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I have one pound of canned crab claw meat. What recipe suggestions do you have for me?

Asked by tedibear (19304

) November 14th, 2011
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I would like to not make a cream sauce if possible, just because I don’t want to cover the taste of the crab.

The only ingredients I can’t or won’t use that I can think of right now are onions, turmeric and liver. We love onions but the flatulence afterward is not to be believed!

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You could make a crab louis salad.

You could make crab cakes. My recipe calls for crushed saltine crackers, salt, pepper, egg, worchestershire sauce, mayonnaise, hot sauce and crab. I also like a little finel diced red bell pepper in mine. Makes the cakes and fry them in butter. Serve with remoulade sauce or tartar sauce.

marinelife (62485

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Well, since @marinelife beat me to crab louis, ~~I’ll suggest crab cakes.~~ Beat me on crab cakes too.

How about crab rolls, similar to lobster roll.

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Sorry, this isn’t too clear on measurements you should be able to make do.

This is an adaptation of a soft shell crab dish, but works with nice big pieces of crab too.
Toss your crab with clarified butter salt and white pepper.
Heat clarified butter to medium high but not smoking.
Add crab for about 30 seconds stirring to make sure it doesn’t burn.
Add ⅓ C chopped toasted hazelnuts, 1 tb cilantro, 2 medium peeled, seeded, diced tomatoes (green or yellow or red). – you can increase this depending on how much crab you have, I double it for more than a pound but really I just add till I think it looks right.
Stir gently for 2–3 minutes.
Drizzle with fresh lime and cover to keep warm.

Blanch snake beans chop into 1 inch lengths.
Mix 1 tb dijon, ¼ c mayo, 2 tsp dry mustard, salt and white pepper.

Mince chervil, chives, tarragon, cilantro (whatever combo works for you).

Serve crab (with any pan liquid) over beans, drizzle with mustard/mayo mix and sprinkle with herbs and coarse grey salt.

Otherwise crab cakes!
Mix gently with whisked egg, chives, mustard/mayo from above, extra dijon, lemon juice, salt and pepper (or old bay instead of salt and pepper) and just enough panko to keep it from falling apart; let sit 30 minutes. Pat into cakes, roll in panko, fry in clarified butter until golden, serve with same mustard/mayo, fresh cilantro, and plenty of fresh green or “sweet” tomatoes and/or more old bay.

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Oh goodness. I would keep it simple, just flake it up in a salad with a dressing of olive oil, white wine vinegar and maybe a little basil. (You can leave the onions out of the salad!)

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