Crab Etouffee Seafood Recipe

Crab Etouffee Seafood Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 pounds crab legs (king — snow, dungeness),
• — thawed if necessary
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 2 cups onion — chopped
• 1 cup celery — chopped
• 1/2 cup green bell pepper — chopped
• 2 teaspoons garlic — minced
• 2 bay leaves
• 1/2 cup clam juice
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley chopped fine
• 3 tablespoons green onion — chopped
• salt and cayenne pepper — to taste

Method

1. Remove crab meat from shell; cut into bite sized pieces
2. Place oil in a large skillet
3. Add onion, celery and bell pepper; saute over medium-high heat until soft (approximately 10 to 12 minutes)
4. Add garlic and bay leaves; reduce heat
5. Combine 1/2 cup water and clam juice; add flour and mix together well
6. Pour clam juice into skillet with onion and bell pepper and stir until the mixture starts to thicken
7. Add crab meat, parsley and green onion
8. Cook 5 minutes or until mixture is heated through
9. Remove the bay leaves
10. Taste, adding cayenne pepper and salt as needed
11. Serve over rice or a Southern favorite: beans and rice

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