Dungeness Crab Boil
Whole Dungeness crab boiled in heavily salted water and served with melted butter.
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 20 min
- Total
- 35 min
- Servings
- 4
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Calories
- 290 kcal
Equipment
- •Very large pot
- •Crab crackers
Nutrition
Per serving, approximate
- Calories
- 290 kcal
- fat
- 18 g
- carbs
- 1 g
- protein
- 30 g
- calories
- 290
Instructions
- 1
Bring a very large pot of heavily salted water to a hard boil with the bay and peppercorns.
- 2
Lower the crabs in head first and return quickly to the boil.
- 3
Boil for 15-18 minutes depending on size.
- 4
Lift out and plunge briefly into cold water to stop the cooking.
- 5
Clean the crabs: remove the carapace, discard the gills and rinse.
- 6
Crack the legs and serve warm with lemon butter.
Chef's tips
Use far more salt than seems reasonable; it is what seasons the meat inside the shell.
Ingredient substitutions
- dungeness crab → any large fresh crab, timing by weight
Storage
Picked meat keeps 2 days refrigerated.
Common mistakes to avoid
- •Overcrowding the pot so the water stalls
- •Overcooking
Serving suggestions
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