 minutes, then finish for about 5 minutes under your broiler or until the bacon and tops begin to get nicely browned.

    Notes

    *Casino mix can stay refrigerated for at least 3 days before you use it. *Now for the purists out there, do feel free to start with fresh clams, and a clam knife, Its not too difficult to open the clams that way, just make sure you use a clam knife and not a kitchen knife.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 366kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 36g | Saturated Fat: 19g | Cholesterol: 88mg | Sodium: 504mg | Potassium: 138mg | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 1450IU | Vitamin C: 28.2mg | Calcium: 87mg | Iron: 0.5mg
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    Comments

    1. Chris colfer

      June 28, 2020 at 3:58 am

      Hi chef
      Can I use white wine in this recipe?
      If so when and how should I incorporate it
      Also my girls and family members love your crab imperial!
      Thank you chef dennis.
      The Colfer family from n j

      Reply
      • Chef Dennis Littley

        June 28, 2020 at 7:24 am

        hi Chris
        I’m happy to hear you have been enjoying my crab Imperial recipe.
        if you’re talking about the white wine in the broiled combo, you can add some to the pan your cooking the seafood in. That will also help it from drying out. But I wouldn’t add any to the clams casino.

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    2. bungon

      January 03, 2012 at 10:50 pm

      Come to say “Happy New Year 2012 to chef Dennis ” !!!…. and hope you will be the popular chef on foodbuzz forever, because you always to be top 9 …I love seafood like this but I have spicy chili sauce with seafood too ,it’s easy just have garlic ,thai red chili ,lime juice,fish sauce and some sugar.. that’s it….

      Reply
    3. Elin

      January 03, 2012 at 10:23 pm

      5 stars
      Chef Dennis…Happy New year !!! and congrats on Top 9. I enjoyed your romantic story in Paris with Lisa…a day to remember…those fireworks and your first new year eve’s kiss ! 🙂 ….before I got carried away..your seafood combination looks good and you have managed to make me drool away 🙂 Have a great day Chef !

      Reply
    4. Happy When Not Hungry

      January 03, 2012 at 9:23 pm

      Wow this looks amazing! I def have to try clams casino. Looks fantastic!

      Reply
    5. Peggy

      January 03, 2012 at 4:16 pm

      Thank you so much for sharing your sweet New Year’s Eve story with us Dennis! Lisa is a lucky lucky gal =)

      Especially with being served dinners like this!

      Reply
    6. Apron Appeal

      January 03, 2012 at 3:18 pm

      Have you been back?! Someday I’ll go back to Paris and take my husband with me. The next time I won’t squander the food opportunity on steak and french vanilla ice cream….I was two young the first few times to realize that the food that looked strange could actually be AMAZING.

      Reply
      • Chef D

        January 03, 2012 at 4:42 pm

        yes I’ve been 3 times to my favorite city, but its been too many years since our last trip, I keep telling my wife when I retire I want to spend a month in Paris, everytime I’m there I discover something new.
        Happy New Year!

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    7. Jess

      January 03, 2012 at 1:43 pm

      Everything looks great, my mouth is watering! Thank you for sharing and congrats on Top 9. 🙂

      Reply
      • Chef D

        January 03, 2012 at 4:42 pm

        Thank you Jess!

        Reply
    8. Sheri

      January 03, 2012 at 12:50 pm

      Your story was beautiful! And the dinner…awesome!! I made a seafood dish also but not nearly as perfect looking as yours. And, Wegman’s really is so wonderful. I love just about everything about that store! Happy New Year!

      Reply
      • Chef D

        January 03, 2012 at 4:43 pm

        Happy New Year Sheri! The only thing I don’t like about Wegmans is how much I spend each trip, I always find too many good things!

        Reply
        • Sheri

          January 04, 2012 at 12:01 pm

          True, but I try to comfort myself with the fact that it’s all whole, good foods that I find there. It’s just worth it. 🙂

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