Catalina Flavor Stack (Beef, Chicken & Shrimp)
- 2 cups fresh spinach, packed or 12 ounces frozen chopped spinach
- 1 cup celery, chopped
- 12 cup red peppers or 12 cup yellow pepper, chopped
- 1 lb cube steaks or 1 lb chuck steak
- 4 skinless chicken breasts, flattened
- 16 ounces cooked shrimp, shelled with tails on
- 1 cup Catalina dressing
- 1 cup apricot preserves or 1 cup jam
- 3 ounces Lipton Beef and Onion Soup mix
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon chopped jalapeno pepper (optional)
- 12 cup chopped cooked bacon, pieces (optional)
- Pam cooking spray
- Pound chicken, veal, beef, cut in individual serving pieces.
- You can use cut stew meat also, pound the pieces.
- Spray Pam in a two guart casserole dish or 9X13 baking dish.
- Place the spinach in a layer on the bottom of pan.
- If frozen, thaw and layer.
- Add chopped celery.
- Add yellow and red peppers.
- In medium bowl add salad dressing, apricot preserves, soup mix, garlic and optional ingredients if desired.
- Mix well.
- Layer the first meat, cover with sauce.
- Layer the second meat.
- Cover with sauce.
- The last layer is the shrimp.
- Pour the sauce over the top.
- Cover.
- Refrigerate.
- Bake 350* oven 1 hour covered.
- You may use one meat and onion soup mix if you wish.
- This is a great company meal, pass the bamboo skewers, tongs to stab the meats and plenty of napkins.
- You can double or triple this recipe.
- Just add more pans.
- Recipe is very forgiving and you can add other chopped veggies if you wish.
- Serve with hot rice or hot buttered noodles.
- I did not include the time for cooling in the preparation.
- The flavors are stronger if left for at least 6 hours.
- You can also prepare and bake immediately.
- Note: There are 12 servings of meat and shrimp in this recipe, if you allow 4 ounce servings.
- Cut it down if you wish, then half the dressing mixture.
- Don't cut the vegetables.
- Postscript: There was at least two cups of sauce the last time I made this.
- I cooked 1 cup of raw rice in the sauce later on.
- It was a wonderful side dish.
fresh spinach, celery, red peppers, chuck steak, chicken breasts, shrimp, dressing, apricot preserves, onion soup mix, garlic, jalapeno pepper, bacon, spray
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/catalina-flavor-stack-beef-chicken-shrimp-207833 (may not work)