Sauted Crab Appitizer Recipe with Lemongrass

Crab Recipes — By gulfscapes magazine on May 11, 2008 at 9:31 am

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1/4 pound butter
1/2 clove garlic, minced
1 tablespoon of fresh lemongrass
1 tablespoon finely minced green onion
1 pound fresh lump crabmeat
1 tablespoon chopped chives
1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley
juice of 1/2 lemon or 1 small lime
12 toast points or baked puff pastry shells

Melt butter in a large skillet and add garlic, lemongrass and green onions. Cook, stirring about 3 minutes, but do not brown. Add crabmeat and toss gently and thoroughly until heated through. Sprinkle with chives, parsley and lemon juice or lime juice.

Spoon mixture onto hot toast points, puff pastry shells, or serve over rice.