Best Crab Stuffed Potatoes Recipes

CRAB-STUFFED POTATOES

Steps:

• Bake potatoes at 425° for 45-55 minutes or until tender. When cool enough to handle, halve potatoes lengthwise. Carefully scoop out pulp into a bowl, leaving a thin shell. Set shells aside. Beat or mash potato pulp with butter, cream, salt and pepper until smooth. Using a fork, stir in onions or chives and cheese. Gently mix in crab. Stuff shells. Sprinkle with paprika. Return to the oven for 15 minutes or until heated through.

CRAB STUFFED TWICE BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Prick holes in the potatoes with a fork and place directly on the oven rack. Roast until cooked through, about 45 minutes, depending on the size of the potato.
• While the potatoes are cooking prepare the crab: Add 2 tablespoons of butter to a frying pan. Add the shallots and cook until translucent. Next add the minced garlic and saute in the frying pan to gently brown the shallots and garlic. Add the thyme and crab and cook until heated through. Then set aside.
• Lower the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Once the potatoes are cooked and cool enough to handle cut, off a small portion of the top making an opening in the potato.
• Take a spoon and scoop the pulp into a bowl. Place the potato skins on a cookie sheet and put in a 350 degree F oven for about 5 minutes to dry them out and ensure they will be crispy when done.
• To the potato pulp, add the shallot/crab mixture, remaining butter, cheese and sour cream and mix. Then add parsley, salt and pepper, to taste. Fill the potato shells with the potato/crab mixture. Bake until cheese has melted around 35 to 45 minutes.
• Sprinkle with parsley.

CRAB-STUFFED POTATOES

Steps:

• bake potatoes at 425 degrees for 45-50 minutes, or until tender.
• when cool enough to handle, halve the potatoes lengthwise.
• carefully scoop out pulp into a bowl, leaving a thin shell.
• set shells aside.
• beat or mash potatoes with butter, cream, salt and pepper until smooth.
• using a fork, stir in cheese and onions.
• gently mix in crab.
• stuff shells.
• return to oven for 15 minutes or until heated through.

CHEESY CRAB-STUFFED POTATOES

Steps:

• Scrub potatoes thoroughly, and rub skins with oil. Bake at 400 degrees F for 1 hour or until done. Allow potatoes to cool to touch. Cut potatoes in halves lengthwise; carefully scoop out pulp, leaving shells intact.
• Spoon pulp into a mixing bowl. Add remaining ingredients, except paprika; mash with a potato masher. Stuff shells with potato mixture; sprinkle lightly with paprika.
• Bake at 425 degrees F for 15 to 20 minutes or until thoroughly heated.

ARTICHOKE AND CRAB STUFFED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Wash and prick the potatoes and bake for 45 - 55 minutes, or until very tender and baked through. Remove from oven and let sit 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, place the cream cheese, milk, mayonnaise, green onions, jalapeños and garlic in a mixing bowl and mix with a whip attachment until combined.
• After potatoes have cooled 10 minutes, cut the top off the potato (lengthwise) and scoop out the hot potato with a spoon, leaving a 1/2-inch shell. Add the potato pulp to the mixing bowl and mix with whip attachment until well mixed. Stir in the 3/4 cup parmesan cheese, crab meat and artichokes.
• Scoop the mixture back into the potato shells, piling up and dividing evenly. Sprinkle with extra parmesan for a pretty top.
• Place potatoes on a baking sheet and bake for about 20 - 25 minutes or until golden and heated through.

"CRAB" STUFFED POTATOES

Steps:

• 1. 1 king size russet potato well scrubbed, cut in half length wise, foil wrapped. Bake at 350 until soft to the squeeze. Into a bowl scoop out inside of potato, place the skin on a cookie sheet. FINELY chop with white and part of the green of a bunch of green onions. FINELY chop 1/3 lb of imitation crab meat (the real crab is way too fishy for me, but if you like you can use it) 1/4 to 1/2 cup of heavy table cream (you want the consistancy of mashed potatoes) 1/2 stick of butter salt and pepper to taste mash potatoes, butter, s & p together with hand masher, ad onions and crab. at this point ad the cream a little at a time. stir with spoon until you like the consistancy.. Spoon back into skins. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes, take out of oven and cover with grated colby jack cheese. Return to oven bake for additional 5 minutes until cheese is melted. Enjoy!! Of couse for the diet conscience, you can easily lighten this recipe up. By Carol Hutchinson-Stepp