Stuffed Crabs

Ingredients

• Two dozen crabs
• Two hard boiled egg yolks
• Thyme, parsley, onion, black pepper, and cayenne to taste
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• Tablespoon of bread crumbs

Directions

1. Boil crabs, then remove the meat.
2. Chop the egg yolks, thyme, parsley, and onion, then fry in butter, saving some of the butter to brush the tops of the crabs before baking.
3. Add black pepper and cayenne, then put mixture back in the crab shells.
4. Sprinkle bread crumbs on the mixture, then brush with butter.
5. Bake until brown.

Source — Creole Cookery Book

Prepared by Megan Sutherland

Louisiana Anthology
June 6, 2019