Crab-stuffed Jalapeno Peppers

Description
Purchased from DeYoung Estate in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1982. Dated 1937.

Ingredients

 * 1 pound flaked crabmeat
 * 1 can pickled jalapeno peppers
 * 2 tablespoons green pepper, finely chopped
 * 2 tablespoons red onion, finely chopped
 * 1/4-cup cracker meal
 * 1 egg, beaten
 * 1/4-teaspoon salt
 * 1/4-teaspoon black pepper
 * 1/8-teaspoon cayenne pepper
 * 1 clove garlic, minced
 * 1/4-cup milk
 * 2 cups cracker meal
 * 1-cup milk
 * 2 eggs
 * 1/4-teaspoon salt
 * 1/4-teaspoon pepper

Directions

 * 1) Cut peppers in half lengthwise.
 * 2) Discard pulp and seeds and rinse carefully.
 * 3) In a large mixing bowl, combine remaining ingredients except breading mixture.
 * 4) Stuff pepper halves with crab mixture and press stuffing around pepper.
 * 5) Set peppers aside.
 * 6) To prepare breading mixture, place cracker meal in a flat pan; mix together milk, eggs and salt and pepper.
 * 7) Dip peppers in egg mixture, then in cracker meal.
 * 8) Repeat procedure.
 * 9) Deep fry at 365 degrees until golden brown.
 * 10) Drain well.

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