Deviled Dungeness Crab With Wild Rice And Orzo Pilaf Recipes

Steps:

• Melt 2 tablespoons of the butter in a medium saucepan, add the onion, and cook over low heat for 5 to 10 minutes, until translucent. Add 5 cups of water, 2 teaspoons of salt, and the wild rice. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to very low, and simmer, covered, for 50 minutes to 1 hour, until the rice is tender. Drain well.
• Place the drained rice in a bowl, add the remaining tablespoon of butter, the scallions, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, and the pepper. Taste for seasonings and serve hot.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a saucepan until foamy. Add flour and cook 3 minutes. Slowly add light cream, Worcestershire, and onion, stirring until thoroughly blended and thickened. Remove from heat and stir in crabmeat until well mixed. Spoon mixture into 4 scallop shells and refrigerate until well chilled. Remove filled shells from refrigerator and top with bread crumbs, dots of remaining butter, lemon slices and paprika. Bake for 15 minutes or until bread crumbs are browned and crab mixture is bubbly. Serve immediately. Editors' Extra: If you don't have scallop shells, this works well in any shallow oven-proof dish. Fun Fact: Dungeness crab is the world's standard for super-premium crab. It is unmatched for quality, texture and taste. Dungeness crabs are found only on the West Coast of the United States from central California to the Gulf of Alaska. It gets its name from the small fishing village of Dungeness on the Strait of Juan de Fuca in Washington state where the first commercial harvesting of the crab was done. The Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival is held each year in Port Angeles, Washington, near Dungeness.

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:

• Combine water, wild rice mix, contents of seasoning packet, and 1 tablespoon butter in a medium saucepan. Stir well and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low or medium-low, cover, and simmer until water is absorbed, about 25 minutes.
• While rice is cooking, melt remaining 1 tablespoon butter in a large frying pan over low heat. Add onion and cook until translucent, 8 to 10 minutes. Add beans and corn; cook, stirring often, until heated through, about 5 minutes. Add imitation crab and season with pepper. Saute until imitation crab is warm, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Mix cooked rice into the crab mixture and serve immediately.