Mirliton Recipe?

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I have never even remotely fooled with these and was just wondering

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Wear gloves when dealing with them.

Google chayote hands

simmer or steam the mirlitons till just cooked (still firm). let cool, halve lengthwise, discard the seed and scoop out the flesh.

make your favorite stuffing (shrimp/sausage/whatever) and add in the chopped flesh. stuff the halves and bake

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Now there's one Ive never heard before. That's super intriguing and sounds delicious.

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It was an accident that came out amazing. I was just messing around with merlitons and made the discovery. That’s why I don’t have a recipe, I was drinking and just winging it.

Just season as you like, the basics, salt pepper garlic etc

Here are the steps I can remember:

3-4 lbs of raw Cajun sausage
6-8 merlitons (maybe more, I forget)
Cubed the merlitons and smoke in smoker with the sausage for 4-5 hours at 225 (I think I added the merlitons only for the last hour or so)
De-case the sausage and put in processor with merlitons, chop semi-fine (about size of cooked rice)
Salt, pepper, garlic, cayenne, eggs, breadcrumbs

Make balls (or cakes, like crab cakes), fry til golden brown.

Writing crab cakes makes me think crabmeat or something would also be good added to it

I also do believe I put onion and fresh garlic in the processor

Looks awesome, thanks for the info!

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simmer or steam the mirlitons till just cooked (still firm). let cool, halve lengthwise, discard the seed and scoop out the flesh. make your favorite stuffing (shrimp/sausage/whatever) and add in the chopped flesh. stuff the halves and bake

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That's been my go-to recipe over the years and the one I grew up eating when my family would cook them.

Get a pot of water boilng and add 1/2 capful of liquid crab boil and salt to it. Skin 4 nice size size Merliton and cube them about 1" square. Get them boiling for 25 minutes or so or until they tender. Next in a Magnalite pot drop off a little oil in there and brown down 1/2 a stick of andouille. Once thats brown remove it from the pot and drop a diced onion and cook till it just barely brown. Drop off 1 1/2 pounds of peeled medium sized shrimp and the andouille and cook till the shrimp are pink. By this time your Merlitons should be cooked, drain them and smashed them a little then add that to the Pot with the andouille, shrimp and onions. Cook that for about 5 minutes and serve over rice.

So easy baw

Run them in a microwave like a minute or two on each side then cut in half and scoop the seeds out then fill with dirty rice then a layer of tomato sauce then cheese

Would you share your recipe, avondale?