Crab Puffs with Cream Cheese

I love cooking with cream cheese. It's a little fatty, but taste is never compromised. These little appetizers remind me of jalapeno poppers, but with yummy crab meat. I usually make these for a game day snack, but they can be brought to any gathering you require an appetizer for.

Ingredients

• 2 cups oil for deep frying
  
• 1/2 pound cooked Jonah crab meat
  
• 1/2 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
  
• 1 tsp garlic salt
  
• 1 (16 ounce) package small won ton wrappers
  

Directions
Heat oil in large, heavy saucepan to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
In a medium bowl, mix together cooked crab meat, cream cheese and garlic salt. Roll a small amount of the crab meat mixture inside each won ton wrapper and seal. In small batches, carefully place won tons into the hot oil. Fry 2 to 3 minutes, until golden brown. Drain on paper towels.
Source: Puffs

Briochette Crab Melts

As far as the crab goes for this recipe, I think Jonah Crab is the most suitable. The sweet delicate flavor of the Jonah Crab meat pairs well with the granny smith apples.

Ingredients

• 8 small round brioche or buttery dinner rolls, split crosswise
  
• 6 tablespoons truffle butter or unsalted butter, softened
  
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  
• 1/4 cup minced red onion
  
• 1/4 cup chopped flat leaf parsley
  
• 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
  
• 1/2 Granny Smith apple--quartered lengthwise, cored and thinly sliced crosswise
  
• Several dashes of hot sauce
  
• Salt and freshly ground pepper
  
• 1 pound Jonah crab meat, picked over
  
• 1 1/2 cups shredded Gruyere cheese

Directions
Preheat the broiler. Spread the cut sides of the brioche with the truffle butter and set on a baking sheet, cut sides up. Broil the rolls 6 inches from the heat, until toasted. Reduce the oven temperature to 400 degrees F.In a large bowl, mix the mayonnaise, red onion, parsley, lime juice, apple and hot sauce and season with salt and pepper. Fold in the crab meat.Set the top halves of the rolls aside. Top the bottoms with the crab salad and sprinkle with the Gruyere. Bake in the upper third of the oven until the cheese is melted. Close the crab melts and serve.
Source:Brioche

Crab Rangoon

This classic Asian recipe is one of my favorites! I like making this recipe in large batches and bringing it to pot luck parties. It's always been a big hit! I prefer to use Alaskan King Crab in this recipe because it holds it's sweetness the best! After you have mastered this recipe in your own home, you will never want to order our Chinese again!

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound crab meat, drained and chopped
  
• 1/2 pound cream cheese, room temperature
  
• 1/2 teaspoon A-1. Steak Sauce
  
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
  
• 3 dozen won-ton wrappers
  
• 1 egg yolk, well beaten
  

Directions
Combine crab meat, cream cheese, A-1 Sauce and garlic powder. Place 1 heaping teaspoonful of this mixture in the center of a won-ton wrapper. Gather edges together, moisten with egg yolk and pinch to seal. Deep fry in hot oil in bunches until golden brown, about 3 minutes. Drain on paper towels. Serve hot.
Source:Rangoon