Crab au Gratin
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If you are looking for a tasty and easy to make CRAB au Gratin recipe, look no more!!
Our recipe is made with freshly cooked crab meat, you can use canned crab, or imitation crab.
You also will need two cups of crab meat for this recipe.
Freshly cooked crab meat is so tasty and you will need two cups for this recipe....
First boil your water and add the crab legs, top with a teaspoonful of sea salt and cook for 5 to 10 minutes.
Making the creamy sauce, just add butter to your pan and let melt. Remove pan from heat and top with flour and mix into a paste.
I hope you are excited to make this recipe...you can bake it in one pan or six single foil servings.
Please continue on to our recipe and I will share a link to our cookbooks.
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Ingredients
- Crab meat - 2 cups cooked
- Butter or margarine - 3 to 5 Tbsp, more if needed
- All- purpose flour - 6 tbsp
- Milk or cream - 2 cups
- Broth - 1 cup, or crab water
- Sea salt - 1 tsp
- Pepper - ½ tsp
- Shredded cheese - 1 cup, more if needed
- Green onion - 1 tbsp
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°F then grease a 9 x 9 inch pan or 6 small serving dishes. Start the boil on 4 cups of water with a pinch of sea salt, add your crab legs, let boil for about 5 to 10 minutes, then drain. Remove crab meat from the shell and place in a bowl.
In a medium saucepan, melt butter.
Remove saucepan from heat, add flour let come to a paste return to heat and continue cooking, then add milk or cream, until your sauce has thickened then season with sea salt and freshly grated black pepper.
Add more milk or liquid from the cooked crab if needed.
Then equally portion your crab into 6 small individual baking dishes or one 9 x 9 pan, pour your sauce over each one and mix it through.
Top with shredded cheese of your choice and a pinch of sea salt and freshly grated pepper, bake in a 350°F oven for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
When done, remove from the heat top with some green onion.
Serve with steamed rice or baby spuds.
Bonita’s Tips:
Have water boiled first and then add crab legs with about 1 tsp of sea salt.
You can use canned crab or imitation crab.
You can add cheese to the mixture and then top with bread crumbs to bake. Optional?
Use cheese of choice like brie or sharp cheddar.
Allergens
Crab au gratin is tasty anytime of the year!! Most diffently in crab season when crab legs are freshly out of the water. You can buy them in your freezer area at the market, fresh, use canned crab or imitation.
I could just eat this sauce from the pan or even dip my warm homemade bread into it!!!
SO GOOD!!!
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Bake in a 350º F oven for 20 minutes or until golden brown, if you are making 6 single servings and you like to keep a few for another day. Let then come to room temp and put them in a freezer bag or vacuum seal them. Freeze until all eaten.
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I’m swooning over this recipe! Buying crabs and cracking them open was a highlight growing up when we visited the Oregon coast. As we got older, we added wine for our beverage. Last time for a crab feast with my parents was in the mid 1990’s. I don’t care for lobster, but crab is a favorite! Thank you Bonita and Raymond! Marion in Oregon.