Stuffed Crabs

Ingredients

• 12 Crabs
• Grated crackers
• 1 Onion (finely chopped)
• Parsley
• Pepper and salt
• 4 Tablespoons of butter
• 1 Egg
• Juice of one lemon
• 1 Tomato
• Toasted bread crumbs

Directions

1. Boil the crabs.
2. Crack and pick out the meat from the crabs.
3. Put 1/3 as much grated crackers into the meat.
4. Put in 1 finely chopped onion, parsley, salt and pepper, and 4 tablespoons of butter.
5. Mix well.
6. Add one egg and mix well.
7. Add the juice of the lemon and a tomato.
8. Fill the crab shells with the mixture.
9. Bake half an hour.
10. Grate some toasted bread crumbs over them.

Source — Creole Cookery Book

Prepared by Kyle Ypya

Louisiana Anthology

June 24, 2019