How do you store/freeze crab?

[Ridinshotgun]

Milk is definitely the way to go it's been working for me great and holds in the fresh moist flavor

[C-Money]

Good question gasman, sounds like some good answers!

[Blacklab]

Never heard of the milk thing, So so curious do tell. I'm trying to google it.

[singleshot12]

never tried the milk thing either and don't think i ever will. Canned crab with a pinch of kosher salt is the only way to go imo

[L-ofalab]

Frozen crab is always inferior to fresh. Crab meat is too delicate, when it freezes the ice crystals break the cells in the flesh and all the juices run out of the meat and so does the flavor! Freezing in milk does not stop the cells from rupturing. If you can't eat it 3-4 days give it away but don't freeze it. You can freeze oysters and clams after cooking them. The best way to cook crab is to clean them first then steam them 15 minutes.

Cleaning Crab the easy way.  Lay your crab on its back.  Take a sharp butcher knife and whack it with a rubber mallet. Sometimes I use a hatchet but just hit it with my hand. The crab is now in two pieces and no longer trying to pinch you.  Now it’s easy to take the shell off, pull off the gills and wash out the crab butter.

[pips4bucks]

The way that works best for us is to 'par freeze' the shucked crab on cookie sheets, then vacuum seal 'em.  Just spread the meat out and freeze it until the meat just barely firms up, not totally frozen, you just don't want any juices running, it shouldn't take long.  Then vacuum seal.  Done deal.  We've had crab meat from 2 years ago that tasted just fine.  It's not at good as fresh, but it's pretty darn close.  We use it for crab dip, pasta, crab cakes.... YUM!

[Halo]

Now that I have gout I have had to give up the crab  But diving for years and having multiple sources of fresh (live) crab for years I am a firm believer that Dungeness crab is too good to eat any other way than fresh. Fresh meaning live within the last 24 hours. I just never could bring myself to ruin good crab by freezing. When you get used to fresh you can tell the difference big time.