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Galveston Bay Estuary
Phone: 281.332.9937
Web: www.gbep.state.tx.us

Crab Meat Stuffed Jalapenos

1 lb blue crab meat, flaked
1 can (1 lb, 11 oz) jalapeno peppers
2 tbls each: finely chopped green pepper, onions and dill pickle
1/4 cup cracker meal
1 beaten egg
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 cup milk

Breading Mixture
2 cups cracker meal
1 cup milk
2 eggs
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper

Cut peppers in half lengthwise. Discard pulp and seeds and rinse carefully. In a large mixing bowl, combine remaining ingredients except breading mixture. Stuff pepper halves with crab mixture and press stuffing around pepper. Set peppers aside.

Prepare breading mixture. Place cracker meal in a flat pan. Mix milk, eggs, and salt and pepper in a separate bowl. Dip peppers in egg mixture, then in cracker meal. Repeat procedure. Deep fry at 365 degrees until golden brown. Drain on absorbent paper. Makes 30 hors d'oeuvres.

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Galveston Bay is a premier Texas resource. The bay provides important natural habitats for many species; it is an important transportation artery-the Port of Houston is the third largest port in the country; it provides one third of the state's commercial fishing income; and it serves as a general indicator of the health of the environment. Approximately 4 million people live and work in watershed-half the population of the state of Texas lives in the watershed and impacts the bay.