Taste of Home
Crab Bruschetta
TOTAL TIME: Prep/Total Time: 20 min.
YIELD: 16 appetizers.
"Usually, I use only vegetables on my bruschetta, but I wondered how crab would taste. My family loves crab cakes, and now we love this appetizer, too," Mary Cokenour jots from Monticello, Utah.
Ingredients
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1/2 cup finely chopped shallots
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2 tablespoons plus 1/4 cup olive oil, divided
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2 garlic cloves, minced
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2 cans (6 ounces each) lump crabmeat, drained
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1 cup chopped seeded plum tomatoes
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1-1/2 teaspoons minced fresh basil or 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
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3/4 teaspoon minced fresh oregano or 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
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8 slices Italian bread (1/2 inch thick)
Directions
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1.
In a large skillet, saute shallots 2 tablespoons oil until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Add the crab, tomatoes, basil and oregano; cook and stir for 5-6 minutes or until heated through. Remove from the heat.
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2.
Brush both sides of each slice of bread with remaining oil. In another large skillet, toast bread for 1-2 minutes on each side. Cut each slice in half; top with crab mixture.
Nutrition Facts
1 piece: 93 calories, 6g fat (1g saturated fat), 9mg cholesterol, 103mg sodium, 7g carbohydrate (1g sugars, 0 fiber), 3g protein.
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