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Cooking fresh dungy crab
« on: July 29, 2022, 08:53:54 PM »
I’m just wondering what everyone else does and maybe I can do better….
I use puget sound salt.
Put crab in boiling water. And wait for water to start boiling again ( takes 7-10 min) and do any other 10 minutes. What do you do?
« Last Edit: July 29, 2022, 10:13:55 PM by swanderek »

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Re: Cooking fresh dungy crab
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2022, 09:58:56 PM »
Basically the same, plus adding a glug of red wine or cider vinegar to the water. And I clean the crab before cooking.

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Re: Cooking fresh dungy crab
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2022, 09:59:15 PM »
I used to boil whole crab in water and changed it up this year.
I’m glad I did because is is easier, faster and tastes better.

Here is what I did.
cut 3” out of my turkey fryer strainer.
Added some stainless 1/4 bolts 4 inches long to the bottom of the strainer using nuts and washers.
Spit and clean live crab
Add 2-1/2 inches or so of water to the turkey fryer wait until it starts to steam
Add crab
Cook 7-8 minutes
Dump crab in cold water

I had some friends over today crabbing that were in a hurry and I said it would take about 30 minutes.
I timed it start to finish and it took 20 minutes for everything other than hosing off my deck.
It was a 6 crab cook.
The only thing I can think of to make it better would be sea water but I ain’t hauling a bucket of sea water up my hill.

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Re: Cooking fresh dungy crab
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2022, 10:07:49 PM »
Pretty much the same. Clean before, dump halves into boiling sea water, 15 minutes, then cool quickly.

I really think the sea water is key. Takes the guesswork out of the salt.

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Re: Cooking fresh dungy crab
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2022, 06:00:02 AM »
Sea water, maybe old bay if you like it. We never clean our crab before we cook them.Way more flavor in the crab meat that way IMHOP

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Re: Cooking fresh dungy crab
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2022, 06:18:40 AM »
If not using seawater add 1/2 cup per gallon - a red solo cup in a 5 gal bucket to get close to seawater strength. Go lite and it washes the flavor out. 

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Re: Cooking fresh dungy crab
« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2022, 07:17:04 AM »
The best thing is use if ocean water. Then the same, throw crab halves in boiling water bring to boil then cook another 7 minutes. If you can’t use sea water then it’s something like 4 cups of salt to get it similarly salty.

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Re: Cooking fresh dungy crab
« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2022, 07:46:21 AM »
I always pack the cooler with sea water so I have it at home to cook em.

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Re: Cooking fresh dungy crab
« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2022, 08:18:24 AM »
Well, I guess I’ll be the lone stranger and go against the crowd.  Saltwater just makes an unnecessary mess, gave that up years ago and the taste is the same.

Tap water, boil, throw the cleaned crab in, 15 minutes (I don't wait for the water to re-boil, just 15 minutes) then an ice water bath to stop the cooking. 

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Re: Cooking fresh dungy crab
« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2022, 09:37:58 AM »
Grew up cooking whole but these days with all the toxins and drugs in the water I've been cleaning them first.
Straight sea water boil if I'm just cooking for snacking or a dip or the freezer. 12-15 minutes of boil.
If it's a gathering where the crab will get dumped out for guests to get fat on I'll add a stick of butter, couple junks of garlic and some old bay.

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Re: Cooking fresh dungy crab
« Reply #10 on: July 30, 2022, 09:55:26 AM »
I steam the clusters in a spaghetti strainer with pot lid, over a pot of boiling water for 7-10 min, they redden up and I feel they are pretty done. I'm no expert, but I haven't got sick yet either.
I felt like a one legged cat trying to bury a terd on a frozen pond!

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Re: Cooking fresh dungy crab
« Reply #11 on: July 30, 2022, 11:48:43 AM »
Half the crab add salt to water  and boil

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Re: Cooking fresh dungy crab
« Reply #12 on: July 30, 2022, 01:20:14 PM »
I agree with CP, no saltwater.  I add salt myself but not a bunch. Always cleaned before cooking.  Bring to boil and let simmer for 10 min. What I dont do is an ice bath.  Ill try that

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Re: Cooking fresh dungy crab
« Reply #13 on: July 30, 2022, 03:17:04 PM »
Salish sea salt water or Saratoga Pass salt water 9-11 minutes, submerge in bucket with ice and water (meat shrinks and separates from shell). If you want it hot throw back into pot.

This works well:

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Re: Cooking fresh dungy crab
« Reply #14 on: July 30, 2022, 03:37:30 PM »
Might strike as odd, but well cooked crab starts with a good driftwood fire on the beach. Halve the crabs, wrap in kelp, boil in seawater for 8 minutes. Toss em in a cooler of ice water. The garlic butter should be hot though🤤

 


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