Cooking web notes

If you love seafood, especially crab meat, I think you will enjoy this recipe. You will want to purchase and use fresh genuine crab meat (not the imitation crab meat). You can substitute the yellow mustard with Dijon mustard if desired.

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.