Crab Stuffed Mushrooms (or my Crab Balls!)

Crab Stuffed Mushrooms (or my Crab Balls!): Submitted by: Vickie | Date Added: 4 Sep 2017 Ingredients:

1 small jar pimentos, drained well
1-2 Mayo (do NOT use light mayo)
1 T yellow mustard
1 T Worcestershire
1 T baking powder
1 t dried parsley
1 t Old Bay
Dash salt & pepper
1 egg
4-6 drops hot sauce
2 slices white bread, crust removed & chopped
1-lb lump crabmeat, picked and shell removed

1 package of large Mushrooms, stems removed, cleaned & dried well (If making stuffed mushrooms)
1 package of fish fry mix (if making crab balls)

Cooking Instructions:

If making stuffed mushrooms:

1. Mix 1st 8 ingredients.
2. Gently fold in bread crumbs.
3. Refrigerate crab mix for at least 1 hour to set.
4. Heap crabmeat into Mushrooms with spoon. ( If you want to make up and stuff mushrooms and then refrigerate them, that's ok too!)
5. Place stuffed mushrooms onto Pam sprayed pan.
6. Bake at 425 degrees for 20-30 minutes until golden brown.

If making Crab Balls:

1. Follow above steps 1-2.
2. By heaping spoonfuls, gently place crab in palm of hand and roll into balls; Cover with wax paper and Refrigerate at least 1 hour, or until ready to fry.
3. Roll balls into fish fry mix to lightly coat balls.
4. Deep fry in a mixture of oil and butter until golden brown.
5. Drain on paper towels.

(Cook's note - I usually use 2-lbs crabmeat and make both crab balls & stuffed mushrooms because I can never decide which one to make! For 2-lbs crab, use same ingredients but increase Mayo to 2-4 T; 1 T parsley; 1 T Old Bay;2 eggs; 3 slices of white bread. Amounts of pimento & Worcestersire sauce can remain the same. BTW...I make my crab cakes using the same as above except delete pimento and fish fry mix. Pan fry in butter.)