Golden Potato & Crab Casserole
This elevated potato casserole tastes like an extravagant dish, but is super simple to make. Creamy mashed potatoes combined with delicious crab meat give you a satisfying combination of flavors. Bon Appetit!
Ingredients
- 3 lbs golden potatoes
- 1/2 cup milk
- 3 tbsp butter
- 2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 400 g Surimi crab (I use imitation crab sticks)
- 1 small onion (diced)
- 4 tbsp heavy cream
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp lemon zest
- 1 tsp hot sauce (optional)
Instructions
Mashed Potato mixture
- Wash and peel the potatoes and place them in a large pot. Cover potatoes with cold water and add one tablespoon of salt. Bring to a boil over medium heat and cook for 15 to 20 minutes or until tender. Drain the water and place potatoes in a large bowl.
- Mash the potatoes using a fork or potato masher.
- Heat the milk in a small saucepan.
- Add the butter and heated milk to the mashed potatoes and mix with a wooden spoon. Season with salt, one tsp black pepper, and nutmeg. Do not overmix the potatoes. Set potato mixture aside.
- Chop the crab sticks into smaller pieces. In a medium size bowl, mix the crab with the sliced onion, heavy cream, lemon juice, lemon zest, and one teaspoon black pepper (and hot sauce if desired).
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Spoon one layer of the mashed potatoes in a baking dish or pie plate, then layer the crab mixture on top and finish by adding another layer of the mashed potatoes mixture on top.
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes until lightly golden on top. Serve warm.