Best Delaware Blue Crab Boil Recipes

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WHOLE BLUE CRABS NEW ORLEANS-STYLE



Whole Blue Crabs New Orleans-style image

Provided by Food Network

Categories     appetizer

Time 25m

Yield 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 9

Salt
1 bouquet garni (parsley, thyme, and bay leaf tied together)
1/2 cup crab boil
3 lemons, cut in 1/2
2 garlic heads, split in 1/2, plus 3 cloves, peeled
5 whole ears corn, shucked
1 pound andouille sausage, cut into 3-inch long pieces
6 whole blue crabs
1 stick unsalted butter

Steps:

  • Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add bouquet garni, crab boil, lemons, halved garlic, corn, and sausage. Add blue crabs and cover. Cook for 10 minutes or until crab is cooked through.
  • In a small saute pan over medium heat, melt butter with the 3 peeled garlic cloves. Simmer the butter for 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from the heat and discard the garlic cloves.
  • Remove the crabs, corn, and sausage from the crab boil and serve on newspaper, with butter sauce over top.

CRAB BOIL



Crab Boil image

Total crab boil for four.

Provided by Preston Hoover

Categories     Meat and Poultry Recipes     Pork     Sausage

Time 55m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 6

8 red potatoes
8 andouille sausages, sliced
4 onions, quartered
2 ears fresh corn, cut into halves
½ cup seafood seasoning (such as Old Bay®), or to taste
4 whole Dungeness crabs

Steps:

  • Bring a large pot of water to a boil; add potatoes, sausages, onions, corn, and seafood seasoning. Cook mixture at a boil until the potatoes are cooked through, about 30 minutes.
  • Gently drop crabs into the boiling mixture; cook until the crabmeat is cooked through, at least 10 minutes. Drain water.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 415.6 calories, Carbohydrate 46.2 g, Cholesterol 82.5 mg, Fat 11.1 g, Fiber 9.3 g, Protein 34.1 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, Sodium 4890.1 mg, Sugar 12.2 g

STEAMED BLUE CRABS



Steamed Blue Crabs image

Atlantic Ocean Blue Crabs, steamed over a boil of Old Bay® seasoning and beer. Show your friends you have that certain craboir faire with this one.

Provided by Steve A

Categories     Main Dish Recipes     Seafood Main Dish Recipes     Crab

Time 1h

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 6

36 live blue crabs
½ cup seafood seasoning (such as Old Bay®)
½ cup salt
3 cups beer
3 cups distilled white vinegar
¼ cup seafood seasoning (such as Old Bay®)

Steps:

  • Combine 1/2 cup seafood seasoning, salt, beer, and vinegar in a large stockpot over high heat. Bring to a strong simmer.
  • Right before cooking, carefully place each crab upside down and stick a knife through the shell, just behind mouth.
  • Fit a screen over the beer mixture and layer the crabs on the screen. Be sure that the crabs are above the simmering liquid. Cover.
  • Steam crabs until they turn bright orange and all of the blue/green color is gone, 20 to 30 minutes. Sprinkle with the remaining 1/4 cup seafood seasoning before serving.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 183.3 calories, Carbohydrate 8.3 g, Cholesterol 98.3 mg, Fat 2.5 g, Fiber 3 g, Protein 21.5 g, SaturatedFat 0.3 g, Sodium 3548.2 mg, Sugar 0.3 g

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