Recipe

Garlic Crab Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	99bordeaux / All my dishes 1 year, 5 months ago This dish is semi difficult but the result is O so delectable. I had something like this at Crustaceans in San Francisco and searched until I found this similar sounding dish. They used the wonderful dungeness crab, but here in VA I had to settle fo... More Prep:30m Cook:40m Servings:4	99bordeaux
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Ingredients

8 crabs, cleaned and cracked

1 whole bulb of garlic, finely chopped

1 small onion, chopped

1-2 cups butter, softened (to taste)

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper

1/4 teaspoon red chili pepper flakes

GARNISH: chopped parsley

lemon slices

bread to sop up any left over yummy sauce

Directions

Place garlic, onions, butter, salt, red and black pepper into a roasting pan and put into a 450 degree oven.

Be sure to watch carefully and only cook until onions and garlic turn golden brown. (not sure of time -will add later)

Once brown remove from oven, add cracked crab and blend thoroughly.

Make sure the crab (shells and all) are completely coated.

Place pan back into oven and turn oven up to 475.

Cook for 15-20 minutes, turning crab every 5 minutes.

After the crab has been heated thru remove from oven.

Garlic sauce should be braised onto the shell of the crab.

Serve as soon as possible, sprinkle with parsley and garnish with lemon.

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Comments

chefmeow 1 year, 5 months ago said:
Excellent sounding recipe. A must try as soon as I can get my hands on the ingredients. Thans for posting.

paprikamama 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Definately on my menu....I love seafood....Thanks

nanny 1 year, 3 months ago said:
I made this tonight and love it.My better half has been crabbing twice this year and have had quite a few crabs.My daughter gets mad when I say I have crabs but this recipe makes me mad about crabs.LOL.Great recipe thank you(blue crabs )

kitchen_fantasy 1 year, 3 months ago said:
We gonna love this recipe, we love seafood, especially crab, we were thinking to go to VA this fall and endulge all the seafood in the eastcoast, you have any sugesstion of a good local, place to eat, but don't burn the pocket hehehe

trackwidow 1 year, 1 month ago said:
OMG, this looks great! My husband would go nuts for this and it doesn't really sound too involved, but I am an adventurous cook.