How To Saute Crab Meat Food

BLUE CRABS WITH SPICY BUTTER

Steps:

• Combine the beer and vinegar with 1 cup of water in a very large pot. Add a steamer insert and bring the liquid to a boil over high heat. Add the crabs and 1/4 cup of the Old Bay and cook, covered, until the crabs are bright red, 20 to 30 minutes, depending on the size. Transfer the crabs to a large platter and sprinkle with the remaining 1/4 cup Old Bay.
• Serve the hot crabs with the Spicy Butter and lemon wedges on the side.
• Make the butter while the crabs cook: combine the butter, Old Bay, cayenne and garlic in a small saucepan over medium heat. Melt the butter, skimming off any foam that rises to the surface. Pour the melted butter into a small ramekin, leaving the milk solids in the saucepan.

CRABMEAT SAUTé WITH HERBS

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-low heat.
• Add garlic and green onion to skillet and cook for about 3 minutes. Do not let garlic brown. Stir frequently.
• Add crabmeat to skillet and toss with garlic and green onion. Cook while stirring gently until thoroughly heated.
• Sprinkle crabmeat mixture with chopped chives and parsley. Drizzle with lemon juice.
• Serve crabmeat sauté on a salad or fresh greens, on toast points or baked puff pastry shells, or spoon it over hot cooked rice.

DIANNE'S CRAB

Steps:

• In a medium sauce pan, heat butter until melted. Add the garlic and saute lightly. Add the imitation crabmeat and cook over medium heat, turning gently. Add the lemon pepper and continue to cook until hot. Add grated cheese and serve.

QUICK AND EASY SAUTEED IMITATION CRAB

Steps:

• Heat butter (add a touch of olive oil)in a saute pan over medium heat.
• When hot add onion, green pepper, and garlic.
• Saute until onion and green pepper have softened.
• Add crabmeat, dill, red pepper flakes, wine, and lemon juice and zest.
• Heat until hot.
• Top with parsely and serve with rice.

CRAB LEGS WITH GARLIC BUTTER SAUCE

Steps:

• Cut a slit, length-wise, into the shell of each piece of crab.
• Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat; cook the garlic in the butter until translucent; stir in the parsley, salt, and pepper. Continue to heat mixture until bubbling. Add the crab legs; toss to coat; allow to simmer in the butter mixture until completely heated, 5 to 6 minutes.

FAMOUS ROAST GARLIC CRAB

Steps:

• Cleaning dungeness crab:
• Holding the body backside up, place your right thumb in the joint between the upper and lower shell on the side opposite the mouth. Your palm will be stretched across the top of the shell. Hold the bottom of the crab in your opposite hand. Force your thumb in and pull up and back to your right until shell snaps off. Pour any juices in the shell into a small bowl. Cut the body into quarters with a large knife. Twist the legs off the body. Crack lightly in several places with a nutcracker and set aside.
• Heat the olive oil in a very large ovenproof saute pan over medium-high heat until hot. (You may need 2 pans.) Add the crab and garlic, and toss well. Saute for about 10 minutes. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper and mix in lemon juice. Saute for another 5 minutes, then add parsley. After another 1 or 2 minutes, remove the crab and serve in the newspaper lined cans.

REASONABLE CRABMEAT SAUTE

Steps:

• Lightly toast the bread and brush both sides with melted butter; divide each slice in half diagonally and set on a dinner plate. Heat the butter in a skillet. When the foaming subsides, add the carrots and saute for a couple of minutes or until the carrots just begin to soften. Add the crabmeat and stir for a minute just to heat up. Add the lemon zest and juice and herbs; saute for 30 seconds and remove from heat. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

SAUTéED BACK FIN CRAB MEAT

Steps:

• 1. Prepare crabmeat, then melt butter over medium heat in a 10-inch sauté pan. Sauté crab meat until it just begins to dry out.
• 2. Add wine, cover, and steam about 8-10 minutes on low heat.
• 3. Uncover, add green onions, and salt and pepper to taste. Stir over medium heat to desired moistness.

CRAB AND SHRIMP SAUTE - LOUISIANA STYLE

Steps:

• Sauté onions and mushroom in oil.
• Add tomatoes, shrimp, crabmeat, tarragon, dill weed and Tabasco.
• Bring to simmer and cook just until shrimp are pink, about 5 or 6 minutes.
• Serve over white or brown rice.