This crab recipe is a tried and true best and easiest way to cook crab, from our ocean living to your kitchen! I'm working with Dungeness, but you can use rock crab, sections, or crab legs. They'll come out perfectly cooked and ready to enjoy with a side of garlic butter!
Course Main Course
Cuisine Pacific Coast
Keyword Cooking crab, Dungeness crab, How to cook crab
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 12 minutesminutes
Total Time 17 minutesminutes
Servings 4servings
Calories 73kcal
Equipment
1 Large pot
1 Large tongs
Ingredients
2lbsCrabI used Dungeness, but you can use snow crab, king crab, or crab legs.
To a large pot, add water and salt, and bring to a raging boil.
Place the crab in the boiling water and cover with the lid.
Boil for 12 minutes.
Remove the crab from the pot and let the crab cool completely on a large plate or in an ice bath prior to serving or storing. It typically takes 15-30 minutes for the crab to cool.
Store the crab in the fridge until you’re ready to eat. Enjoy it cold, or warm in the oven, microwave or in hot water.
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Notes
Choose a pot that's bigger than the amount of crab you plan to boil.
If you are cooking a large amount of crab, add more salt. We typically add a few tablespoons to our outdoor pot when we cook a large amount of crabs.
Seafood boil seasoning is optional depending on your taste. We find it masks the flavor of a crab.
To expedite the cooling process, run the crab under cold water for a minute or two.
Next step is opening and cracking! Here’s how we clean and crack crabclean and crack crab.
Serve with a side of our Perfect Tide Seafood Dipping Sauce.We would love to see your dish! If you made our recipe, post and tag us @ThePerfectTide or #ThePerfectTide