Topping: 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted. 14 round buttery crackers. Directions: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Melt butter in a medium-size skillet over medium heat.

Her mother would then make a large batch of deviled crabs, having the children help fill the backs, getting them ready to be baked. Leftovers were removed from the shell and mixed with rice as a meal.

Cooks & Soldiers recently celebrated 10 years of serving Basque cuisine, and it continues to add delightful dishes, such as txangurro, a deviled crab gratin in which the crab shell doubles as ...

2. Put more bread crumbs in a shallow bowl. Form the crab mixture into 1-ounce (1½ -inch-diameter) patties. Dredge the patties in the breadcrumbs to coat and shake off any excess crumbs.

Deviled crabs ($3.99), the house specialty, are the Atlantic coast versions with a spiced filling served in a crab shell rather than deep fried. Weighed out in front of us, ...

"He ordered a seafood platter, which included a deviled crab served in a half-shell. "He ate everything else on the plate but the crab. He finally held it up by the pointy parts, ...

A family favorite, it was a "quick and delicious option" as they ran errands with their mom on Saturday afternoons, as well as during casual gatherings at an aunt's home on Friday evening, they said.