Stuffed Crab

Ingredients

• 1 dozen crab
• Crackers
• 1 onion (finely chopped)
• Parsley
• 4 tbsp butter
• 1 egg
• 1 lemon 
• 1 tomato (chopped)
• Toasted bread crumbs

Directions

1. Boil and shell crabs making sure to reserve the shell for later. Place crab meat in a bowl.
2. Add to the bowl parsley, 4 tablespoons of butter, salt, pepper, finely chopped onion, and about a third of the crab meat worth of crackers and mix. 
3. Add 1 egg to the bowl and continue mixing
4. Add the juice of 1 whole lemon and 1 chopped tomato and continue mixing
5. Fill the reserved shells with the crab meat mixture and place on a cooking tray
6. Place the tray in a 350-degree oven for 30 minutes.
7. Top with toasted bread crumbs 

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Zachary Toney
Louisiana Anthology
March 25, 2020