Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
     1/4  cup           butter -- melted
     1/2  cup           onion -- chopped
     1/2  cup           celery -- chopped
     1/4  cup           garlic -- chopped
  12      ounces        fresh crab meat
   1                    egg -- slightly beaten
   1      teaspoon      salt
     1/2  teaspoon      white pepper
     1/2  cup           cracker meal or bread crumbs -- for dressing, plus
                        -- e
                        for coating
  10                    jalapenos -- cut in half, l.w.
                        seeded and parboiled -- (note)

Preparation:

Heat butter in a non-stick skillet and sauté chopped onion, celery and garlic until softened, about 3 minutes. Combine in bowl with crab, egg, salt, pepper and cracker meal, and mix (dressing should stick together). If too dry, add another egg. Stuff pepper halves liberally. Moisten stuffed peppers by dipping in cool water. Roll in more cracker meal to coat. Deep fry (or fry in skillet) in hot vegetable oil until golden brown. NOTE: To parboil, drop peppers into boiling water for a minute or two until semi-soft, then drain.