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HOT TO COOK AND CLEAN KING CRAB Take a live king crab and turn it over on its back. Place your foot in the center over its tail. Grasping all the legs on each side, push with your foot while pulling on the legs. You should have two sections, discard shell back and guts. While waiting for a large pot of water to boil, prepare crab for cooking. Cut legs and claw arms away from shoulders, hanging legs in a manner which will allow them to drain. This makes it easier for the meat to come out of the shell. Remove gills from shoulders. Can be cut off with a sharp knife. When water is at a rolling boil, add crab. Cover and simmer for 20 to 24 minutes. Be careful not to overcook. Watch pot because it boils over very easy. For easy cleaning, wash pot immedi- ately. To protect your hands, wear rubber gloves. While crab is still hot, crack at joint and break large part of leg away from foreleg. Sometimes the whole crab leg comes through, so gently pull meat off of tendons. If the meat is still in the shell, hold in hand and hit heel of hand on sink edge sharply. Meat should come out cut end of shell in one piece. Repeat this procedure with knuckle on next part of leg and claw arm as well. For leg tip, bend toenail back and forth to loosen, then pull out. For shoulders, press the side that had the gills down, then tear the shell off. Break individual shoulders apart. Wiggle knuckle back and forth to loosen, then hit heel of hand sharply on sink edge. With a large knife, crack claws apart. With practice you can have whole pieces of unbroken crab meat. The trick is to clean crab right away while still very hot. Rubber gloves help you handle crab while still hot and protects hands from thorns. This is a recipe from our database at Cookbooks On/Line! 1,000,000+ free recipes and free software at: http://www.cookbooks.com Accuracy is believed to be good, but is not guaranteed. This recipe posting is intended for personal use only. You can print a copy for yourself and/or your friends, but you cannot publish it or post it to any Internet or other public site without our permission. |