[FishMonger]

Besides fishing, my second favorite pass time is cooking. Thought I would share one of my favorites, Crab Sauce. Lately the crabbing has been getting good, so eat em' up

The trick is to use live crabs, so cleaning can be tough until u get used to it. Just grab them from the back, get a thumb under the rear leg, the other thumb under the shell point and remove the shell. With heavy mits, you can control the little bugger very well.

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Crab Sauce......yum

Clean your crabs while alive by putting on some thick oven mits, remove top shell, and rinse out body cavity (optional, some like the "mustard"). In a sauce pot, add a little olive oil, a bunch of fresh, crushed garlic to taste, a shallot and sweat the flavor out for a couple of minutes. Add a can of tomato sauce, a can of crushed tomatos, about half cup of white wine, some salt / pepper (crushed hot pepper if you like a little spice), half a can of water, a little bit of bay leaf and parsley (sometimes I use a sprinkle of Oregano as well), add your crabs and let that puppy simmer for about an hour.

After it is about 95 % done (you will know, they smell great and the crab meat is cooked well) add a couple of pounds of mussels, maybe some clams (there are alot of variations) another half cup white wine, taste and re-spice if needed and let this simmer again until all shellfish have opened. Boil up some linguine and go for it.

Also, if sauce starts getting too thick, just add a little more water.

Delicous

 

[613595]

MMMMMMM........

Is it lunch yet?

 

[seaslug44]

Glad to see someone else cooks crabs the right way; CLEANED.

I can't stand it when lobsters or crabs are simmered in their GUTS. That "mustard" isn't just splattered organs. It's also urea and stool!!
YUCK!

On the contrary, your recipe sounds awesome. Pretty much the same way I cook them too. There's nothing like a few bowls of macaroni followed by a two hour crab feast.

I do 95% of the cooking in my house too and I love it!

 

[loonzter]

AWESOME

WOW, I'm still trying to catch my breath. sounds just awesome, I do believe I'll add a few chicken legs along with my squid and spearing baits, spend alittle time with mister blue claw. Thanks for the tip

 

[614851]

blue claw crab health advisory

do not eat the green stuff (tomalley).
that is the hepatopancreas ("liver"). it contains concentrations of toxins.
same goes for lobsters.

 

[617183]

How about "kickin' it up a notch" and adding some cayenne pepper or hot pepper flakes? "BANG"

I also clean my crabs live. I grab one claw with a pair of pliers and grab the back of the shell and pull. The lungs and all internal organs are cleaned and rinsed, at the boat. I then food saver seal them until I get a nice pile and make almost the same sauce as is superbly described on this thread.

I have another recipe. Boil the cleaned crabs and remove all the meat. Then take 1/2 pound to a pound of butter and melt it in a sauce pan. Add finely chopped garlic, finely chopped onion and finely chopped fresh parsely. When the onions and garlic sweat, add white wine and a little olive oil. Then add the crab and season to taste with salt and pepper. Then drop in the linguine.

That's a white sauce.

 

[618563]

I HATE TO CLEAN THE CRABS ALIVE..I DIP THEM FOR 2 SECONDS IN BOILING WATER JUST TO KILL THEM AND TAKE THEM OUT...THEN CLEAN AND DO WHAT U SAID...WHAT DO U THINK?

 

[seaslug44]

Magilla,

I've seen your photo. The crabs don't stand a chance against your gorilla hands. If you put on a pair of cheap thick leather work gloves ($2.99 in Home Depot). you could rip their back shells off with ease. Rip all their shells off first and give them a few minutes to die. Then remove the lungs and guts.

 

[618563]

true..but i feel bad ripping their shells off while still alive..OK NO I DONT..but i like the germ killing method of boiling them for a few seconds..ive also threw some in my old saltwater fish tank..its amazing what pretty animals they are when in clean water