Croquetas De Jaibas Estilo Ybor Ybor Citys Deviled Crabs Recipes

Steps:

• Dough Recipe: The dough must be prepared and refrigerated, preferably overnight. Remove crust from bread; soak in water for 1/2 hour. Drain and squeeze thoroughly. Add paprika and salt. Add the bread crumbs and work to form a dough, place in refrigerator to chill thoroughly.
• Crab Meat Filling: Heat the olive oil in a skillet. Saute the onion and green pepper until transparent. Add the garlic and saute all until soft.Combine salt, hot sauce, sugar, bay leaf, parsley, tomato sauce and the nutmeg. Add to saute and mix well. Cover and simmer for 1/2 hr (add water if needed during cooking time). Add the crab meat and sherry. Mix well and cook covered another 10 minute Cool and refrigerate.
• Preparation of the Croquettes: Remove dough and filling from refrigerator.Take 2 generous tablespoons Of dough in palm of your left hand. Indent with the back of a spoon in the center enough to fill with a tablespoons Of crab meat filling. Work dough around filling to form a croquette.
• Prepare a mixture of 2 eggs, 2 tablespoons Of water, salt and pepper and beat. vigorously. In a bowl, combine 1 cup of seasoned bread crumbs with 1/2 cup of all purpose flour. Mix well. Dip croquettes first in the egg mixture, then roll in the crumb flour mixture to coat well. Place croquettes side by side in a shallow dish. Cover with Saran Wrap or foil and refrigerate at least 1 hour before frying in deep fat.(Make sure you have lots of your favorite red pepper sauce available to pour onto them, it makes them even more delicious.).

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400.
• Cook onions and peppers until tender.
• Mix all ingredients in a large bowl.
• Pour mixture into an ungreased casserole dish.
• Bake at 400 for 25 minutes.

Steps:

• Melt 1 stick of butter and saute green pepper and onions for about 5 minutes.
• Add garlic, thyme and bay leaf.
• Saute slowly till soft.
• Add remaining butter then celery and saute a few more minutes.
• Add the bread crumbs and milk, mixing well.
• Cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes.
• Add crab meat and remaining seasonin, mixing thoroughly.
• Remove bay leaf and arrange mixture in ramekins.
• Top with buttered bread crumbs.
• Heat in 400 degree oven only until hot.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450.
• Place cubed bread in bowl with milk and mash to a pasty consistency.
• Add more milk if needed.
• Saute onions and celery in 1/4 c.
• of butter until softened.
• Pour onions, celery and butter over bread mixture and mix to combine.
• IF bread mixture is cooled, add crabmeat, mustard and eggs.
• Stir to combine-but not too much-you don't want to totally separate the crab chunks.
• Pour into EITHER 6 greased ramekins OR 1 large greased casserole.
• Spread in baking containers so that it is evenly distributed.
• Sprinkle bread crumbs on top.
• Bake ramekins for about 8 minutes//Bake casserole for 20 minutes.
• Spread mayonnaise on top of cooked deviled crab.
• Serve warm.
• Garnish with either fresh parsley or fresh dill.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425°F.
• Melt 3 tablespoons of the butter, pour into a mixing bowl, and whisk in the sherry, lemon juice, cayenne, black pepper, and salt. Add the egg, break it up with the whisk, and whisk to combine.
• In a large mixing bowl, toss the crab with your hands (feel for any missed shell remnants and remove) with the grated egg, scallions, jalapeños, and ½ cup bread crumbs. Add the butter mixture to the crab, tossing with your hands to evenly and gently combine. The mixture will be halfway between sticky and crumbly, but easy enough to compress into a cake. (Microwave or fry a small sample to check for spiciness. If planning to make crab cakes, form the cakes and refrigerate the mixture for about 30 minutes, or longer if wrapped in plastic wrap.).
• Using a 1/3 cup measure as a mold, pack the crab mixture into 10 portions, then either press the patties into cleaned crab shells or turn out onto a greased baking sheet if you intend to make crab cakes. Arrange the filled crab shells, if using, on a baking sheet. Top each portion with a sprinkling of the remaining 1/4 cup bread crumbs. Cut the remaining 2 tablespoons butter into 10 thin pats and set on top of each portion of crab.
• Bake in the oven on the middle rack for about 20 minutes, until the crab is slightly browned and drying on top. Remove, garnish each with a pinch of cayenne and some parsley, if using, and serve immediately with lemon wedges. (If making cakes, flip each cake once before garnishing and serving, as the bottom side will have browned more alluringly.).

Steps:

• to prepae shells for serving, bake the cleaned shells in a 350 degree oven for 10 minutes.
• saute onion and bell pepper in butter over medium heat until soft and translucent.
• remove from heat.
• in a large bowl, combine onion mixture with remaining ingredients, except for shells of course.
• spoon mixture into shells or a small oven proof serving cup.
• bake at 350 for 15 minutes.