Red Lobster's Crab Au Gratin

Submitted by senseicheryl

"I received an email today from Recipe Robot and this is one of the featured recipes."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 1 9 x 13 inch pan
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 118.32 ml butter, 1 stick
• 118.29 ml onion, minced
• 29.58 ml all-purpose flour
• 236.59 ml milk, scalded
• 2.46 ml salt
• 0.25 ml white pepper
• 59.14 ml sherry wine
• 340.19 g crabmeat
• 236.59 ml cracker, finely crumbled
• 118.29 ml cheddar cheese, finely grated

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Crumble crackers between waxed paper with a rolling pin. Reserve just enough crumbs and cheese to top the casserole.
3. Melt 4 tablespoons of the butter in a large heavy skillet. Add onion and saute for about 5 minutes or until golden. Slowly add flour, stirring constantly over low heat. When flour is blended, gradually add hot milk (scalded) and blend with a whip. Continue stirring over low heat until the sauce begins to thicken.
4. Add salt, pepper, and sherry and continue stirring in a bowl.
5. Mix crab meat, sauce and the extra cracker crumbs and cheese. Place in a lightly greased baking dish. Sprinkle reserved cracker crumbs and cheese on the top of the casserole. Dot the top with the remaining 4 tablespoons butter.
6. Bake uncovered for about 15 minutes or until the top is golden brown.

Reviews

[rosslare]

Perfect! Nice balance. Brings out the crab wonderfully without being overpowering. Just the right amount of sauce and lovely crunchy crumbs on top! I topped it with green onions.

 

[ARathkamp]

This was pretty good. We made the mistake of adding twice the amount of crab, so ours was not as creamy / saucy as I would like.. but we will definately try this one again with the correct amount of crab meat! Thanks for posting

 

[Robert A.]

I don't know if we did something wrong but the way ours came out it was't remotely what I remember being served at Red Lobster. I remember a crab meat with mostly a cheddar cheese sauce.