Crab Meat Imperial
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup Crisco® Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
- OR 3/4 stick Crisco® Baking Sticks Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
- 1/2 cup chopped green pepper
- 2 (6 1/2 oz.) cans crab meat
- 2 tbsps. pimiento strips
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 4 cups milk
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. dry mustard
- 1/4 tsp. chili powder or ground red pepper
- Dash Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tbsps. fine dry bread crumbs
Directions
- Step 1
HEAT oven to 375ºF.
- Step 2
MELT 1/4 cup shortening in large heavy skillet over medium heat. Stir in green pepper. Cook until tender, stirring occasionally. Stir in crab meat and pimiento strips.
- Step 3
MELT 1/2 cup shortening in heavy saucepan over medium heat. Blend in flour; cook until bubbly. Remove from heat. Gradually stir in milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until sauce boils and thickens. Cook and stir 1 to 2 minutes.
- Step 4
COMBINE mayonnaise, salt, mustard, chili powder and Worcestershire sauce in small bowl. Stir into hot sauce. Stir in crab meat mixture. Spoon into 6 shell ramekins or 10-ounce custard cups. Top each serving with 1 teaspoon crumbs. Place ramekins or custard cups on baking sheet.
- Step 5
BAKE 15 to 20 minutes or until sauce is lightly browned and bubbly. Sprinkle lightly with paprika, if desired.
Serving size
(1/6 of recipe)
- Calories 410
- Calories from Fat270g
- Total Fat 30g
- Saturated Fat 7g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0g
- Cholesterol 60mg
- Sodium 700mg
- Potassium 0mg
- Total Carbohydrates 17g
- Dietary Fiber 1g
- Sugars 5g
- Protein 16g
- Vitamin A 0%
- Vitamin C 0%
- Vitamin D 0%
- Calcium 0%
- Thiamin 0%
- Niacin 0%
- Zinc 0%
- Riboflavin 0%
- Iron 0%
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet