Captain Buddy's Deviled Crab Cakes

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick)
• 1 cup finely chopped celery
• 1 cup finely chopped green pepper
• 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
• 2 lbs fresh crabmeat, picked over for shells and flaked
• 4 hard-boiled eggs, finely chopped
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 3/4 cup crushed soda cracker (saltines)
• 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• hot pepper sauce
• 3 -4 tablespoons milk (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 melt butter in large skillet over medium heat.
• 3 add celery,green pepper and onion and cook, stirring constantly until vegetables are soft, about 5 minutes. do not let vegetables brown.
• 4 add crabmeat,chopped egg,mayonnaise,cracker crumbs and parsley and toss lightly.
• 5 season to taste with salt,pepper and hot sauce.
• 6 (if mixture seems too thick, stir in milk one tablespoon at a time.).
• 7 butter scallop, blue crab shells or individual ramekins.
• 8 fill evenly with crab mixture.
• 9 bake until tops are golden brown, about 30 to 35 minutes.
• 10 serve immediately.