Main CourseDelicious Deviled Crab Casserole Recipe
If you enjoy seafood dishes, especially crab meat, I think you will appreciate this casserole recipe. We enjoy making this recipe a few times every year for family dinners or as a special treat.
You will want to make sure that you use genuine crab meat and not packaged imitation meat. Using imitation meat will give it a different flavor and it doesn"t hold together as well as the real stuff. In addition, do not freeze left-overs as this doesn"t freeze well. If you do not have a double boiler, you can make the recipe in a nonstick large saucepan.
Deviled Crab Casserole Recipe
1 lb. genuine crab meat (not imitation)
4 tablespoons butter or margarine
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon yellow mustard
1/2 teaspoon horseradish sauce
1 teaspoon table salt
1/2 teaspoon ground red pepper
1 cup milk
2 hard boiled eggs, chopped
1/2 cup soft bread crumbs
2 tablespoons butter, melted
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Melt the 4 tablespoons of butter in a double boiler, slowly stir in the all-purpose flour, parsley, lemon juice, mustard, horseradish sauce, salt, red pepper and milk. Continue heating the mixture, stirring constantly until it has thickened. Stir in the chopped crab meat and chopped eggs and stir for 1 additional minute.
Remove mixture from heat and pour mixture into a lightly buttered casserole dish. Sprinkle the top with bread crumbs which have been combined with 2 tablespoons of melted butter.
Bake in a 350 degree oven for 20 minutes or until hot and lightly browned on top. This recipe will make 4-6 servings.