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Baked Crab Bites are a simple seafood appetizer served in a crisp phyllo cup.

Baked Crab Bites are a simple seafood appetizer served in a crisp phyllo cup. They make a great New Year’s Eve appetizer!

Last weekend Melinda and I hosted a wine tasting party for friends. We’ll have more details for you later this week but needless to say we had so much fun. We’ve just started getting into wine and pairing it with dishes that help bring out the flavors and this party was all about trying new recipes and wines.Baked Crab Bites are a simple seafood appetizer served in a crisp phyllo cup. They make a great New Year’s Eve appetizer!

You guys are already well aware of our addiction to bite size appetizers so you won’t be surprised when I tell you that we decided to make several different small bites for guests to pair with their wines, rather than one big meal. We made sweet and savory dishes and it’s hard to pick a favorite, but I will say that there were no Baked Crab Bites left at the end of the night.

Baked Crab Bites are a simple seafood appetizer served in a crisp phyllo cup. They make a great New Year’s Eve appetizer!

The filling was a mix of Louis Kemp Crab Delights®, garlic, mayo, cream cheese and havarti cheese, bell pepper, and our secret weapon, Old Bay seasoning. Crab Delights is “surimi” or imitation crab meat, which is a combination of Alaska Pollock (Alaskan whitefish) and real snow crab. It’s gluten free, low calorie, and high in omega 3’s, making it a healthy protein to add to recipes. I eat it most often in California Rolls (my favorite!!) and Crab Rangoon. It tastes so good baked with all of that creamy, cheesy, goodness, and the addition of the red bell peppers gives it a little extra crunch.

Baked Crab Bites are a simple seafood appetizer served in a crisp phyllo cup. They make a great New Year’s Eve appetizer!

We could have just put the mixture in a casserole dish and baked it as a dip but we wanted individual servings so people could take a bite as they tasted they sipped their wines, so we put it in phyllo cups and baked them. Like I said, these went fast and that’s just about the nest compliment you can get when you try out a new recipe. I’ve already added them to my New Year’s Eve appetizer menu.

Servings: 30
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 18 minutes
Total Time: 33 minutes

Easy Crab Bites

Baked Crab Bites are a simple seafood appetizer served in a crisp phyllo cup.
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Ingredients

  • 1/2 lb Louis Kemp Crab Delights, chopped
  • 1 Tbsp Olive oil
  • 1 Tbsp Onion
  • 1 tsp Garlic, minced
  • 3 Tbsp Mayonnaise
  • 1 Tbsp Lemon juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon Old Bay
  • 6 oz. Cream cheese, softened
  • 2 oz. Havarti Cheese grated
  • 2 Tbsp Red Bell Pepper, finely chopped
  • 30 Phyllo Cups

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Heat olive oil in a small pan over medium heat. Once hot add onions and garlic and saute until softened, 2-3 minutes.
  • In mixing bowl combine onion, garlic, red pepper, mayonnaise, lemon juice, old bay, cream cheese, and Havarti cheese. Mix until completely blended.
  • Fold in king crab meat.
  • Fill phyllo cups with mixture and bake for 15 minutes.
Nutrition Disclaimer: We are not certified nutritionists. Nutrition facts are an estimate and are provided as a courtesy. They are generated by an online API which recognizes ingredient names and amounts and makes calculations based on the serving size. Results may vary.
Author: Kat Jeter & Melinda Caldwell
Course: Appetizer

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