Best Black Pepper Dungeness Crab Recipes

Black Pepper Dungeness Crab image

Provided by hksslmspt

Categories Crab

Time 20m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro
1 1/2 tablespoons finely chopped garlic
1/3 cup minced green onion
1 teaspoon minced ginger
3/4 cup soy sauce (regular or reduced sodium)
1/2 cup honey
3 cooked dungeness crabs, cleaned and cracked (4 3/4 to 5 1/2 lb. total)
1/4 cup peppercorn
3 tablespoons peanut oil or 3 tablespoons salad oil

Steps:

In a large bowl, combine cilantro, garlic, onions, ginger, soy, and honey. Add crab pieces. Cover and chill 15 minutes to 1 hour, turning crab often.
Coarsely grind pepper in a coffee grinder or crush with a rolling pin.
Pour oil into a 14-inch wok or 6- to 8-quart pan over medium-high heat. Pour crab, marinade, and 1 1/2 tablespoons pepper into wok. Stir often until crab is steaming hot, about 5 minutes.
Sprinkle remaining pepper over crab and mix well. Ladle crab and juices into bowls.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 364.8, Fat 11.4, SaturatedFat 1.9, Cholesterol 72.1, Sodium 3380.9, Carbohydrate 40.8, Fiber 0.9, Sugar 36, Protein 27.5

Cellophane Noodles with Crab and Black Pepper image

Yield serves 2 as a main course, or 4 to 6 with 2 or 3 other dishes

Number Of Ingredients 10

Cooked meat and tomalley and fat from a 2-pound Dungeness crab (about 1/2 pound crabmeat and 1/4 cup tomalley and fat)
1 egg
1 tablespoon water
1 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce
1/2 to 3/4 teaspoon black pepper, preferably freshly ground
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh cilantro
2 tablespoons canola or other neutral oil
1 large shallot or small yellow onion, thinly sliced
3 dried wood ear mushrooms, reconstituted (page 334), stemmed, and cut into 1/8-inch-wide strips (about 1/4 cup)
1/4 pound cellophane noodles, soaked in hot water until pliable, drained, and cut into 10-inch lengths

Steps:

In a bowl, combine the tomalley and fat, egg, water, fish sauce, pepper, and chopped cilantro and mix well. Measure the mixture; you want about 3/4 cup total. Add water if needed.
In a wok or large skillet, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the shallot and stir-fry for about 2 minutes, or until soft. Add the crabmeat and mushrooms and stir-fry for about 1 minute, or until aromatic. Add the noodles and continue to stir-fry for about 2 minutes, or until they begin to soft en. They noodles will look a bit dry.
Give the tomalley mixture a good stir and pour over the noodles. Quickly work the mixture into the noodles to ensure an even distribution of flavors, lowering the heat if the noodles begin to clump. In about 2 minutes, the noodles will become translucent and lightly golden.
Remove from the heat and taste and adjust with extra sprinkles of fish sauce and/or pepper. Transfer to a serving plate and serve immediately.