Are you in the mood for a flavorful and easy-to-make side dish? Look no further than crab cooker potatoes! These bite-sized potatoes are coated in a savory mixture of spices and herbs, then cooked to perfection in a crab cooker. The result is a golden brown, crispy exterior with a tender and fluffy interior. Serve them as a side dish with your favorite main course, or enjoy them as a snack on their own. With just a few simple ingredients and minimal effort, you can have a delicious and satisfying dish that the whole family will love.
Here are our top 14 tried and tested recipes!
CRAB-BOIL POTATOES
I first tried these delicious little potatoes while in New Orleans but did not think to get a recipe. I have adapted this recipe to match the taste as best I can. They are somewhat adaptable, you can adjust the spice level to your own preference - these are what I would consider a medium level (I ususally use a bit more spice b/c I like things spicy!)
Provided by Kerry G
Categories Potato
Time 10m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Place the potatoes (I like mine cut up but you could keep them whole) in a pot and add just enough water to cover the potatoes. Add the crab boil.
- Bring the water to a rolling boil then add Tony Chacheres (or salt) and the hot sauce.
- Allow the potatoes to boil until they are fork-tender (5-10 minutes depending on the size of the potatoes and whether you cut them or left them whole).
- Drain the potatoes and allow them to sit for 5 minutes or so.
- You can serve these hot, or allow them to cool (the flavor gets stronger as they cool) and serve them at room temperature.
CRAB STUFFED TWICE BAKED POTATOES
Provided by Food Network
Categories side-dish
Time 1h55m
Yield 6 stuffed potatoes
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Prick holes in the potatoes with a fork and place directly on the oven rack. Roast until cooked through, about 45 minutes, depending on the size of the potato.
- While the potatoes are cooking prepare the crab: Add 2 tablespoons of butter to a frying pan. Add the shallots and cook until translucent. Next add the minced garlic and saute in the frying pan to gently brown the shallots and garlic. Add the thyme and crab and cook until heated through. Then set aside.
- Lower the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Once the potatoes are cooked and cool enough to handle cut, off a small portion of the top making an opening in the potato.
- Take a spoon and scoop the pulp into a bowl. Place the potato skins on a cookie sheet and put in a 350 degree F oven for about 5 minutes to dry them out and ensure they will be crispy when done.
- To the potato pulp, add the shallot/crab mixture, remaining butter, cheese and sour cream and mix. Then add parsley, salt and pepper, to taste. Fill the potato shells with the potato/crab mixture. Bake until cheese has melted around 35 to 45 minutes.
- Sprinkle with parsley.
SPICY BOILED CRABS, SHRIMP, POTATOES, CORN, AND GARLIC
Steps:
- In a 7- to 8-gallon kettle bring 5 gallons water to a boil.
- While water is coming to a boil, in a deep sink rinse crabs in 2 or 3 changes of water. (Do not fill sink too full or crabs may crawl out.)
- Add Zatarain's crab boil or 5 tablespoons Old Bay seasoning, cayenne, salt, lemons, and onions to boiling water and boil 5 minutes. Add potatoes and garlic and boil until tender, about 15 minutes. Transfer potatoes and garlic with a large sieve to a large platter and keep warm, covered with foil. Add corn to boiling water and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Transfer corn with tongs to platter and keep warm, covered with foil.
- Return water to a boil. Transfer about 6 crabs carefully with long tongs to sieve, holding them down in sieve with tongs, and turn crabs out into boiling water. Add remaining crabs in same manner. Return water to a boil and cook crabs until just cooked through, about 10 minutes. (To determine doneness, remove a claw and crack it with the handle of a dinner knife. Use Knife to extract meat from claw.) Transfer crabs with sieve to another large platter and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon Old Bay seasoning.
- Return water to boil and cook shrimp until just cooked through, about 2 minutes. Transfer shrimp with sieve to large platter with crabs and sprinkle with remaining tablespoon Old Bay seasoning.
- Serve crabs, shrimp, and vegetables with horseradish cocktail sauce and French bread.
POTATOES WITH CRAB SAUCE
Corene Thorsen, from Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, adds crab to the creamy and comforting sauce she pours over spuds. "The mild sauce allows the delicate flavor of the crab to shine through," she declares. "This combination tastes great of leftover pasta, too."
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Side Dishes
Time 25m
Yield 4 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- In a blender, combine the first seven ingredients. Cover and process until smooth. Pour into a saucepan; cook and stir over medium heat until thickened. Reduce heat to low; add crab. With a sharp knife, cut an X in the top of each potato; fluff pulp with a fork. Top with crab sauce.
Nutrition Facts :
CRAB-STUFFED POTATOES
Crabmeat is a favorite in this part of the country. It gives twice-baked potatoes great flavor, and the onions add zip-potato lovers rave about them.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Side Dishes
Time 1h15m
Yield 8 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Bake potatoes at 425° for 45-55 minutes or until tender. When cool enough to handle, halve potatoes lengthwise. Carefully scoop out pulp into a bowl, leaving a thin shell. Set shells aside. Beat or mash potato pulp with butter, cream, salt and pepper until smooth. Using a fork, stir in onions or chives and cheese. Gently mix in crab. Stuff shells. Sprinkle with paprika. Return to the oven for 15 minutes or until heated through.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 218 calories, Fat 11g fat (7g saturated fat), Cholesterol 55mg cholesterol, Sodium 525mg sodium, Carbohydrate 20g carbohydrate (2g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 10g protein.
CRISPY POTATO CRAB CAKES
Make a restaurant favorite right at home with our Crispy Potato Crab Cakes recipe. These savory potato crab cakes made with ORE-IDA STEAM N' MASH Cut Russet Potatoes are a much-loved dish that's sure to perk up the family.
Provided by My Food and Family
Categories Dairy
Time 2h
Yield 20 servings
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Microwave potatoes as directed on package; place in large bowl. (Do not mash.) Cool slightly.
- Meanwhile, heat 1 Tbsp. oil in large skillet on medium heat. Add yellow onions, peppers and celery; cook 8 to 10 min. or until tender and lightly browned, stirring frequently. Add Worcestershire sauce and seafood seasoning; cook and stir 1 min. Remove from heat.
- Add mayo, parsley, mustard, garlic powder and 1 egg to potatoes; mash until potato mixture is smooth and well blended. Add cooked onion mixture, crabmeat and green onions; mix well. Refrigerate 1 hour.
- Shape crabmeat mixture into 20 patties. Place flour and bread crumbs in separate shallow bowls. Whisk remaining eggs in third shallow bowl until blended. Dip crab patties, 1 at a time, in flour, then eggs, then bread crumbs, turning to evenly coat both sides of each patty with each ingredient. Place on waxed paper-covered baking sheet.
- Melt 1-1/2 Tbsp. butter with 1 Tbsp. of the remaining oil in large skillet on medium heat. Add 5 crab patties; cook 3 min. on each side or until firm and golden brown on both sides. Drain on paper towels. Repeat with remaining butter, oil and crab patties.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 220, Fat 13 g, SaturatedFat 3.5 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 60 mg, Sodium 430 mg, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 2 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 56 g
ROMANO POTATOES
This recipe is from Salt Grass Steakhouse, and is wonderful. (preparation time does not include boiling the potatoes.)
Provided by texasjj
Categories Potato
Time 45m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Boil potatoes a day ahead. Cover and place in refrigerator. Cut potatoes into quarters and place in large mixing bowl.
- Place butter and garlic in saucepan and heat until butter is melted. Pour over potatoes.
- Add 3 Tablespoons romano cheese, milk, jack cheese, cheddar cheese, green onions, salt, pepper and paprika.
- Squish potato mixture through your fingers, mixing thoroughly, yet leaving large potato chunks.
- Transfer to sprayed 9x13 casserole dish.
- Sprinkle 1 Tablespoon romano cheese on top.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.
CRAB BAKED POTATO
The Posh Jacket Potato
Provided by seafoodandeatit
Time 45m
Yield Serves 2
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Mix all the ingredients (bar the potato) together.
- Bake the potato, 3 minutes in the microwave then about 35 in the oven.
- Take the potato out of the oven and wrap tightly with a tea-towel and bash the sides to soften the inside.
- Add a knob of butter and top with the crab mixture, garnish with a bit of parsley.
- Add a the grated gruyere and pop under the grill for something more lavish.
POTATO-CRAB CHOWDER
Make and share this Potato-Crab Chowder recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Pantry Chef Starkey
Categories Chowders
Time 45m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Saute onion& garlic in melted butter in large sauce pan for 4 minutes.
- Add potato and saute 1 minute.
- Sprinkle in flour, cook for 1 minute stirring constantly.
- Add milk, pepper, nutmeg, corn and broth.
- Bring to a simmer over med heat stirring frequently.
- Cover and reduce heat to low for a 20 minute simmer.
- Stir in crab meat and parsley, cook 5 minutes.
- Serve or pour into crock pot on low or warm.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 274.2, Fat 8.2, SaturatedFat 4.6, Cholesterol 50.3, Sodium 446.4, Carbohydrate 36.8, Fiber 3.1, Sugar 3.8, Protein 16
KILLER CRAB AND POTATO CAKES
Make and share this Killer Crab and Potato Cakes recipe from Food.com.
Provided by ratherbeswimmin
Categories Crab
Time 38m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Cook potatoes in boiling water for 6-7 minutes, until tender; drain, then scatter potatoes across a large, flat surface to cool and dry for 5 minutes; then transfer to a mixing bowl.
- Make a paste with the garlic and salt; add it to the potatoes along with the parsley, thyme, lemon zest, and red pepper flakes.
- Add crab and Old Bay seasoning to potatoes; combine the mixture gently.
- Form 4 super-size 4-5 inch killer crab cakes.
- Place the bread crumbs on a plate; coat the crab cakes on both sides with crumbs to set them.
- Heat oil in a nonstick skillet over medium to med-high heat; add the cakes and cook for 3-4 minutes on each side, until deeply golden; serve immediately.
CRAB BOIL
Total crab boil for four.
Provided by Preston Hoover
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Pork Sausage
Time 55m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil; add potatoes, sausages, onions, corn, and seafood seasoning. Cook mixture at a boil until the potatoes are cooked through, about 30 minutes.
- Gently drop crabs into the boiling mixture; cook until the crabmeat is cooked through, at least 10 minutes. Drain water.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 415.6 calories, Carbohydrate 46.2 g, Cholesterol 82.5 mg, Fat 11.1 g, Fiber 9.3 g, Protein 34.1 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, Sodium 4890.1 mg, Sugar 12.2 g
POTATO CRAB CASSEROLE
I had some crabmeat and didn't want to do crab cakes, also had some O'Brien potatoes I needed to use, so I came up with this concoction.
Provided by mightyro_cooking4u
Categories Crab
Time 55m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Heat oil in 12" skillet. Cook potatoes in oil for about 5 minutes.
- Combine mayonnaise,Creole seasoning, Old Bay in a bowl. Whisk until smooth.
- Add potatoes to mayo mixture, toss to combine. Add crab meat to potatoe mixture,toss lightly with a fork to combine.
- Spray a 8x8 inch dish with non-stick spray. Add mixture to dish, sprinkle bread crumbs on top and butter on top of bread crumbs.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes, or until lightly browned.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 329.6, Fat 16, SaturatedFat 2.4, Cholesterol 41.9, Sodium 950.7, Carbohydrate 30.8, Fiber 2.3, Sugar 2.5, Protein 16.4
BAKED POTATOES WITH CRAB, JALAPEñO AND MINT
Mark Ladner, the chef at Del Posto in New York, serves pasta with crab, jalapeño and mint. Here the canvas is potato flesh instead, along with sour cream and butter and cheese. Pair with steak for an elegant take on the classic surf-and-turf dinner, or serve it on its own, with a green salad and a sharp white wine.
Provided by Sam Sifton
Time 1h15m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 450.
- Scrub potatoes under running water; dry them, and rub the skin of each with the oil and a little salt. Pierce the skin of each in three or four places with the tines of a fork.
- Place the potatoes in the oven, and roast for 45 minutes to an hour, depending on the size of the potatoes, until they offer no resistance when a knife is inserted in their centers.
- While the potatoes are baking, lightly toss the crab meat in a bowl with the lemon juice, olive oil, shredded mint, diced jalapeño and sour cream.
- When the potatoes are done, remove them from the oven, slice them open down the middle and use a spoon to scrape out their flesh into a bowl. Add the butter, salt and pepper and mash to combine. Spoon the mixture back into the empty jackets, place on a baking sheet, top with the crab-meat mixture and shower with cheese. Return to the oven for approximately 15 minutes, until the cheese is melted and golden.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 610, UnsaturatedFat 10 grams, Carbohydrate 69 grams, Fat 25 grams, Fiber 5 grams, Protein 29 grams, SaturatedFat 14 grams, Sodium 1142 milligrams, Sugar 3 grams, TransFat 0 grams
CRAB CAKES I
These crab cakes are made with potatoes, and have a crunchy cornflake crust. Can be served as is, or on a bun with mayonnaise, lettuce, and a slice of tomato.
Provided by Wilma Scott
Categories Appetizers and Snacks Seafood Crab Crab Cake Recipes
Time 50m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- In a medium saucepan, boil potatoes in salted water to cover. Drain, and set aside.
- In a medium saute pan, heat 2 tablespoons oil over medium heat. Add onion and pepper; cook and stir until tender.
- Transfer potatoes to a large bowl, and mash well. Mix in cooked vegetables and crab meat. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Form into cakes about the size of hamburgers. Dip in beaten egg; roll in crumbs.
- In a large, heavy skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Fry crab cakes in oil until golden brown, turning once.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 300.5 calories, Carbohydrate 29.6 g, Cholesterol 113.5 mg, Fat 9.4 g, Fiber 3.5 g, Protein 24.5 g, SaturatedFat 1.5 g, Sodium 411.3 mg, Sugar 3.5 g
Tips:
- Choose the right potatoes: Waxy potatoes like Yukon Golds or Red Potatoes hold their shape better than starchy potatoes like Russets, making them ideal for boiling.
- Scrub, don't peel: Scrubbing the potatoes removes the dirt without removing the nutrients just beneath the skin. Peeling potatoes removes those nutrients.
- Use a steamer basket: Steaming potatoes keeps them from absorbing too much water and becoming mushy. If you don't have a steamer basket, place the potatoes in a colander set over a pot of boiling water.
- Don't overcrowd the pot: Overcrowding the pot will prevent the potatoes from cooking evenly. Cook the potatoes in batches if necessary.
- Season the water: Add salt, garlic, or herbs to the boiling water for extra flavor.
- Check for doneness: Pierce the potatoes with a fork or knife to check for doneness. They should be tender all the way through.
- Fluff the potatoes: Once the potatoes are cooked, fluff them with a fork to create a light and airy texture.
Conclusion:
Boiling potatoes in a crab cooker is a quick and easy way to cook this versatile vegetable. With a few simple tips, you can boil potatoes that are tender, fluffy, and delicious. So next time you're looking for a side dish or a base for a meal, give boiled potatoes a try. You won't be disappointed!
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