Microwave Cooking for One by Marie T Smith
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Crab Casserole for One
This recipe was posted on October 4, 2000
This is a recipe I will never
forget! While Leslie and I were growing up, we moved
frequently because of Dads career in the army.
In 1968 we moved to Patuxent River Navy Base in
Maryland so Dad could complete the Navys
rigorous nine-month test pilot school. After he
graduated we stayed on for three more years when he
became the Army Liaison Officer at the school. It was
while we were in Maryland that Mom and Dad purchased
our first boat, which was named the Terre S after
Mom. Many weekends were spent cruising the Chesapeake Bay, and we soon became avid and successful
crabbers. With all those crabs it was not long before
Mom was making Crab Casserole on a regular
basis, and it soon became a family favorite.

1970: Posing for Holiday Pictures. Various
views of the family on the Terre S at Patuxent River Navy Base in
Maryland. Left: entire view of the Terre S, Middle: Leslie, me
(center) and Mom. No smiles from Leslie or me--it's the braces
you know. Right: The entire family on the deck of the Terre S.
(Photos are in thumbnail few. Click on any photo to see
a larger version.)
Ill never forget the
microwave version of this recipe! One day Mom
interrupted me while I was working to tell me she had
a surprise for me. She had made me Crab Casserole
for lunch. I eagerly left my work at the computer and
rushed into the kitchen. I couldnt wait to
taste Crab Casserole again. As we were living
in Central Florida at this time just prior to the
book being published, crabbing was a pursuit of the
distant past. I sat down, eagerly anticipating the
flavor that would soon tickle my taste buds. I took
one bite, and immediately spit it out. Yuck!
Thats awful, I exclaimed. Thats
when Mom confessed she had used me as a guinea pig
for that attempt at creating the recipe. She had used
canned crab instead of fresh or frozen crab just to
see if it made a difference in the outcome of the
recipe. Boy, did it ever! Mom apologized for tempting
me and then disappointing me and promised to make me
another Crab Casserole with fresh crab, which
of course, she did.
One of the great features of Microwave
Cooking for One is that the recipes are from
scratch using fresh or frozen ingredients which makes
for healthierand tastierresults. So, be
sure to use fresh or frozen crab when creating the
recipe below. I can personally attest to the fact
that it really makes a difference in the taste!
Another reason I am including this
recipe is because it solves the mystery of hard
cooking an egg in the microwave. Yes, you can do it,
but you must remove it from the shell (unless you
want an exploding egg in your microwave)! Just follow
the instructions in the first part of the recipe.

Crab
Casserole for One
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butter
1 small egg
¼ tsp. water
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Butter custard cup. Break egg into cup.
Puncture egg yolk with fork, then sprinkle with water.
Cover cup with a glass lid (from another utensil) or
plastic wrap. Cook 25 seconds (_____) at 100% power.
Turn cup halfway around. Cook 20 seconds (_____) at
100% power until egg is hard cooked. (Autrotating
oven: Eliminate turn.) Turn out onto small plate, remove
and mash yolk on one side of plate, and chop egg white on
the other side. Set aside.
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2 tbsp. butter
½ tbsp. flour
¼ cup cream or half and half
2 tsp. mayonnaise
¼ tsp. prepared mustard
1/8 tsp. salt
1/16 tsp. pepper
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Place butter in a 1-quart bowl and cook
45 seconds (_____) at 100% power to melt. Add
flour, cream, mayonnaise, mustard, salt, pepper, and
mashed egg yolk. Mix well with wire whisk. Add chopped
egg white.
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4 oz. (1/2 cup) cooked crab meat*
¾ tsp. sherry
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Add crab meat and mix with rubber
spatula. Add sherry, mix well, then pour into petite pan
or grab it bowl.
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1 tbsp. butter
2 tbsp. bread crumbs
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Place butter in custard cup and cook 30
seconds (_____) at 100% power to melt. Add bread
crumbs and mix with small fork. Sprinkle bread crumb
mixture on top of crab mixture in petite pan. Cook 2:00
minutes (_____) at 100% power. Turn cup halfway
around. Cook 2:00 minutes (_____) at 100% power. (Autrotating oven: Eliminate turn.) Let stand one minute
before serving. |
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* A 6 oz. defrosted package of
frozen crab meat yields 4 oz. (Defrost for 5:00
minutes.)
* 3 or 4 cooked whole crabs yields
4 oz. of crab meat. (See recipe in Microwave
Cooking for One for recipe to cook live crabs in
the microwave.)
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NOTE: Cooking times are for a
700-watt oven. For best results with this and any
other microwave recipe, please be sure to go to
Timing
of the Microwaving Tips section for a complete explanation of
timing in the microwave.
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