Stuffed baked crabs

Name: Stuffed baked crabs
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Cuisine: Brazilian
Ingredients: 3 kg crab meat; juice of 3 lemons; 100 g unsalted butter; 4 garlic cloves, smashed; 160 g parmesan cheese, grated; 300 ml coconut milk; salt and pepper to taste; salt and pepper to taste; 100 ml dende oil (palm oil); 100 ml dende oil (palm oil); 3 tomatoes, diced; 600 g onions, thinly chopped; parsley to taste

Preparation info

Servings:
100
portions

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 30

Appears in

Brazil Rhythms and Recipes

By Morena Leite

Published 2006

About

Ingredients

3 kg crab meat
juice of 3 lemons
100 g <

Americas
Brazil
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Preparation

Sprinkle lemon on crab meat. Fry garlic until brown in dende oil, add onion and crabmeat and sauté for a few minutes. Season with salt and pepper. If prefered, use a hotter pepper. Add tomato and coconut milk, sauté until liquid evaporates and crab meat is embedded with sauce taste. Add parsley. Fill big-size shells with this mixture, sprinkle parmesan cheese.