Stuffed Crabs

Ingredients

• 12 crabs
• 1 large onion chopped
• lard
• 1/2 loaf stale bread with crumbs
• 2 eggs
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Chopped parsley to taste

Directions

1. Boil the crabs for about 20 minutes.
2. Pick the meat from the shells, wash and dry the shells, and set the shells aside.
3. Fry the onion in lard until soft.
4. Soak the stale bread and squeeze tight.
5. Add the eggs and 1 cup of soaked bread to the frying pan and mix.
6. Add salt, pepper, and parsley to taste.
7. Remove the pan from the heat and stuff the mixture into the crab shells.
8. Sprinkle bread crumbs on top of each stuffed crab.
9. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.

Source — New Orleans Cook Book 
Prepared by Gunner St. John
Louisiana Anthology
September 17, 2021