Grilled Stuffed Crab

Recipe Ingredients

4		Cooked dungeness crabs - (abt 2 lbs ea)
2 cups	220g / 7.8oz	Chopped celery or sweet bell pepper
1/2 cup	31g / 1.1oz	Finely-chopped onion
2		Jalapeño peppers - seeded, chopped
1/2 cup	118ml	Mayonnaise
2 tablespoons	30ml	Lemon juice
		Salt - to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
1/2 cup	73g / 2.6oz	Seasoned bread crumbs or stuffing mix
1 cup	146g / 5.1oz	Shredded Cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese

Recipe Instructions

Separate the crab legs and claws from the body. Clean out the broad back shells, removing and discarding the soft belly shell and insides. Thoroughly rinse and brush the inside and outside of crab shells; set aside.

Crack the claws and legs and remove all meat; transfer crabmeat to bowl; discard leg shells. Add celery and/or pepper, onions, mayonnaise, and lemon juice to crabmeat. Salt and pepper to taste.

Portion about 1 cup crab mixture into each of the shells. Combine bread crumbs and cheese; sprinkle over crabmeat in shell.

Wrap entire shell, leaving vent on top, with heavy-duty foil and place it on medium grill with open side of shell facing up. Cover and cook 15 to 20 minutes.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Source:
Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute at http://www.alaskaseafood.org

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