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Crab Recipes

Dungeness Crab Cakes with Avocado-Banana Mousse

Filler-free crab cakes served with a peppered red grapefruit garnish that helps keep them light on the palate. Here we’ve plated them atop an avocado-banana mousse which is rich & creamy without blanketing out the flavor of the crab. Variation: If you want to skip the mousse & grapefruit, these same crab cakes make a …

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Salt & Pepper Crab Recipe

Immensely satisfying – sweet, tender & delicious Dungeness crab briefly deep fried, then stir fried with ginger, garlic, scallions & other goodness.  Just set the table with a crab cracker and a bib and go to work! Drink Pairings: Riesling or Gewürztraminer Ingredients:                         Makes Four Appetizer Servings or 1 Dinner Serving 1 Whole Cooked …

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Singapore-Style Chile Crab Recipe

We hope you brought your bib (or at least a lot of napkins) because this dish is messy…but oh so worth it.  This version of Singapore-style chile crab is sweet, savory & herby, with a light warmth from the chile sauce on the finish.  It’s not actually very spicy, so anyone can enjoy it. Give …

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How to Use Different Crab Products

Browse our crab recipe collection or check out the general suggestions below: Soft Shell Crabs: Sautéed or deep-fried whole. Whole Crabs: Hot with butter, in seafood boils, in soup. Crab Legs: Briefly steamed, boiled, broiled or grilled. Serve with the appropriate utensils (a crab cracker and little forks) to fish out the meat and a …

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How to Cook Crab Legs

Most non-live crabs are sold pre-cooked. If you wish to serve them hot, take care to only reheat them briefly rather than actually cooking them…they’re already safe to eat and cooking them further can damage their delicious flavor and tender texture. Below are the methods we recommend for heating both king crab legs and snow crab …

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How to Clean a Dungeness Crab

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Cleaning a cooked Dungeness crab is a little messy, but easy once you know what to do.  If you’re cleaning the crab for people to crack at the table (as we are demonstrating here) you really only need your hands and a little water.  We recommend doing it in the sink. 1. Flip the crab over on …

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Yuzu Crab Roll Recipe

This is not your typical crab roll.  The coriander really adds depth to the sweet crab meat, and the yuzu aioli, quite potent on its own, fades into the background for a faint zesty finish. Drink Pairings: Sauvignon Blanc from Sanserre or Chardonnay from Chablis Ingredients: (Makes 4 servings) 20oz Dungeness Crab Meat or Peeky Toe …

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Crab Salad Recipe

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This is a light and incredibly simple salad dressed with a preserved meyer lemon vinaigrette (but you could use any preserved citrus fruit, make a basic vinaigrette, or subsitute mayonnaise & lemon juice) that showcases the beautiful flavor of top quality crab meat. The appearance of this salad will change depending on which variety of …

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How to Clean a Soft Shell Crab

Soft shell crabs are almost completely edible, but there are a few things you’ll want to remove before cooking them. Here’s how: 1. If your soft shell crabs are frozen, thaw them. Check out our general thawing tips for more info. 2. Using a sharp set of kitchen shears, trim the “head” off of each …

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Dungeness Crab With Clams & Mussels Recipe

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  Dungeness Crab with Clams and Mussels in Fortified Broth Comforting and full of flavor, fortified fish fumet is the perfect way to steam/simmer crab, mussels, and clams for this shellfish feast.  All the shellfish you sacrificed to fortify the fumet really pay off here, as they turn up the flavor volume on the seafood …

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