Grilled Cheese N Crab Sandwiches Recipes

LOBSTER AND CRAB STUFFED GRILLED CHEESE

Steps:

• Heat the lobster and crab meat.
• Spread the bread slices evenly with mayonnaise and toast on a flattop grill. Repeat on reverse side.
• Add the American cheese, lobster, crab meat, cabbage, tomato, Lemon Beurre Blanc and shredded cheese to one of the slices and form a sandwich. Toast until the cheese is melted.
• To serve, cut the sandwich into four squares and place the exposed ends on top of fanned out cabbage. Using a squeeze bottle, drizzle Lava Sauce diagonally across the top of the sandwich. Sprinkle paprika across the entire plate. Serve with shoestring fries.
• Combine the shallots, white wine and lemon juice in a non-reactive saucepan over high heat and reduce to 2 tablespoons.
• Add the cream to the reduction. Once the liquid bubbles, reduce the heat to low. Add the butter, one cube at a time, whisking first on the heat and then off the heat. Continue whisking butter into the reduction until the mixture is fully emulsified and has reached a rich sauce consistency. Season with salt and white pepper. Store beurre blanc in a thermos until ready to serve.
• Mix the mayonnaise, sambal, chile sauce and lemon juice in a bowl until well blended. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

GRILLED CRAB AND CHEDDAR SANDWICH

Steps:

• In a medium sized bowl place the crab or surimi and pick through to remove any bones or cartilage.
• Stir in the cheese, green onions and just enough mayonnaise to hold it all together.
• Spoon the crab on 4 slices of bread and top with remaining bread.
• Heat a griddle to medium-low heat.
• Brush tops of bread liberally with melted butter and place butter side down on hot griddle.
• Cook slowly until golden and crisp on the bottom, about 2-3 minutes.
• Brush tops with melted butter and turn to cook the other side, again slowly until bread is browned, 2 minutes more.
• Cut in half and serve while still hot.

GRILLED CHEESE N CRAB SANDWICHES

Steps:

• in a small bowl, mix crab, mayonnaise (or tartar sauce), onion, cheese, ground mustard and pepper.
• Butter outside of sandwich of each slice of bread. Place 1/4 of the crab mixture on the unbuttered side of 4 slices of the bread and sandwich together with remaining 4 slices of bread (buttered sides out).
• Heat large saute skillet to medium heat and cook sandwiches on both sides, until cheese is melted and bread is golden brown.

OPEN FACED CRAB SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Preheat broiler.
• In a bowl, combine crabmeat, green onions, cheese, mayonnaisse and cayenne (or hot pepper sauce).
• Slice tomatoes into eight slices.
• On a baking sheet or broiler pan place English muffin halves and broil 3-4 inches from heat until golden (3-5 minutes); remove from oven.
• Place a tomato slice on each muffin half and top with crab mixture (about 1/2 cup per muffin half)and then sprinkle with extra shredded cheese, if desired.
• Return to oven and broil until cheese browns. (3-5 minutes).