Stuffed Jalapenos (Massa's)

Recipe Ingredients

1/4 cup	49g / 1.7oz	Butter - melted
1/2 cup	31g / 1.1oz	Onion - chopped
1/2 cup	55g / 1.9oz	Celery - chopped
1/4 cup	36g / 1.3oz	Garlic - chopped
12 oz	340g	Fresh crab meat
1		Egg - slightly beaten
1 teaspoon	5ml	Salt
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	White pepper
1/2 cup	73g / 2.6oz	Cracker meal or bread crumbs - for dressing, plus e
		For coating
10		Jalapenos - cut in half, l.W.
		Seeded and parboiled - (note)

Recipe Instructions

Heat butter in a non-stick skillet and saute chopped onion, celery and garlic until softened, about 3 minutes.

Combine in bowl with crab, egg, salt, pepper and cracker meal, and mix (dressing should stick together).

If too dry, add another egg. Stuff pepper halves liberally. Moisten stuffed peppers by dipping in cool water.

Roll in more cracker meal to coat.

Deep fry (or fry in skillet) in hot vegetable oil until golden brown.

NOTE: To parboil, drop peppers into boiling water for a minute or two until semi-soft, then drain.

Source:
Lois Ann Mouton

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