Baked Crab

Anyone can cook this simple crab recipe at home. For sweet and tasty crab, try blue crab, mud crab, Dungeness crab, snow crab, or king crab. What is the simplest crab recipe? Baked crab is the answer. The freshness of the crab meat complements the creamy white sauce with the peppery chili flakes, titillating the palate with its pronounced bursts of taste. The crab flesh itself is quite flavorful, and the breadcrumbs help to bring all of those wonderful flavors together. When you dig in, the insides of the shell are soft and moist, with the crab meat keeping all of its wonderful liquids that mingle so freely with the milkiness of the white sauce.

Ingredients:

• 300g crabmeat
• 1 tsp olive oil
• 1 chopped Onion
• 1 chopped Green pepper -
• 4 tsp butter
• 1 cup milk
• 2 tsp chili flakes
• ¼ cup flour
• 8 slices, toasted, crushed bread
• Salt and pepper
• 6 – 8, cleaned crab shells

How to make baked crab:

• Heat the olive oil in a pan. Fry the onions until they are golden.
• Add the chile flakes and mix well. Fry till golden brown.
• Mix in the crab meat. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Stir-fry for 3 minutes before transferring the mixture to a separate bowl.
• Melt the butter in the same pan. Cook, stirring constantly while adding the flour and salt. Cook, stirring regularly until the mixture is thick and bubbling. Take the sauce off the heat.
• Incorporate the crab meat mixture into the sauce. Half of the bread crumbs should be added now. Fill crab shells halfway with the mixture. Bake at 400° for 20 minutes, then sprinkle with bread crumbs. Serve while hot.