Bookbinder's Crab Imperial

Time

prep 0:30       total 1:00

Yield

4 servings

Ingredients

Ingredients

3/4 to 1 lb. crab meat *
1/2 cup flour
12 oz. milk
1 oz. chicken bouillon
3/4 oz. Worcestershire sauce
1 oz. mayonnaise
2 oz. pimento, diced
1/2 green pepper, diced

Instructions

Add butter, flour and milk to pot; cook over medium heat for 10-12 minutes stirring repeatedly. In separate pot, add bouillon, Worcestershire, mayonnaise, pimento and green pepper; cook over medium heat for 10-12 minutes, stirring repeatedly. Combine ingredients of both pots. Add crabmeat. Gently put into ramekins (or suitably-sized oven-proof bowls)and sprinkle with paprika. Bake on a cookie sheet at 425°F for 20-25 minutes. **

Author's Comments

You can stir both pots simultaneously, (cutting down on your prep time) if you prepare each ahead.

* I use one 16-oz can of Phillips pasteurized lump crabmeat

** I serve with a twice-baked potato and steamed asparagus.

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2 Recipe Reviews

Mary Jane

Mary Jane reviewed Bookbinder's Crab Imperial on April 12, 2004

Ick! Horrible!
Feed it to the dogs!

raven

raven reviewed Bookbinder's Crab Imperial on December 5, 2011

a nice low fat substitute for the crab imperial by twinstar.
don't let the haters stop you from trying this.