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crab muffins

(1 rating)
jmas avatar
Recipe by
JM Avallone
@jmas
earth, VA

I am sure some of you have seen and or eaten these before, I have been making them for 20yrs. I catered my brother’s wedding and he personally requested these, he was on a very small budget and there was no way I could make them for the huge wedding he had. So I had made just enough with real crab meat for the wedding party and I snuck in tuna for the rest of the guest. I did add some old bay for the tuna batches. as I opened the kitchen door there was a crowd waiting I did not get two steps into the hall before the platter was empty

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(1 rating)
yield 96 pieces
prep time 30 Min
cook time 15 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For crab muffins

  • 1 Lb
    crab meat (picked over well)
  • 1/2 lb
    butter softened to room temp
  • 1 Tbsp
    mayonnaise (please use the brand you love)
  • 1/2 tsp
    garlic powder, ( garlic salt can be used in a pinch)
  • 1 tsp
    seasoned salt (make your own see tips)
  • 12
    english muffins ( i use thomas)
  • 2
    5oz jars kraft old english cheese spread

How To Make crab muffins

  • 1
    Soften butter and cheese spread to room temperature, beat well with mixer with the garlic powder, Mayo & season salt.
  • 2
    Gently fold in picked over crab meat, spread over English muffins halves. Cut with a sharp knife in to four sections and freeze they do cut easier if they are slightly frozen.
  • 3
    Place on a sheet pan, cookie sheet whatever will fit in your freezer freeze till completely frozen. Sometimes I will put a sheet of wax or parchment paper on the pan but it is not necessary. Package in freezer bags and store.
  • 4
    Preheat oven to 400 degrees, take out as many as you are in the mood for and heat for 10-15 minutes until hot & bubbly and as brown as you like.
  • 5
    Tips: you see here it says to make your own season salt, there are many variations of season salt personally I skipped this step altogether as most call for garlic powder so it just depends on what mood I am in if I want some onion powder or salt I just toss in a bit so on and so forth most of the time all I add is the garlic powder feel free as always to tailor it to your liking I will post some salt recipes I have found. This season blend can also but used on chicken, fish, pork ect.
  • 6
    Season Salt recipes:Combine. Blend thoroughly, put into a shaker and use in place on other seasonings #1- Lawrys #2- 6 tablespoons salt 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves 1/2 teaspoon marjoram 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt or garlic powder 2 1/4 teaspoons paprika 1/4 teaspoon curry powder 1 teaspoon dry mustard 1/4 teaspoon onion powder 1/8 teaspoon dill weed 1/2 teaspoon celery salt #3- 2 tbsp. salt 2 tbsp. paprika 1 tsp. ground pepper 1 tsp. onion salt 1 tsp. garlic salt
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