Best Thai Crab Napoleon Recipes

PORTABELLO MUSHROOM & CRAB HASH NAPOLEON

Steps:

• Pre heat oven to 425°F. Clean Portobello mushroom and remove "gills", coat with olive oil in a large bowl and season with salt and pepper.
• Place on a roasting pan and roast in oven for 20 min.
• Sauté green bell pepper, red bell pepper, garlic and onion until onions are translucent.
• Let cool.
• When pepper/onion mix is cool, combine with all other ingredients.
• Adjust seasoning.Remove mushrooms from the oven and place upside down on a rack to cool slightly. x
• Adjust seasoning.Remove mushrooms from the oven and place upside down on a rack to cool slightly.
• When cool enough to handle, fill with crab mix, to make an even saucer shape.
• Sautee until brown in a large sauté pan with crab side down first. Lightly wilt the spinach in a sauté pan.
• Place a thin layer of spinach on the crab and cut the mushroom cap in half.
• Place one half on top of the other so the spinach meets, to make a sandwich.
• Cut in three wedges and place around plate with wilted spinach in the center.
• Serve with roasted garlic cream and Cabernet reduction. Garnish plate with whole roasted garlic cloves.

TOM COLICCHIO'S CRAB-MEAT-AND-CELERY-ROOT NAPOLEON

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the curry powder and mustard. Beat in the vinegar, then slowly add the grape-seed oil to make a well-emulsified dressing. Set aside.
• Peel the celery root. Cut into 3 sections horizontally, making the middle section about 2 inches thick. Slice the middle section into 12 thin, large disks, wrap them in plastic wrap and reserve. Cut the other 2 sections, along with any of the celery root remaining from the middle section, into small dice.
• Bring a pot of water to a boil, add the diced celery root and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, or until just tender. Drain and refresh under cold water. Drain well and set aside.
• Pick over the crab meat to remove any stray bits of cartilage. In a bowl, mix the crab meat with the cooked, diced celery root and the tomatoes. Reserve 6 of the chives, finely chop the rest and mix them in. Beat the dressing and fold half of it into the crab-meat salad. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
• Heat the peanut oil in a wok or a skillet until very hot. Dry the reserved celery root disks on paper towels if necessary and fry the slices, turning them once, until golden brown, about 2 to 3 minutes per side. Drain on paper towels.
• To assemble, place a round of celery root on each of 6 plates, top each with a portion of the crab-meat salad, then with another round of celery root. Mix the remaining dressing again and pour it around each of the napoleons. Cut the reserved chives in half and place two pieces across the top of each celery-root disk.