This weekend I took a trip to ABC Seafood on Powell (forthcoming post) and picked up some
live dungeness crab. I boiled them and we feasted on the legs immediately but I cleaned out the bodies, extracted the meat, and put it in the fridge for the following evening. I am a huge fan of crab melts so that is what I decided to do with the remaining meat. The leg and claw meat is far superior to the body meat so you always want to eat the former straight up with some clarified butter but you can get creative with the latter. Let's begin:
Get some white english muffins (not that whole wheat bullshit) and thrown down your crab. Drizzle melted butter over them and add a very small amount of fresh lemon juice if desired. If you use too much lemon you will fuck it all up so don't be a douche and only use a few drops per melt. Then lightly sprinkle on one spice of your choice (e.g. Old Bay, cayenne, paprika, etc.) and add some thinly sliced green onion. Top with thin slices of gruyere or if you are super ghetto you can use swiss.
Throw them under the broiler with the door open and the light on and keep a close eye on them. It should take about five minutes for them to get nice and melty. My woman said these would be better if the crab was mixed with cream cheese and topped with cheddar but what the hell does she know? Eat it.
Get some white english muffins (not that whole wheat bullshit) and thrown down your crab. Drizzle melted butter over them and add a very small amount of fresh lemon juice if desired. If you use too much lemon you will fuck it all up so don't be a douche and only use a few drops per melt. Then lightly sprinkle on one spice of your choice (e.g. Old Bay, cayenne, paprika, etc.) and add some thinly sliced green onion. Top with thin slices of gruyere or if you are super ghetto you can use swiss.
Throw them under the broiler with the door open and the light on and keep a close eye on them. It should take about five minutes for them to get nice and melty. My woman said these would be better if the crab was mixed with cream cheese and topped with cheddar but what the hell does she know? Eat it.
12 comments:
You eat like a rich man with all that crab....the closest I get to crab is Spam.
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Sounds good. Wish I had a shitload of Dungeness crab laying around!
Like very much! BTW tried your ribs... so good!
Mmmmm....I'm starving, and those look really good!
Crab melts rock. I had one on our vacation last year in VA that I would have married.
Mouth waters
It was only $4.59 per/lb!!! Live!!! The crabs were so big they were about 2.25lbs a piece! I totally found the best place in Portland to buy live seafood.
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I doubt you can even get it in Detroit! But you can do the same thing with blue crab or Phillips canned and it would be pretty good. Just make sure to drain the hell out of it.
Nice! Did you use the BBQ sauce recipe too?
Eat something and stop reading this crap!
I bet they do them awesome in VA with all the blue crab around!
Damn right!
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I bought some dungeness crab meat at the farmer's market and knew I could come here for some good recipes on what to do with it. I'm so making these! Yum.
Awesome! I made a bunch of stuff with king crab too that may appeal to you if you have any left!
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