Cooking Instructions

1.   Gourmet Crab Cakes

2.   Famous Crab Cakes

3.   Portabella Mushrooms

4.   Savory Mushrooms

5.   Mini Crab Cakes

6.   Crab Soup

7.   Seafood Gumbo

8.   Jambalaya

9.   Soft Crabs

10. Brazilian Lobster Tails

 

COOK ALL PRODUCTS UNTIL INTERNAL TEMPERATURE IS 165 DEGREES

 

Gourmet Crab Cakes

From Frozen: Recommended

Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees. Place cakes on lightly greased baking sheet. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes. Make sure internal temperature reaches 165 degrees.

Tip

Prior to cooking, brush the top with a little mayonnaise or butter for a golden brown appearence.

Pan Saute From Thawed

Heat non-stick pan, over medium heat, with 3 tablespoon oil. Add crab cake, be careful of hot oil, and cook 7 minutes, turn over and cook another 7 minutes.

 

Famous Crab Cakes

From Frozen: Recommended

Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees. Place cakes on lightly greased baking sheet. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes. Make sure internal temperature reaches 165 degrees.

Tip

Prior to cooking, brush the top with a little mayonnaise or butter for a golden brown appearence.

Pan Saute From Thawed

Heat non-stick pan, over medium heat, with 3 tablespoon oil. Add crab cake, be careful of hot oil, and cook 7 minutes, turn over and cook another 7 minutes.

 

Portabella Mushrooms

Cook from frozen

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Place mushrooms on cookie sheet or small roasting pan. Cook for 20 to 25 minutes or until hot. Mushrooms will give off some liquid when cooked. Can be placed on roasting rack inside roasting pan to elevate from liquid.
 


Savory Mushrooms

Cook from frozen

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Place mushrooms on cookie sheet or small roasting pan. Cook for 20 to 25 minutes or until hot. Mushrooms will give off some liquid when cooked. Can be placed on roasting rack inside roasting pan to elevate from liquid. 


Mini Crab Cakes

Cook from frozen

Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees. Place cakes on lightly greased cookie sheet and cook for 15 to 18 miunutes or until hot.


Crab Soup

Thaw in refrigerator over night. Place in stock pot over medium heat and cook until hot, stir every few minutes to keep form sticking to botom.

 

Seafood Gumbo

Thaw in refrigerator over night. Place in stock pot over medium heat and cook until hot, stir every few minutes to keep form sticking to botom.

Tip

Gumbo can be served as a soup or served with or over rice as an entree.

 

Jambalaya

Thaw in refrigerator over night. Place in stock pot over medium heat and cook until hot, stir every few minutes to keep form sticking to botom.


Soft Shell Crabs

Pan Fry

Thaw in refrigerator over night. Lightly coat crabs with flour, shake off any excess. Place non-stick saute pan on medium high heat. Add small amount of oil to pan. Place crabs shell side down first and cook 4 minutes. Flip crabs over and cook another 4 minutes.

Crabs can pop hot oil during the cooking process. Please be careful when turning.


BRAZILIAN LOBSTER TAILS

BOILING

Thaw in refrigerator overnight.

Bring large stock of lightly salted water to a full boil. Place tails in water. When tails rise to the top remove from water, meat should be white in color not translucent. Serve with melted butter.

STEAMING

Steam for 5 to 6 minutes.

GRILL

Butterfly tails by cutting down through middle of shell. Heat grill to high. Brush with olive oil or melted butter. Place flesh side down and grill and cook 5-7 minutes.

BAKE

Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees. Butterfly tails by cutting through middle of shell. Place on cookie sheet with 1/4 cup water. Brush with olive oil or melted butter. Cook 10 minutes.

 

Enjoy,

Chesapeake Bay Crab Cake Company