- Sauté the bell pepper and onion.
- Whisk the imperial sauce.
- Add the vegetables and crab meat to the sauce. Stir to combine.
- Divide the mixture among individual plates or in a 1-quart baking dish.
- Top with mayonnaise and Parmesan cheese.
- Bake until golden and bubbly.
How to serve imperial crab
Imperial crab is served both as an appetizer and as a main dish, and is best heated in the oven. Since crab meat is expensive, serving smaller portions as appetizers in scallop shells can be a good way to stretch the amount you have.
The Crab Imperial also makes a great special occasion dinner. A little goes a long way (thanks to all those rich ingredients), so a small 8-ounce pan should feed one person. Pair the dish with a couple of lighter side dishes for the perfect meal!
What to eat with imperial crab
Here are some of our favorite sides that pair well with crab recipes:
- Green Salad with Red Wine Vinaigrette, Caesar Salad, Wedge Salad, or our Favorite House Salad with Candied Walnuts
- French baguette, a loaf of crusty Dutch bread or no-knead cast iron focaccia
- Southern Cornbread, Skillet Cornbread, Bakery-Style Corn Muffins, Sweet Cornbread, Cake Mix Cornbread, Pumpkin Cornbread, Old Fashioned Cornsticks, or Jiffy Cornbread with Cream corn
- Angel Cookies (shown here), Southern Buttermilk Cookies, Puff Pastry Cookies, 3-Ingredient Buttermilk Cookies, Sweet Potato Cookies, Cheesecake Cookies, Easy Layer Cookies
- Homemade coleslaw or vinegar coleslaw
- Tomato Salad or Tomato Cucumber Onion Salad
- Cucumber and dill salad or cucumber and radish salad
- Hush Puppies or Hoe Pies
- Red Charleston Rice or Rice Pilaf
- Sauteed spinach with garlic
- southern kale
- Southern Style Green Beans
- okra and tomatoes
- 3 Ingredient Sour Cream Muffins
- Macaroni Salad or Easy Pasta Salad with Mayonnaise, Lemon, and Basil
- Potato salad
- Baked potato wedges or baked potatoes
- Parmesan Roasted Cauliflower
- Roasted Broccoli, Broccoli and Cauliflower Salad, or Broccoli with Cheese
- Roasted Asparagus or Sautéed Asparagus
- Fried apples or baked apple slices
- South Succotash
- Amish Green Beans with Brown Butter or Southern Style Green Beans
Nutritional information
This imperial crab recipe is a keto-friendly low carb dish. Each serving has about 433 calories, 36 grams of fat, 22 grams of protein, and just 1.3 grams of carbs.
