Crab Imperial

Crab Imperial is simply a simple, classical Maryland seafood look that truly lets the spirit of the crab radiance through. It’s warm, creamy, and delicious. Serve with crackers oregon baguette slices for an elegant appetizer. If determination are immoderate leftovers, they marque a large omelet filling.

What Is Crab Imperial?

It’s a classical crab look successful which the crab is combined with a mayonnaise-based substance and past baked with a breadstuff crumb topping. Typically it is served successful idiosyncratic ramekins of scallop shells, but baking it successful a azygous crockery is overmuch easier and much applicable for the location cook.

Which Type Of Crab To Use?

Lump crab nutrient is the main constituent successful Crab Imperial. You’ll privation to usage 1 lb of bully prime caller jumbo lump crab meat. This crockery is each astir the crab flavor. The different ingredients are conscionable determination to accentuate the crab flavor. Jumbo lump crab nutrient comes successful large chunks that person a fantastic saccharine flavor.

Jumbo Lump Crab Meat is expensive. You tin substitute lump crab nutrient oregon back-fin crab nutrient if needed, but usage fresh, NOT canned.

Other Ingredients

The crab is tossed with 1/2 cupful of mayonnaise, an egg, immoderate citrus juice, Worcestershire sauce, Old Bay seasoning, adust mustard, cayenne pepper, parsley, and shallot.

I similar to adhd a cracker crumb topping but you tin permission it disconnected if you want.

The substance lone needs astir 20 minutes to bake. Just agelong capable to get it hot.

How To Serve

Can beryllium served either arsenic an appetizer oregon main dish. If serving arsenic a main dish, immoderate large sides to spell with it are a plot crockery with Creamy Italian Dressing, Angel Biscuits, Hush Puppies, and Marinated Cucumber, Tomato, and Onion Salad.

Try These Other Crab Recipes

• Crab Hush Puppies
• Crab and Corn Chowder
• Deviled Crab
• Crab Mac and Cheese
• Crab Cake Stuffed Shrimp
• Cajun Crab Stuffed Jalapenos

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Crab Imperial

Crab Imperial is simply a simple, classical Maryland seafood look that truly lets the spirit of the crab radiance through. It's warm, creamy, and delicious.

Course Appetizer

Cuisine Southern

Keyword crab dip

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes minutes

Servings 6

Calories 242kcal

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon Old Bay
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped caller parsley
• 1 shallot, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup coarsely crushed Ritz crackers
• 2 tablespoons melted butter
• 1/4 teaspoon paprika
• 1 pound fresh jumbo lump crab meat, picked implicit to region immoderate pieces of shell

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease a shallow 1 1/2-quart baking dish.
• In a mean bowl, whisk unneurotic mayonnaise, egg, citrus juice, Worcestershire sauce, Old Bay, salt, adust mustard, and cayenne pepper.
• Stir successful parsley, shallot, and crab. Transfer to prepared baking dish.
• In a tiny bowl, disturbance unneurotic Ritz cracker crumbs and melted butter. Scatter connected apical of crab mixture.
• Sprinkle paprika connected top. Bake for 20 minutes. 
• Serve with crackers oregon toasted baguette.

Notes

Stir the crab successful mildly truthful you don’t interruption it up excessively much.

Nutrition

Calories: 242kcal

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