5.0 from 12 votes
Deviled Crab
These make fantastic appetizers before a larger seafood feast, or, if you use big Dungeness crab shells as I do here, a light supper all by itself. You can refrigerate the mixture for a few days beforehand, and you can freeze the stuffed crabs, well wrapped, for a few months.
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
50 mins
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 416 kcal
Course:
Main Course , Appetizer
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 cup minced shallot or onion
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 jalapeno or serrano chile, minced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 pound crabmeat
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon Old Bay seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne
- 3 green onions, chopped
- 3 tablespoons minced parsley
- 1 leeve Saltines, crushed (about 4 ounces)
- salt and black pepper
- 1 tick butter, melted (about 1/2 cup)
- Lemons or limes, for serving
Instructions
- Cook the onions in the olive oil in a small pan over medium heat until they turn translucent, a few minutes. Add the garlic and minced chile and cook another minute or two. Turn off the heat and let this cool for 10 minutes or so.
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl, add all the remaining ingredients, except for the melted butter and the citrus. Mix well. Preheat the oven to 400F.
- When the onion mixture has cooled, mix it into the crab mixture. Stuff the mixture into cleaned crab shells or whatever else makes you happy. Drizzle the melted butter over the stuffed shells evenly.
- Bake for 20 minutes, and serve with wedges of lemon or lime.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
416kcal
(21%)
Carbohydrates
13g
(4%)
Protein
23g
(46%)
Fat
31g
(48%)
Saturated Fat
16g
(80%)
Cholesterol
108mg
(36%)
Sodium
1205mg
(50%)
Potassium
504mg
(14%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
5g
(10%)
Vitamin A
1207IU
(24%)
Vitamin C
20mg
(22%)
Calcium
104mg
(10%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 416
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 416kcal | 21% |
| Carbohydrates | 13g | 4% |
| Protein | 23g | 46% |
| Fat | 31g | 48% |
| Saturated Fat | 16g | 80% |
| Cholesterol | 108mg | 36% |
| Sodium | 1205mg | 50% |
| Potassium | 504mg | 11% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
| Vitamin A | 1207IU | 24% |
| Vitamin C | 20mg | 22% |
| Calcium | 104mg | 10% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.