Experiment with new recipe ideas!
Two really great neighbors shared a wealth of frozen Jonah crab claws and I remember that I had a box of Zatarain's boil in the pantry.
The recipe on the box called for 1 bag of boil, 3 quarts of water, some salt and 1 lemon cut up. I mostly followed the directions but added in a few cloves of garlic and half a white onion into the mix.
While the boil, well boiled, I pulled out the crab from the freezer - about 2 lbs sitting, awaiting their soak.
Items were thrown in, brought back to a boil for 5 minutes, then the heat was shut off and they crab soaked for another 15.
Drained and then out came the heavy artillery:
Hammers and pliers to get at the meat:
Yes, that is some delicious butter for dipping in the background.
The meat was a sweeter than I expected, and really didn't take on a ton of the boil ingredient flavors. It was a lot more work to pry the meat from the shell, it took over an hour to make it through the 2 pounds or so, but it was worth it. Next time I will try the addition of vinegar to the boil. Apparently it suppose to help release the meat from the shell!
Great post much appreciate the time you took to write this Kristina
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