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    Cajun Crab: Guest Post by Rants from My Crazy Kitchen

    Published: Apr 22, 2014 · Modified: Oct 23, 2022 by Kim Beaulieu · This post may contain affiliate links

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    Flavourful but simple spicy and buttery crab perfect for a special occasion dinner!

    Cajun Crab: Guest Post by Rants from My Crazy Kitchen on Cravings of a Lunatic

    Welcome to Week 2 and Day 2 of Seafood Week. When I do a thing I do it all the way!

    Seafood Week was dreamed up from laziness. No really. It's totally true. I wanted some time off work and asked some of my blogging peeps to guest post for me. I had so many amazing seafood-loving friends that I had enough posts for two weeks off. Score!

    So what am I doing this week? I'd like to say I'm building the "mason jar wall of shelves that will blow your mind". However our budget is blown from paying off debt and there's no overtime for hubs at work right now. So we've put a hold on projects for a little bit. In the interim I'm doing super important things. Like watching Netflix, and napping.

    Today I'd like to welcome my buddy Bernadette from Rants from My Crazy Kitchen. She's a hoot and a half. Plus she's a total sweetheart. I like my friends to be funny, smart and up for anything. Bernadette is all of those things. I'm so happy she agreed to let me make her do all my work for me today. I'm a giver.

    Seafood Week

    Hi everyone! I’m Bernadette from Rants From My Crazy Kitchen. I live in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania with my husband, daughter that will be 5 in July, and our almost 2-year-old beagle named Bella. I started blogging just over two years ago, and my blog features all sorts of different recipes, from appetizers to desserts. It is a bit lacking in really healthy recipes, I’m working on that, but it has to be healthy recipes we will want to eat!

    I was thrilled when Kim asked me to guest post for her Seafood Week, I LOVE almost all kinds of seafood, and I’m so sad that Kim can’t have it! I knew immediately what I was going to make for this post. The inspiration for the recipe I’m sharing today came from a local restaurant called Kelsey’s. I had a fabulous seafood dish there a few years ago, and tried to recreate it once before I started blogging recipes. Unfortunately, a few years made me forget that what I had that day was Cajun clams, not crab! It doesn’t matter, because the Cajun butter sauce is great with either!

    This is a really decedent recipe, but it’s incredibly easy to make. Just fresh crab, butter, a few spices, and some lemon juice! I love spicy foods (except pasta, that’s just weird to me), but I didn’t want to go overly spicy and overpower the wonderful crab. If you can’t handle spicy, leave out the cayenne pepper. Crab, at least here in Northeast PA is a bit expensive, so I would save this dish for a special occasion but I would NOT substitute imitation crab, I hate the stuff. If you do it, don’t tell me!

    If you like this recipe, I would love to have you follow me. Besides my blog I can be found on Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter.

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    Flavourful but simple spicy and buttery crab perfect for a special occasion dinner!
    Prep Time 10 minutes
    Cook Time 25 minutes
    Total Time 35 minutes

    Ingredients

    • 16 ounces refrigerated crab meat drained, flaked, and picked through for shell fragments
    • ½ cup one stick unsalted butter
    • ¼ cup vegetable broth or chicken broth
    • ½ tablespoon corn starch
    • 1 teaspoon chili powder
    • ½ teaspoon lemon juice
    • ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
    • ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
    • ¼ teaspoon black pepper
    • 1 scallion green part only, thinly sliced
    • 2 tablespoon thinly shredded Parmesan cheese

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
    • Melt the butter in a small pot over low heat. Remove from the heat and stir in the chili powder, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, black pepper, and lemon juice. In a measuring cup whisk together the vegetable juice and corn starch. Add the broth mixture to the butter mixture and whisk for one minute. Fold in the flaked crab meat, mix well, then divide the mixture between two serving size casserole dishes and place on a baking sheet. Sprinkle with sliced scallions and Parmesan cheese.
    • Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until heated through.

    Notes

    Recipe Credit to Rants from My Crazy Kitchen

    Cajun Crab: Guest Post by Rants from My Crazy Kitchen on Cravings of a Lunatic

    Thanks so much to Bernadette for guest posting for me today. It's been an absolute pleasure having her on the blog today.

    You can check out Bernadette's blog, Rants from My Crazy Kitchen for updates and great recipes. You can follow her Facebook page to keep up to date on what she's up to. She's also on Twitter so be sure to follow her there. Also be sure to follow her on Pinterest to see the latest recipes from her blog. I am a firm believer in following us bloggers everywhere. We like a good stalking from our readers.

    To continue the Seafood Week tradition of posting old, and wildly embarrassing photos of myself here's some more giggles for you. I figure if you have to listen to me ramble on all the time I sort of owe you.

    Feel free to laugh your butt off. I would if I were you! Enjoy the horror:

    The Family

    So guess where we are. No, really, guess. And while you're guessing can someone explain my mom's dress to me. Also note my long hair. Prepare yourself for the next photo. You might need to sit down.

    Are you ready for it. Inspired by Dorothy Hamill, thanks a bunch D.H.:

    Kim New Haircut

    Oh the horror, I went from super long hair to this. I cried for days, and never watched figure skating again. Ya, I can think of another abbreviation for Dorothy right now. And it's not DH.

    One more just to make sure you fully understand why I am who I am:

    Family Dinner

    I'm sorry. You won't ever be able to unsee this. There's so many things wrong with this picture. But I think the alcohol beside me might explain some of it. And Gramma's expression too!

    More Seafood Week Recipes from my Awesome Buds:

    Movita Beaucoup’s Lobster Pasta Salad

    Cooking in Stilettos’ Coconut Almond Crusted Cod

    Dinners, Dishes and Desserts Brown Butter Seafood Risotto

    Crazy Foodie Stunts Braised Salmon with Mushrooms, Potato Purée and Watercress

    Crumb’s Saganaki Shrimp

    That Skinny Chick Can Bake’s Sea Bass with Tomatoes, Olives and Capers

    Try Anything Once's Stuffed Clams

    Toodles and smoochies! xx

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    Comments

    1. Bernadette

      April 22, 2014 at 9:46 am

      Kim, I'm happy to do all of your work for you anytime, but next time come do my dishes, m'kay? I like the Dorothy Hamill haircut, but I always did prefer my hair short. I'm not even going to touch on your mother's dress. Ha!

      Reply
    2. Valerie | From Valerie's Kitchen

      April 22, 2014 at 2:17 pm

      I want to watch Netflix and nap! You are a very smart lady 🙂 Love the vintage photos.

      Bernadette, the Cajun Crab looks yum! Comfort food at it's best. Have a great week, ladies!

      Reply
      • Bernadette

        April 22, 2014 at 7:05 pm

        Thanks Valerie!

        Reply
    3. Carol at Wild Goose Tea

      April 22, 2014 at 3:08 pm

      Wow good for you for taking some time off. Good for us, because there have been some OUTSTANDING seafood recipes that have come across from your guest bloggers. This one certainly falls into that category.

      Reply
    4. John@Kitchen Riffs

      April 22, 2014 at 8:16 pm

      What can't I be watching Netflix and napping? 😉 This is such a great recipe -- loads and loads of flavor. Terrific guest post. And I love all the old pictures you've been sharing!

      Reply
    5. Ramona W

      April 24, 2014 at 6:54 am

      I think all of us from the 70's got that Dorothy Hamill cut... LOL! What memories. Now this crab dip blows my mind. I love all cajun flavors. I think I would eat this all by myself. 🙂

      Reply
    6. Becca from It's Yummi!

      April 24, 2014 at 8:39 am

      Crazy girl's recipe looks AHHH-mazing, and holy freaking WOW, so does that Dorothy Hamill haircut! I had one of those... we were the COOL kids, Lunie 🙂

      Reply

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