Seafood-Stuffed Crabs

Main Course

Serves 4 to 6

Recipe courtesy of Cajun Cuisine

Ingredients:

1 cup of chopped onions
1 cup of chopped celery
¼ cup of chopped bell pepper
¼ cup of butter or oleo
salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper to taste
½ cup of chicken broth
12 slices of day-old bread, toasted
1 pound of crab meat
1 cup of cooked shrimp, peeled and chopped
2 eggs, beaten
½ cup of chopped green onion tops
½ cup of chopped parsley
Bread crumbs

Seafood-Stuffed Crabs

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Method:

Sauté onion, celery, and bell pepper in butter until vegetables are transparent; add salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and chicken broth and simmer for 20 minutes.

Chop bread slices in food processor or blender and add to vegetable mixture; gently fold in crabmeat and shrimp and remove from heat.

Cool slightly and gradually add eggs, stirring until eggs are absorbed; add green onion tops and parsley.

Stuff mixture into cleaned crab shells or ramekins; sprinkle with bread crumbs and dot with butter.

Bake at 350ºF for 20 minutes or until brown and crusty on top.