Looking for some good recipes using crab claw meat

Au gratin?

Mosca's italian crab salad

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I find claw meat works good in a stuffing/dressing type dish. Stuffed mirliton, eggplant, or bell pepper is what I'd look at doing.

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Same here, but do go through it for shells and cartilage.

Stuffed mushrooms are very good with claw meat. I usually mix in some chopped shrimp, as well. Here's a recipe from the Ralph and Kacoo's cookbook (before R&K got so bad). I've roughly followed it many times.

15 to 20 lg. whole mushrooms, washed and drained (remove stems)
1/2 lb. butter
1 c. chopped onion
1 lb. mushroom stems, chopped
1/2 lb. boiled shrimp, chopped
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. pepper
2 chicken bouillon cubes, mashed
1/3 c. grated Parmesan cheese
2 c. bread crumbs
1 lb. lump crab meat, chopped
white wine & butter
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Melt butter on low heat, add onions and saute for 5 min. Add mushroom stems, shrimp, salt, pepper and bouillon cubes. Cook for 10 min., stirring constantly. Remove skillet from heat and stir in cheese, bread crumbs, crab meat and Parmesan cheese. By then, the mixture should be warm enough to mix thoroughly by hand. Stuff drained mushrooms with stuffing. Mix equal parts of wine and melted butter. Pour on top of stuffed mushrooms and heat in oven 15 min. at 350º

My Notes: Nothing about this needs to be exact. I usually take the large caps and simmer them in a little butter and (or sherry and/or brandy) with white pepper, covered. Makes a delicious sauce that I add to the mixture and spoon over the stuffed mushrooms before cooking. I've also used portabella mushrooms. I use claw meat, usually, in place of lump, though I've used jumbo lump often, as well. Claw is more flavorful for this dish. Try not to toss it around too much so it doesn't shred.
I season with white pepper and cayenne. I always use chopped garlic and sometimes shallots in addition to or instead of onions. I add fresh chopped parsley and finely sliced green onions, but it's fine without those. You can put in whatever you want and change it up.