Oriental Crab Appetizers Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Trim rind from outside edge of cheese.
• Cut crosswise into 6 strips. Trim rind from each strip.
• To form 30 pieces, cut the 4 longest strips each into 6 cubes.
• Cut the 2 shortest strips each into 3 cubes.
• In small bowl, combine crab meat, mayonnaise, pimiento and shallot.
• Arrange tartlet shells on large cookie sheet. Spoon crab mixture evenly into tartlet shells, about 1 teaspoons each. Top with cheese cube.
• Bake 5 minutes or until cheese is soft and melted.
• Sprinkle with chives.

Steps:

• Combine soy sauce, wine or juice, garlic, and ginger in a large bowl.
• Add crabmeat, snow peas, and bamboo shoots to soy mixture.
• Mix well.
• Top each lettuce leaf with portion of crab mixture.
• Fold leaves around crab by first turning in the sides, then rolling up.
• Serve on plate scattered with finely chopped toasted walnuts.
• ---Serving Suggestion---.
• Make a quick sauce of half Chinese hot mustard and half sweet plum sauce.
• Spoon in a zig-zag pattern on each plate.
• Place 3 rolls on top of the sauce, propped like fallen logs.
• Top with toasted nuts and sprigs of fresh coriander.