A Simple and Delicious Crab Appetizer for Your Holiday Spread

This holiday season people are looking for new ways to liven up their holiday party spread. People are tuning into the Food Network and opening up their cookbooks for some fresh ideas on how to prepare new and delicious party appetizers and holiday meals. One great way to add some savory flavor to your holiday foods is by using recipes that incorporate Snow Crab. This is a delicate and delicious kind of seafood that is fished all year round from the Northern parts of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. It is a kind of seafood that can be prepared in a number of ways. It is great for a holiday party because it is a kind of seafood that is light, not too fishy tasting for those who aren’t seafood lovers.

One simple yet delicious way of preparing Snow Crab for your holiday party is by making this Crabbie Appetizer. This is a simple finger food that is great for big parties because it is so easy to prepare in large quantities. The ingredients per dozen servings are as follows:

- 6 split English muffins
- 1 stick of melted margarine
- 1 jar of old English cheese
- 1 can of Snow Crab meat drained
- ½ teaspoon of garlic salt
- Seasoned salt to taste

All you do is mix together all of the ingredients together, save for the English muffins, in a big bowl. Spread this mixture evenly on all of the English muffin halves. Then put them in the freezer for ten minutes to a half an hour to harden (but not freeze!) the spread to the muffins. Remove the muffins from the freezer and cut each half into quarters, meaning that you will get about eight small pieces for every whole English muffin. Then you can put them in the oven to slowly bake until the spread melts into the muffins and the bottoms of the muffins are crispy, usually for about 15-20 minutes. Remove from the oven and serve.

What’s great about this Snow Crab appetizer is that you can prepare it the night before and leave it in the freezer until you are ready to serve it. Then all you need to do is put in the oven for a few minutes and they are ready to go. It is the perfect way to being some fresh seafood to your holiday spread. It is easy to prepare and delicious!