Caribbean Style Crab Recipe

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Ingredients

• 8 tablespoons of butter
• 4 scallions chopped
• 1 teaspoon to 2 teaspoon chopped garlic
• 1 hot green chilli, finely chopped and seeded (or use dried red pepper flakes)
• 1 tablespoon of curry powder
• 3/4 to 1 lb crab meat, shredded
• 2 tb chopped fresh coriander leaves, if possible
• 2 tb finely chopped parsley
• Salt and freshly ground pepper
• 6 tb to 8 tb crab liquid or clam broth
• 2 c  bread crumbs
• 8 clam shells

Directions

1. Melt butter in skillet; add scallions, garlic and chilli peppers and cook until scallions are wilted. Add curry powder to this mixture and blend thoroughly. Add crab, coriander and parsley.
2. Add salt, pepper and crab liquid (if more is needed, add melted butter). Blend in bread crumbs.
3. Fill the mixture in 8 clam shells and bake at 400 degrees F about 10 minutes or until browned.

Serves 8 as an appetizer or 3 to 4 as a main course.