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Actually, one more plate will be required as you'll need somewhere to keep the finished deviled crabs while you make the others.ĩ. Construction: you'll want 3 vessels here 1 for the dough, 1 for the crab mixture and then a plate for bread crumbs. Keep an eye on the temperature, but be sure to just give it time to get to 330 degrees and then make adjustments as needed to maintain that.Ĩ. I had around 2-inches of oil in my cast iron dutch oven, which worked just fine. Use a neutral oil like safflower or just vegetable oil. You'll want a deep-fry thermometer to be sure you're right at 330 degrees. At this point, you'll probably want to put your oil on the fire. OK, now you're ready to put all of this together. If it gets too dry while you're building the deviled crabs, just add in a little more water and mix it well.ħ. Just get it to where it holds itself together decently and it isn't a gloppy mess. Again, I know this is vague, but I don't think you can mess this up too badly. Add in the red pepper and then add in enough bread crumbs to get to a biscuit-dough-like consistency.

Add enough water to moisten the bread (it took more than I figured it would, but you just have to go until you feel you're at the right spot) and then mash it all together until it has a loose, doughy consistency.Ħ. Tear the bread up and put it all into a big bowl. As I mentioned in the writeup, I would probably take the crust off the bread when doing this as it doesn't seem to incorporate as well as the interior bread (but it worked fine with it, so it's up to you).ĥ. I know it's a little vague, but you kind of just have to get in there and see how it goes. Refrigerate the mixture until you're ready to fry.ġ loaf of white bread (I used a baguette-style Italian loaf)ġ loaf of Cuban bread (won't be as long as a baguette, but should be broader) Gradually add in the sauce and mix until the meat is moist and holds together nicely. Flake the crab meat into a large bowl and make sure to pick it over for any small pieces of shell. The sauce will be pretty thick by this point.Ĥ. Add the oregano and cook for 5 more minutes. Add in the tomato puree or sauce, tomato paste and red pepper flake and cook on low heat for an additional hour, stirring often. Now, as I said in the writeup for this recipe, you could probably put your heat to medium and cut that time down considerably, but.well, this is how they originally did it.ģ. Add the vegetables to a large saute pan with the oil and the water and cook over very low heat for 1 to 2 hours. If you have good knife skills, you could probably pull this off with fine chopping, but it's convenient to use the blender or a food processor, so it's really up to you.Ģ.

Coarsely mix the onion, pepper, garlic and celery in a blender or food processor to make it small, but don't turn it into a paste. OK, we'll stop there on the ingredients and come back for the dough.ġ. tomato puree (I just went with pure tomato sauce for this no additional ingredients)ġ to 2 tbsp crushed red pepper, according to heat toleranceĢ pounds of blue crab claw meat, fresh or frozen or, if you have it available, go with refrigerated and canned, which works great water (I always vote for extra virgin.or tap, I guess)Īpprox. olive oil (I always vote for extra virgin)ġ/4 c. That being said, if you're going to go through all the trouble, you might as well make plenty, right?ġ/2 to 2 tbsp minced garlic (the original calls for 1/2 tbsp, but I think a bit more would be good)ġ/8 c. The original recipe calls for FOUR POUNDS of crab claw meat, which makes more than most people would want, I'd think, so I'm going to cut that in half (as I did when I made them), but you could probably even cut it in half again if you wanted. I'm tweaking some amounts, but it's essentially the same. This is the way the Seabreeze did it for many years and this is the way I did it using the recipe from their cookbook.