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Boiled Dungeness Crab

One of Vancouver Island's best seafood options! Easy to catch, easy to cook.

  • Clean the crab at home -- you aren't allowed to transport cleaned crab.
  • There's really no point boiling them live, plus with their guts elsewhere, the cooking will be cleaner. To clean them, put crab on its back, poke a sharp knife just below mouth in and forward, and in one quick motion cut in half. Peel off shell, tear off yellowish pieces of gills.
  • Save the shells if you want nice "presentation".
  • Boil large pot of water, add salt so it boils slightly higher temperature.
  • Once boiling, place crab halves in water for 18-20 minutes.
  • As soon as done, place crabs in cold water to stop cooking.
  • To look fancy, serve with two halves put together and shell on top (boil the shell so it gets red).
  • Melt butter and use garlic press to squeeze in a couple of cloves.
  • Get out some shell crackers, bibs if you need them, and a whole lot of napkins, for a messy, tasty, West Coast feast!
  • Don't forget about the meat in the body -- some people think the only meat is in the legs and claws, but there's big chunks in the body too.

Sooke is renowned for its Dungeness Crab, especially in Spring.

 

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