Colonial Beach Cracker Crab
Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon butter
- medium onion, chopped fine
- 2 tablespoons green pepper, chopped
- 2 tablespoons chopped celery
- dash salt and pepper
- 1 teaspoon mustard
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 pound jumbo lump crab meat
- 1/4 cup cracker crumbs
- 4 ounces cream
- 1/2 cup grated sharp cheese
Preparation Instructions:
Place butter into frying pan and saute onion, green pepper and celery. Add salt and pepper, mustard, lemon juice, crab meat and cracker crumbs. Steam together for 2 to 3 minutes. Add cream and mix well. Pour into a greased flat pyrex baking dish. Bake about 45 minutes at 350 degrees. During the last several minutes of baking time, add the sharp cheese and bake until melted and a little brown. Serves 6.
» This hot cracker crab brings back many memories of summer at the beach. What great fun we had, and what good food we enjoyed. I can't wait to return.
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| "Chesapeake" is a Susquehanock word meaning "great shellfish bay." |
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| "It was absolutely scrumptious. Crabcakes for dinner on Friday, breakfast and lunch on Saturday. We were in bliss." |
| Constance C., Michigan |
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