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Crab Balls

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These crispy Crab Balls are stuffed full of crab meat and fried to a golden brown perfection.

The little round balls of goodness make the perfect finger food and the best crab appetizer, even for the ULTIMATE Crab lover!

Crab Balls

So if you love crabs, then you’ll love this recipe for these AMAZING tasting Cajun crab balls.

It’s my husband’s original recipe that he concocted over 20 years ago.

Initially, he made the crab recipe to use for stuffed crabs But, I had a brilliant idea to make fried crab balls!

It’s like eating mini stuffed crabs but rolled up in a yummy ball.

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Of course, my family loves this seafood recipe. It’s so good dipped in a sauce like shrimp cocktail, boom boom sauce, remoulade sauce, or even buffalo sauce.

Our crab ball recipe uses freshly cooked claw meat, and you could even use lump crab meat instead.

We choose crab claw meat because we like the taste better.

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Additionally, my kid loves this recipe. He calls it the breaded crab claw recipe. LOL!

We say you could call it whatever you want too. The fried balls remind me of fried crab meatballs.

Heck! This mouth-watering fried recipe is the perfect snack with crab meat.

It’s such an easy crab recipe to serve as an appetizer at parties, crawfish boils, crab boils, seafood boils, or any gathering.

Crab Balls

what to serve with crab balls

You can serve homemade creamy coleslaw , Cajun boiled red potatoes,  french fries, a salad, or serve it with brown gravy and rice. 

Crab Balls and gravy is so delicious. You could make a brown gravy and serve the round balls over rice covered in brown gravy…. YUM!  

Also, you could even serve the Crab Balls recipe with my Instant Pot Cajun Corn on the Cob or my Instant Pot Mac and Cheese. 

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What’s in the Crab Balls

  • Crab Claw Meat
  • Butter
  • Italian Bread Crumbs
  • Plain Bread Crumbs
  • Eggs
  • Onions
  • Garlic
  • Bell Peppers
  • Cajun Seasoning
  • Salt, Pepper, etc.

However, you choose to serve these Crab Balls they will be perfect for any seafood lover.

Heck, you might even like my recipe for Shrimp Balls and my Crawfish Balls recipe.

Crispy Crab Balls

Plus this recipe is the perfect excuse to have a crab boil. Here’s my recipe for Louisiana Crab Boil. 

That way you can eat the meat from the crabs and the claws.

Then save the other half of the meat from the boiled crabs and crab claws to pick for recipes like this one!  

We hope your family enjoys this AWESOME New Orleans inspired Cajun recipe. 

Do you  have a favorite recipe using crabs? Share it below in the comments with us.

Crab Balls Recipe

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Crab Ball Recipe

Crab Balls

Yield: 2 Dozen Crab Balls
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes

These crispy and tasty Crab Balls are chock full of crab meat and veggies. They're fried to golden brown perfection and make a great appetizer or meal.

Ingredients

  • 1 lb. crab claw meat, picked and shells removed
  • 1 stick butter
  • 2 cups Italian bread crumbs
  • 1 cup plain bread crumbs
  • 3 eggs
  • quart cooking oil
  • medium onion, diced
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • medium bell pepper, chopped
  • Cajun seasoning or Old Bay
  • salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder

Instructions

  1. Melt butter in a large saucepan. Add veggies cook until tender. 
  2. Add crab meat. The heat will loosen any shells left behind. Pick shells out and discard them. 
  3. Cook crab meat until warm 2-3 minutes on medium heat. Turn off fire, let crab meat cool for 10 minutes. 
  4. Stir in 3 well beaten eggs, 2 cups of Italian bread crumbs, and seasoning. Add more Italian bread crumbs if needed. Stir until the crab meat, eggs, seasoning, and bread crumbs are mixed together! 
  5. Shape crab ball mixture into ping pong size balls. Place on a cookie sheet. Should make 24-30 balls.
  6. Roll balls in plain bread crumbs. Heat cooking oil in deep fryer to 350 degrees. Fry 4-5 balls at a time in deep fryer until brown. Please be careful when cooking with hot oil.
  7. Once crab balls are brown about 3 minutes, carefully remove them with a slotted spoon and place onto a cookie sheet lined with paper towels. Serve warm and enjoy!
© Kim Seghers
Cuisine: Cajun / Category: Seafood

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    • Kim Seghers says

      Hi Kevin, you can fry them into a pan instead of using a deep fryer. Make sure the oil is hot and fry them until golden brown. I’m not sure about how long you would fry them because I only use the deep fryer.

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    • Kim Seghers says

      Hi Tracy, you could freeze the crabs balls before you deep fry them. When you’re ready to cook them make sure you let them sit out a few minutes to come to room temperature before frying.

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