Crab Ball Appetizer - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. fresh crab meat
1 small onion, chopped fine
8 oz. cream cheese
6 to 7 drops liquid crab boil
garlic powder and salt to taste
1 jar Heinz chili sauce

Preparation

Pick through crab meat to be sure there are no shells.
Steam crab meat for 2 to 3 minutes.
Combine crab meat and onions, cream cheese, crab boil, garlic powder and salt together with a fork. Butter hands and roll all ingredients into one large ball. Refrigerate crab ball overnight.
Before serving, pour Heinz chili sauce over crab ball.
Serve with crackers.