Crab Imperial From Ocean City Md Recipes

TRADITIONAL MARYLAND CRAB IMPERIAL RECIPE

Steps:

• Add butter, flour, and milk to a sauce pan and heat over medium heat, while stirring, until it's well blended and thickens. Allow to cool slightly.
• Transfer your white sauce to a large bowl and mix in the crab meat, beaten egg, pimiento, mayonnaise, dry mustard, salt & pepper.
• Place mixture into 4 crab shells, scallop shells, or individual baking dishes.
• Sprinkle equal amounts of bread crumbs, Old Bay Seasoning, & thin slices of butter to cover the tops of each serving.
• Bake in 350 degree fahrenheit oven for approximately 15 minutes. Then turn your oven on broil for 3 to 4 minutes, while keeping a close eye on them, to brown the tops.

CRAB IMPERIAL FROM OCEAN CITY, MD

Steps:

• Carefully examine crabmeat for shell and remove any found.
• In a medium bowl, add crabmeat and other ingredients.
• Very gently fold ingredients together.
• Coat ramekins or glass crab shells with melted butter. Fill with crab imperial.
• * I like to sprinkle the top with a little paprika at this point.
• Place a teaspoon of mayonnaise on top.
• Bake in hot 400 degree oven for about 15 minutes. Watch carefully. When mayonnaise browns, remove from oven.
• * Serve with wedges of lemon.

CRAB IMPERIAL

Steps:

• Gently go through the lump crab meat for any shell fragments. Set crab meat aside.
• Mix mayonnaise, Worcestershire sauce, salt and egg together until well blended.
• Fold in the sauteed peppers and drained pimentos.
• Very carefully, fold in the crab meat lumps until coated with mayonnaise mixture.
• Place in buttered casserole dish.
• Casserole Topping:.
• In small bowl, mix together the egg yolk and the mayonnaise.
• Now spoon on top of the casserole filled with crab mixture.
• Sprinkle the Old Bay seasoning on top.
• Bake 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until browned. May serve with lemon wedges.

" PHILLIPS CRAB HOUSE" CRAB IMPERIAL

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix all ingredients, except crab meat.
• Add crab meat and turn lightly so as not to break up the lumps.
• Put in a buttered 2 quart casserole or fill 8 buttered individual baking dishes (shells) and top with cracer crumbs.
• Cover with melted butter. Sprinkle with paprika.
• Bake at 350°F for 15-20 minutes until bubbly and brown.
• Note: If desired, top with grated cheese last 5 minutes of baking.

CRAB IMPERIAL II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, combine crab meat, mayonnaise, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, Old Bay Seasoning, salt, cayenne pepper, dry mustard, and beaten egg.. Mix thoroughly.
• In an 8" pie dish, spread mixture and lightly coat the entire dish with bread crumbs. Then sprinkle the top with paprika. Dot the dish with the butter.
• Bake in a preheated oven for 20 minutes.

ATLANTIC IMPERIAL CRAB

Steps:

• In a small bowl, add the lightly beaten eggs, the dry mustard, Worcestershire and Tabasco sauce.
• In a large bowl, add all the crabmeat, green pepper, and pimento. Pour in the beaten egg mixture and enough mayonnaise to hold mixture together. Very gently mix all ingredients together being careful not to break up the lumps of crabmeat.
• Butter a 2 quart casserole or 8 large crab pryex shells.
• Fill casserole or shells with crab imperial.
• Spread with mayonnaise. Sprinkle with paprika.
• Bake in 350 degree oven until heated through, bubbly, and brown (about 20-25 minutes for the casserole; less for the crab shells). Watch carefully.
• Serve with tartar sauce, if desired.
• Have ample lemon wedges available for those who like to squeeze lemon juice on their crab imperial.