Best Oven Roasted Dungeness Crab Recipes

OVEN-ROASTED DUNGENESS CRAB

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500°F. Melt butter with oil in heavy large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Stir in garlic, shallot, and dried crushed red pepper. Add crabs; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon chopped thyme and 1 tablespoon chopped parsley over crabs. Stir to combine. Place skillet in oven and roast crabs until heated through, stirring once, about 12 minutes.
• Using tongs, transfer crabs to platter. Add orange juice and peel to same skillet; boil until sauce is reduced by about half, about 5 minutes. Spoon sauce over crabs. Sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon thyme and 1 tablespoon parsley and serve.

OVEN-ROASTED DUNGENESS CRAB

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500°F Melt butter with oil in heavy large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Stir in garlic, shallot, and dried crushed red pepper. Add crabs; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon chopped thyme and 1 tablespoon chopped parsley over crabs. Stir to combine. Place skillet in oven and roast crabs until heated through, stirring once, about 12 minutes.
• Using tongs, transfer crabs to platter. Add orange juice and peel to same skillet; boil until sauce is reduced by about half, about 5 minutes. Spoon sauce over crabs. Sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon thyme and 1 tablespoon parsley and serve.

OVEN ROASTED DUNGENESS CRAB

Steps:

• For the Crab Pot In a large pot of water, add all ingredients except the crabs and bring to a rolling boil. Hold the crab at the back of the shell and slip into the boiling water. Return to a simmer and cook 10-12 minutes Carefully remove the crab from the hot water to a strainer, if possible, put outside to cool. (Helps with the smell too) When the crabs are cool, rinse and scrub clean on the bottom. For the Sauce Meanwhile, melt butter in a sauce pan add the garlic and the olive oil, cook for 2 min. Add the remaining ingredients, stir and remove from the heat and set aside. •Pre-heat the oven to 400º • Clean the crabs, leaving the legs attached to the body. (you might want to cut in half at the body) • Lightly crack the large leg and claw sections (a nut cracker works great for this) • Arrange the crab in a baking pan stir and pour the sauce over the crab and bake for 10-12minutes • Remove from the oven to cool slightly before serving (you can serve at room temp quite nicely too) • To serve: Remove the crabs to a serving dish, ladel the sauce from the pan over them and sprikle with the remaing parsley.