Crab Deviled Eggs

A deviled egg topped with fresh Dungeness crab and chive.

5 from 3 votes

Crab deviled eggs made with a pureed egg yolk, that is loaded with crab meat, fresh chives and lemon juice. Step the presentation up and top each one with additional crab and freshly cut chives. You will never make boring deviled eggs again!

Prep Time5

Cook Time12

Preparing the Eggs15

Total Time32

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Servings: Eggs

Calories: 25kcal

Author: Kristin

Equipment

Hand Mixer

Ingredients

12 Hard Boiled Eggs
¼ Cup Mayonnaise
1 teaspoon Dijon Mustard
1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
½ teaspoon Sea Salt
½ teaspoon Celery Seed
¼ teaspoon Paprika
6 ounces Fresh Crab Meat
1 Tablespoon Fresh Chives Diced, More for topping.

Instructions

Start off by hard boiling the eggs. You only need 12 for this recipe, but sometimes it's nice to prepare 13-14 incase an egg cracks or doesn't peel properly. Place in ice water to cool.
Peel the eggs.
Then, cut in half length wise and scoop out the yolks and place them in a bowl. Place the now empty egg whites on a deviled egg plate or other tray.
With a hand mixer blend the yolks, mayonnaise, dijon mustard, lemon juice, celery seed, sea salt and paprika.
Note: Save about an ounce of the lump crab meat to garnish the top of the deviled eggs.
Then, mix in the fresh crab and chives. A mixer will help break the crab up and combine it more into the egg mix.
If it is left too lumpy it won't fit in the eggs nicely.
Divide the egg and crab mix into the egg whites. See Notes for tips.
Top with additional crab and fresh chives, then serve.

Notes

Tips for filling the eggs:

I like to use a cake decorating piping bag but a ziplock with a hole cut out will work great as well.

Just make sure what ever you use that the hole is large enough for the crab to get through.

It can also just be spooned in.

Ingredient Notes:

resh crab: For this recipe I use fresh Dungeness crab. Frozen or canned will work as well. The eggs call for a total of 4-6 ounces of crab meat.

It's important when making the yolk mix to break up the crab as small as possible. Normally with crab I would say to leave it lumpy, but for this recipe the yolk mix won't fit nicely into the egg if the crab is super lumpy.

Keep some on the side to place on top for serving.

Fresh Chives: Fresh chives go so great with crab and add a nice freshness to these eggs. If you do not have access to fresh, dried will also work.

Lemon Juice: Squeeze fresh lemon juice. Concentrate will not give the same flavor.

Hard Boiled Eggs: Learn how to make the easiest to peel hard boiled eggs!

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