Hot Deviled Crab Dip.. Super Bowl , New Year'S Snack! - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1 large yellow onion, finely chopped
1 green bell pepper, seeded, deribbed, and finely chopped
3 stalks celery, finely chopped
3 cups fresh breadcrumbs
1/2 cup whole milk
1 lb fresh lump crabmeat, picked over for shell
1/2 cup minced fresh flat-leaf parsley (Italian)
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
salt & freshly ground black pepper
cracker, for serving

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Butter a 6-cup baking dish.
In a medium skillet or saute pan, melt the 2 tablespoons butter over low heat.
Add onion and cook until softened, about 3 minutes. Add bell pepper and celery and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes more. Remove from heat.
Put 2 cups of the bread crumbs in a large bowl and gradually stir milk into crumbs. Mix well.
Let stand for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally to make sure crumbs are moistened evenly.
Add crabmeat, onion mixture, parsley, lemon juice and dry mustard. Mix well. Add cayenne, and salt and black pepper.
Spoon mixture into baking dish. Place remaining bread crumbs in a bowl and stir melted butter into the crumbs.
Toss bread crumbs to coat with butter. Sprinkle evenly over crab mixture.
Bake until lightly browned, 25 to 30 minutes. Serve with crudites or crackers.