Crab Meat au Gratin
Recipe: #23972
June 05, 2016
Categories: Crab meat, Appetizers, Cajun, Mothers Day, Oven Bake, Processed Cheese, more
"Val’s Marina.amyinthekitchen"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (171.8 g)
- Calories 426.6
- Total Fat - 36.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 18.4 g
- Cholesterol - 143 mg
- Sodium - 747 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 6.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.6 g
- Sugars - 3.2 g
- Protein - 17.6 g
- Calcium - 339.6 mg
- Iron - 1.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 2.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Turn oven broiler on.
Step 2
In a heavy saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat, add the flour and stir until combined.
Step 3
Add the onion and celery to the roux and cook on low-medium heat until the vegetables are tender.
Step 4
Stir in the evaporated milk and egg yolk, keep stirring until fully blended.
Step 5
Add the Swiss cheese, American cheese, salt, black pepper and cayenne pepper and stir continuously until the cheese has melted.
Step 6
Gently stir in the crab meat and cook on low heat for 5 minutes.
Step 7
Scoop the mixture into a small oven safe baking dish and top with shredded Swiss cheese, green onion and paprika.
Step 8
Place the baking dish onto a cookie sheet and place under broiler for 5 minutes, or until the cheese has melted and started to brown.
Step 9
Remove from oven and serve warm with crackers.
Tips
No special items needed.