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Steamed King Crab with Choice of Sauces Recipe
Flavors of Alaska
Total time: 15 to 30 minutes
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 5 minutes
Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
For 4 servings
- 1 ½ lbs. Alaska King crab split legs, thawed if necessary - 2 to 3 legs per serving
- Melted butter or margarine
Spicy Tomato Relish - Makes 200 ml / 3/4 cup
- 125 ml / 1/2 cup coarsely chopped tomato
- 2 tbsp. ketchup
- 2 tbsp. coarsely chopped celery
- 2 tbsp. coarsely chopped green pepper
- 1 tbsp. coarsely chopped onion
- 1 tsp. coarsely chopped parsley
- 1/8 tsp. bottled hot pepper sauce
- 1 dash garlic salt
Shallot Cream Sauce - Makes about 125 ml / 1/2 cup
- 3 tbsp. minced shallots or onion
- 1 tbsp. butter
- 1 tbsp. flour
- 1/8 tsp. each crushed dill weed
- 1/8 tsp. crushed pepper
- 125 ml / 1/2 cup dairy sour cream
- salt
Method
- Cut crab into serving sized pieces; steam on rack over 3/4 inch boiling water 5 minutes or until thoroughly heated.
- Serve with melted butter, spicy tomato relish or shallot cream sauce.
Spicy Tomato Relish
- In a food processor, blend all ingredients. Do not purée mixture.
Shallot Cream Sauce
- Sauté 3 tablespoons minced shallots in butter until softened.
- Stir in flour, crushed dill weed and pepper. Cook and stir about 1 minute.
- Blend in dairy sour cream; salt to taste.
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With the kind assistance of Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute
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