Best 5 Stuffed Crabs New Orleans Recipes

STUFFED CRABS (NEW ORLEANS)

Steps:

• Soak buns in milk and egg mixture.
• Saute celery, onions (not green), garlic and bell pepper in a heavy pot in the butter until wilted.
• Add worcestershire sauce, crabmeat and season to taste with salt, pepper and cayenne.
• Cook over medium heat about 15 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Add green onions.
• Then add buns.
• Mix well.
• Stuff crab shells (artificial).
• Sprinkle tops with bread crumbs and bake at 375 for 10 minutes or until brown.

STUFFED CRAB

Steps:

• In a skillet over low heat melt the butter, add the onion, yellow pepper, fennel, and garlic.
• Season with salt and pepper. Cook slowly for about 6 minutes until all are tender, transfer mixture to a bowl, add bread crumbs, and allow to cool.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• When cooled add crab meat, mayonnaise, lemon zest, lemon juice, tarragon, parsley, scallions, and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Mix the ingredients well and stuff the shells. Bake for 25 minutes until warmed through.
• Note: the crabs should be poached in a court boullion made with 2 quarts water, 1 chopped carrot, 1 chopped yellow onion, and 1 chopped celery stalk boiled with 1/2 teaspoon each black peppercorns and coriander seeds. Bring the mixture to a boil and after 10 minutes, add 1 lemon, thinly sliced. Let boil for 10 more minutes, salt the water, and poach the crabs.

STUFFED CRAB

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
• Add onion and cook until soft.
• Remove from heat and add egg,crab,half and half,parsley, garlic, salt, pepper,pepper sauce,and half the breadcrumbs.
• Return to heat and cook about 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat and stir in Sherry;adjust seasoning, if needed.
• Stuff into 4 crab shells (or divide among 4 ramekins).
• Sprinkle with remaining breadcrumbs and lemon juice; top each with a pat of butter.
• Bake until tops are golden brown, 5 to 12 minutes.
• Serve hot or cold.

COPELAND'S OF NEW ORLEANS' STUFFED CRAB RECIPE

Steps:

• Saute onions, bell peppers, and celery until half done. Add garlic salt and cayenne and saute until vegetables are translucent. Add claw meat, bread crumbs, parsley, and green onions. Mix thoroughly and stuff accordingly. Recommended either baked or fried. This recipe yields ?? servings.

STUFFED CRAB

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Spread the softened butter over the bottoms of 6 medium-size natural or ceramic crab or scallop shells. In a large bowl, mix 2 cups of the bread crumbs with the fish stock and set aside.
• In a heavy, 10-inch skillet, melt 4 tablespoons of the butter cubes over moderate heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring often, until they are translucent, about 5 minutes. Transfer the onion mixture to the bowl of moistened bread crumbs. Add the crab meat, scallions, parsley, cayenne and salt, and mix well.
• Mound the crabmeat mixture into the buttered shells. Sprinkle the remaining 2 tablespoons of bread crumbs and remaining 3 tablespoons of butter cubes over the tops and lay the shells on a large, shallow baking dish. Bake in the upper third of the oven for 15 minutes, then put under the broiler for 30 seconds or so to brown the tops. Serve hot in the shells.