Crab Stuffed Peppers Recipe with Lemon-Basil Butter

Step 1

Heat a pan to medium heat and add olive oil. Add serranos and onion and cook about 5 minutes to soften.

Step 2

Add garlic and cook another minute, until fragrant. Cool and add to a mixing bowl.

Step 3

Add crab meat, cheeses, Panko, Old Bay, salt, and about half of the fresh basil. Stir.

Step 4

Heat oven to 350 degrees.

Step 5

Slice each sweet pepper in half lengthwise and scoop out the innards.

Step 6

Stuff each pepper with the crab mixture and sprinkle with dried basil.

Step 7

Set onto a lightly oiled baking sheet. Bake 20-25 minutes.

Step 8

While stuffed peppers are baking, add butter, lemon juice and remaining basil to a small pot. Heat on low until butter melts. Swirl.

Step 9

Drizzle the Lemon-Basil Butter over the stuffed peppers and serve.