{"id":15733,"date":"2025-01-16T15:41:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T20:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/?p=15733"},"modified":"2025-01-20T10:11:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T15:11:19","slug":"mini-toasty-crab-melts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/mini-toasty-crab-melts\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini Toasty Crab Melts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" src=\"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/recipes\/MiniToastyCrabMelts.jpg\" alt=\"Mini Toasty Crab Melts\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"icoDL\" src=\"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-content\/images\/ico_Print.png\" alt=\"download\" title=\"Print Recipe\" onClick=\"window.print()\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/mini-toasty-crab-melts\/email\/\" title=\"Email This Post\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-EmailIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-email\/images\/ico_email.png\" alt=\"Email This Post\" title=\"Email This Post\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"recTitle\">Mini Toasty Crab Melts<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\">Prep: 20 minutes<br \/>\nBake\/Broil: 11 minutes \u2022 Serves: 8<\/span> <!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"recIngre\"><span>1 <\/span>can (8 ounces) refrigerated jumbo lump or canned crabmeat, drained and picked through<br \/>\n<span>2\t<\/span>green onions, thinly sliced<br \/>\n<span>1\/2 <\/span>medium red bell pepper, finely chopped<br \/>\n<span>1\/4<\/span>cup mayonnaise<br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>tablespoon fresh lemon juice<br \/>\n<span>3\/4 <\/span>teaspoon <strong>Old Bay\u00ae seasoning<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>1\/2 <\/span>(14-ounce) French baguette, sliced 1\/2-inch thick crosswise (16 slices)<br \/>\n<span>2\t<\/span>tablespoons unsalted butter, melted<br \/>\n<span>2\t<\/span>Roma tomatoes, thinly sliced crosswise (about 16 slices)<br \/>\n<span>4\t<\/span>slices Monterey cheese, quartered<br \/>\n<span>1\/2 <\/span>cup loosely packed baby arugula<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>1.<\/span>Adjust oven rack 5 to 6 inches from broiler; preheat oven to 400\u00b0. Line rimmed baking pan with nonstick aluminum foil. In medium bowl, stir crabmeat, onions, pepper, mayonnaise, lemon juice and seasoning. Makes about 1-3\/4 cups.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>2.<\/span>Place baguette slices in single layer on prepared pan; brush both sides with butter. Bake baguette slices 10 minutes or until lightly browned, turning once.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>3.<\/span>Preheat broiler to high. Top baguette slices with crab mixture, tomatoes and cheese; broil 1 minute 30 seconds or until lightly browned and cheese is melted. Makes about 16 crab melts.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>4.<\/span>Serve crab melts topped with arugula.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recNut\"><br \/>\nApproximate nutritional values per serving (2 crab melts):<br \/>\n218 Calories, 13g Fat (5g Saturated), 44mg Cholesterol, 482mg Sodium,<br \/>\n15g Carbohydrates, 1g Fiber, 3g Sugars, 1g Added Sugars, 10g Protein<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>Dietitian&#8217;s Dish Tip(s):<\/span><br \/>\nMix crab with Greek yogurt for protein and creaminess. Serve on whole-grain crackers or sweet potato slices for added nutrients.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mini Toasty Crab Melts Prep: 20 minutes Bake\/Broil: 11 minutes \u2022 Serves: 8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,5],"tags":[87],"class_list":["post-15733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-01_appetizers-snacks","category-recipes","tag-25win"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15734,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15733\/revisions\/15734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}