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Royal Bahamian Crab

A baked dish of cleaned crabmeat and sautéed onions and mushrooms in a flour and milk sauce, topped with grated cheese.

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Why it works: Onion and carrot are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 21,601 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Royal Bahamian Crab

Oven350 degrees F
Timeabout 4 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the crab

  1. Clean the crabs and put them in a large pot.

  2. Place one whole onion and 1 carrot into a pot of salted water. Boil for 20 minutes. Shells will change colour when done.

  3. Remove from pot and cool. Remove meat from shells.

Make the filling

  1. In a large frying pan, sauté mushrooms and onions until onions are tender.

  2. Add crabmeat and Worcestershire sauce, and toss until well blended.

  3. In a bowl, mix flour and milk until smooth and creamy. Add to crab mixture and stir constantly for about 5 minutes over medium heat until well blended.

  4. Add salt and pepper and mix well.

Bake and serve

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

  2. Fill 2 shells with crab mixture. Sprinkle the grated cheese on top.

  3. Bake until cheese melts (about 4 minutes).

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1015Calories
52 gProtein
32 gFat
128 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Crab100g cooked97
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Onion + carrottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together21,601 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  3. Mushroom + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,525 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  4. Carrot + mushroomtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,796 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Onion + mushroomtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,626 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Crabmeat (in the method)
Provides the main protein and sweet flavour of the dish.
Butter
Carries flavour and helps build the rich base for the sauce.
All-purpose flour
Thickens the milk into a smooth sauce that binds the crab mixture.
2% low fat milk
Forms the liquid base of the sauce, thickened by the flour.
Old cheddar cheese
Melts over the top and adds savoury flavour and golden colour.
Fresh mushrooms
Add earthy flavour and moisture to the filling.

The step that matters

Stirring the flour and milk into the crab mixture. Flour thickens sauces only when it is fully hydrated and heated, and adding it without constant stirring can leave lumps or a thin, uneven sauce. Stirring over medium heat keeps the starch dispersed so the filling sets smooth and cohesive.

Swap the carrot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (crab, onion, mushroom, butter, sauce, flour, milk):

  1. Potatofits better
  2. Shallotfits better
  3. Chivefits better
  4. Carrotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against crab, onion, mushroom, butter, sauce, flour, milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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