Portuguese Style STUFFED CRAB!

crab meat

🥗Healthier: shredded chicken

💰Cheaper: canned tuna

Canned tuna is more affordable and provides a similar texture.

cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Nutritional yeast adds flavor without dairy.

Boil the live crab for 15 minutes with aromatics like carrots, garlic, leek, celery, and onion in a large pot of salted water.

After boiling, place the crab in cold water to cool.

Open the crab and remove the meat, discarding the gills and any inedible parts.

Chop the boiled eggs into small pieces and add them to a bowl.

Add lemon zest, lemon juice, chopped shallots, pickles, crab meat, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco, mayonnaise, mustard, and ketchup to the bowl.

Season the mixture with salt and pepper, then add breadcrumbs gradually to thicken it.

Combine all ingredients well and break up any large pieces of crab shells if necessary.

Serve the stuffed crab in the crab shell or on toasted bread.

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